diff --git a/dub.sdl b/dub.sdl
index f5ff662..e41ac72 100644
--- a/dub.sdl
+++ b/dub.sdl
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@
 authors "fra"
 copyright "Copyright © 2019, fra"
 license "GPLv3"
-
 dependency "dxml" version="~>0.4.1"
 dependency "htmld" version="~>0.3.7"
 dependency "pegged" version=">=0.0.0"
 dependency "sumtype" version="~>0.8.13"
+dependency "requests" version="~>1.0.9"
 dependency "vibe-d:web" version=">0.8.5"
+
+subConfigurations "requests" "vibed"
diff --git a/source/app.d b/source/app.d
index 594dc08..f170700 100644
--- a/source/app.d
+++ b/source/app.d
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import vibe.core.concurrency;
 import pegged.grammar;
 import sumtype;
+import requests;
 
 import std.exception;
 import std.stdio;
@@ -77,11 +78,10 @@
 						(RSSFeed[] fl) {
 							fl.each!(
 									(RSSFeed feed) {
-										logWarn("Starting: "~feed.name);
+										logInfo("Starting task: "~feed.name);
 										// start workers to serve RSS data
-										tasks[feed.name] =
-										runWorkerTaskH(&feedActor, feed.name,
-												feed.path, 0);
+										tasks[feed.name] = runWorkerTaskH(
+												&feedActor, feed.name, feed.path, 0);
 									});
 						});
 
@@ -100,19 +100,12 @@
 {
 
 	if(reloadFeeds) {
-
-		URL url = URL("http://"~bindAddress~":"~bindPort.to!string~"/reload");
-
 		try {
-			requestHTTP(url,
-
-				(scope HTTPClientRequest req) {
-					req.method = HTTPMethod.GET;
-				},
-
-				(scope HTTPClientResponse res) {
-					// TODO proper info
-				});
+			string url = "http://"~bindAddress~":"~bindPort.to!string~"/reload";
+			auto req = Request();
+			req.keepAlive = false;
+			req.timeout = REQ_TIMEOUT;
+			req.get(url);
 
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			logWarn("ERROR from daemon: "~e.msg~"\nCannot reload feeds file.");
@@ -120,19 +113,12 @@
 	}
 
 	if(endpoint == EndpointType.cli) {
-
-		URL url = URL("http://"~bindAddress~":"~bindPort.to!string~"/cli");
-
 		try {
-			requestHTTP(url,
-
-				(scope HTTPClientRequest req) {
-					req.method = HTTPMethod.GET;
-				},
-
-				(scope HTTPClientResponse res) {
-						writeln(res.bodyReader.readAllUTF8());
-				});
+			string url = "http://"~bindAddress~":"~bindPort.to!string~"/cli";
+			auto req = Request();
+			req.keepAlive = false;
+			req.timeout = REQ_TIMEOUT;
+			req.get(url);
 
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			logWarn("ERROR from daemon: "~e.msg~"\nCheck daemon logs for details (is it running?)");
diff --git a/source/cartastraccia/actor.d b/source/cartastraccia/actor.d
index 40e3f39..fc46044 100644
--- a/source/cartastraccia/actor.d
+++ b/source/cartastraccia/actor.d
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import vibe.core.core;
 import pegged.grammar;
 import sumtype;
+import requests;
 
 import std.algorithm : each, filter;
 import std.array;
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@
 alias TaskMap = Task[string];
 
 immutable uint MAX_RETRIES = 3;
+immutable REQ_TIMEOUT = 2.seconds;
 
 /**
  * Actor in charge of:
@@ -36,36 +38,37 @@
 	URL url = URL(path);
 
 	try {
-		requestHTTP(url,
-				(scope HTTPClientRequest req) {
-					req.method = HTTPMethod.GET;
-				},
-				(scope HTTPClientResponse res) {
-					parseRSS(rss, res.bodyReader.readAllUTF8());
-				});
+		auto req = Request();
+		req.keepAlive = false;
+		req.timeout = REQ_TIMEOUT;
+
+		auto res = req.get(path);
+		parseRSS(rss, cast(immutable string)res.responseBody.data);
 
 	} catch (Exception e) {
 
-		logWarn("Failed connecting to: " ~ path ~ " with error: " ~ e.msg);
 		if(retries < MAX_RETRIES) {
-			logWarn("Retrying.");
 			feedActor(feedName, path, retries+1);
+			return;
 		}
-		return;
-
+		rss = FailedRSS(e.msg);
 	}
 
 	rss.match!(
 			(ref InvalidRSS i) {
 				logWarn("Invalid feed at: "~path);
 				logWarn("Caused by entry \""~i.element~"\": "~i.content);
-				listenOnce(feedName, rss);
+			},
+			(ref FailedRSS f) {
+				logWarn("Failed to load feed: "~ feedName);
+				logWarn("Error: "~f.msg);
 			},
 			(ref ValidRSS vr) {
 				immutable fileName = "public/channels/"~feedName~".html";
 				createHTMLPage(vr, feedName, fileName);
-				listenOnce(feedName, rss);
 			});
+
+	listenOnce(feedName, rss);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -95,6 +98,11 @@
 					webTask.send(FeedActorResponse.INVALID);
 					quit = true;
 				},
+			(ref FailedRSS f) {
+					auto webTask = receiveOnly!Task;
+					webTask.send(FeedActorResponse.INVALID);
+					quit = true;
+				},
 			(ref ValidRSS vr) {
 
 					try {
diff --git a/source/cartastraccia/endpoint.d b/source/cartastraccia/endpoint.d
index 0617ce6..606a60d 100644
--- a/source/cartastraccia/endpoint.d
+++ b/source/cartastraccia/endpoint.d
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import cartastraccia.actor;
 import cartastraccia.rss;
 
-import core.time;
 import vibe.core.core;
 import vibe.core.log;
 import vibe.core.task;
@@ -16,6 +15,7 @@
 
 import std.algorithm : each;
 import std.datetime;
+import core.time;
 
 enum EndpointType {
 	cli,
diff --git a/source/cartastraccia/rss.d b/source/cartastraccia/rss.d
index 0298a04..8f89ee6 100644
--- a/source/cartastraccia/rss.d
+++ b/source/cartastraccia/rss.d
@@ -14,7 +14,16 @@
 
 public:
 
-alias RSS = SumType!(ValidRSS, InvalidRSS);
+alias RSS = SumType!(ValidRSS, InvalidRSS, FailedRSS);
+
+
+/**
+ * In case the RSS feed couldn't be loaded
+ */
+struct FailedRSS {
+	@disable this(this);
+	string msg;
+}
 
 /**
  * In case an element was found
@@ -230,6 +239,7 @@
 						~ ": "
 						~ i.content);
 				},
+			(ref FailedRSS f) {}, 
 			(ref ValidRSS v) {
 					static if(is(ElementType == RSSChannel))
 						parent.tryMatch!(