diff --git a/nzbtomedia/__init__.py b/nzbtomedia/__init__.py
index 6988806c..e8731c31 100644
--- a/nzbtomedia/__init__.py
+++ b/nzbtomedia/__init__.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ CONFIG_TV_FILE = os.path.join(PROGRAM_DIR, 'autoProcessTv.cfg')
 # add our custom libs to the system path
 sys.path.insert(0, LIBS_DIR)
 
+import requests
+import guessit
 from nzbtomedia.autoProcess.autoProcessComics import autoProcessComics
 from nzbtomedia.autoProcess.autoProcessGames import autoProcessGames
 from nzbtomedia.autoProcess.autoProcessMovie import autoProcessMovie
diff --git a/nzbtomedia/nzbToMediaUtil.py b/nzbtomedia/nzbToMediaUtil.py
index ac14be02..68cb242e 100644
--- a/nzbtomedia/nzbToMediaUtil.py
+++ b/nzbtomedia/nzbToMediaUtil.py
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import struct
 import shutil
 import time
 import datetime
-import requests
-import guessit
 import nzbtomedia
 
 from nzbtomedia.extractor import extractor
@@ -545,8 +543,8 @@ def find_download(clientAgent, download_id):
         params['output'] = 'json'
         params['value'] = download_id
         try:
-            r = requests.get(url, params=params)
-        except requests.ConnectionError:
+            r = nzbtomedia.requests.get(url, params=params)
+        except nzbtomedia.requests.ConnectionError:
             logger.error("Unable to open URL")
             return 1  # failure
 
@@ -630,7 +628,7 @@ def find_imdbid(dirName, inputName):
         return imdbid
 
     logger.info('Searching IMDB for imdbID ...')
-    guess = guessit.guess_movie_info(inputName)
+    guess = nzbtomedia.guessit.guess_movie_info(inputName)
     if guess:
         # Movie Title
         title = None
@@ -647,8 +645,8 @@ def find_imdbid(dirName, inputName):
         logger.debug("Opening URL: %s" % url)
 
         try:
-            r = requests.get(url, params={'y': year, 't': title})
-        except requests.ConnectionError:
+            r = nzbtomedia.requests.get(url, params={'y': year, 't': title})
+        except nzbtomedia.requests.ConnectionError:
             logger.error("Unable to open URL %s" % url)
             return