diff --git a/movie.py b/movie.py
index 76f03a56fd..5e098a6265 100644
--- a/movie.py
+++ b/movie.py
@@ -22,9 +22,8 @@ def movie(bot, trigger):
     word = trigger.group(2).rstrip()
     word = word.replace(" ", "+")
     uri = "http://www.imdbapi.com/?t=" + word
-    u = web.get_urllib_object(uri, 30)
-    data = json.load(u)  # data is a Dict containing all the information we need
-    u.close()
+    u = web.get(uri, 30)
+    data = json.loads(u.decode())  # data is a Dict containing all the information we need
     if data['Response'] == 'False':
         if 'Error' in data:
             message = '[MOVIE] %s' % data['Error']