diff --git a/src/you_get/extractors/panda.py b/src/you_get/extractors/panda.py
index 90bbfc55..999cb7c6 100644
--- a/src/you_get/extractors/panda.py
+++ b/src/you_get/extractors/panda.py
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ __all__ = ['panda_download']
 from ..common import *
 import json
 import time
-import requests
+import urllib.request
+import urllib.error
+
 
 def panda_download(url, output_dir = '.', merge = True, info_only = False, **kwargs):
     roomid = url[url.rfind('/')+1:]
@@ -26,10 +28,22 @@ def panda_download(url, output_dir = '.', merge = True, info_only = False, **kwa
     real_url = 'http://pl{}.live.panda.tv/live_panda/{}.flv'.format(plflag[1],room_key)
     counter = 0
     data2 = json.loads(data['videoinfo']['plflag_list'])
-    while (requests.head(real_url, allow_redirects=True).status_code == 403 and counter < len(data2["backup"])):
+    pl_code_error = False
+    try:
+        urllib.request.urlopen(real_url)
+    except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
+        pl_code_error = True
+
+    while (pl_code_error and counter < len(data2["backup"])):
         plflag = data2["backup"][counter].split('_')
         counter = counter + 1
         real_url = 'http://pl{}.live.panda.tv/live_panda/{}.flv'.format(plflag[1],room_key)
+        try:
+            urllib.request.urlopen(real_url)
+        except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
+            pl_code_error = True
+        else:
+            pl_code_error = False
         
     print_info(site_info, title, 'flv', float('inf'))
     if not info_only: