diff --git a/plexpy/notification_handler.py b/plexpy/notification_handler.py
index d4a424bd..d2898578 100644
--- a/plexpy/notification_handler.py
+++ b/plexpy/notification_handler.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import os
 import re
 import threading
 import time
-import urllib
 
 import plexpy
 import config
@@ -635,11 +634,15 @@ def build_notify_text(session=None, timeline=None, notify_action=None, agent_id=
         if not poster_url and plexpy.CONFIG.NOTIFY_UPLOAD_POSTERS:
             try:
                 thread_name = str(threading.current_thread().ident)
-                poster_file = os.path.join(plexpy.CONFIG.CACHE_DIR, 'cache-poster-' + thread_name)
+                poster_file = os.path.join(plexpy.CONFIG.CACHE_DIR, 'cache-poster-%s' % thread_name)
 
                 # Retrieve the poster from Plex and cache to file
-                urllib.urlretrieve(plexpy.CONFIG.PMS_URL + thumb + '?X-Plex-Token=' + plexpy.CONFIG.PMS_TOKEN,
-                                   poster_file)
+                result = pms_connect.get_image(img=thumb)
+                if result and result[0]:
+                    with open(poster_file, 'wb') as f:
+                        f.write(result[0])
+                else:
+                    raise Exception(u'PMS request failed')
 
                 # Upload thumb to Imgur and get link
                 poster_url = helpers.uploadToImgur(poster_file, poster_title)
diff --git a/plexpy/pmsconnect.py b/plexpy/pmsconnect.py
index 182df2e5..65eab009 100644
--- a/plexpy/pmsconnect.py
+++ b/plexpy/pmsconnect.py
@@ -1890,7 +1890,7 @@ class PmsConnect(object):
 
         return labels_list
 
-    def get_image(self, img=None, width=None, height=None):
+    def get_image(self, img=None, width='1000', height='1500'):
         """
         Return image data as array.
         Array contains the image content type and image binary