diff --git a/pcslive.py b/pcslive.py
index d1591a1..c6386db 100644
--- a/pcslive.py
+++ b/pcslive.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class LiveStats:
 
         self.scraper = cloudscraper.create_scraper()
         self.req = self.scraper.get("https://www.procyclingstats.com/")
+        self.html = self.req.text
         soup = BeautifulSoup(self.html, "html.parser")
 
         # narrow it down to the little green live stats boxes showing us what