diff --git a/pcslive.py b/pcslive.py
index e881a52..d1591a1 100644
--- a/pcslive.py
+++ b/pcslive.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
-import requests, time
+import requests, time, cloudscraper
 
 # class for storing the live races
 class LiveStats:
@@ -11,8 +11,11 @@ class LiveStats:
     # it also gets rid of all the horrible polygon stuff
     def refresh_races(self):
         # the entire front page of PCS loaded into soup
-        self.req = requests.get("https://www.procyclingstats.com/")
-        self.html = self.req.text
+        #self.req = requests.get("https://www.procyclingstats.com/")
+        #self.html = self.req.text
+
+        self.scraper = cloudscraper.create_scraper()
+        self.req = self.scraper.get("https://www.procyclingstats.com/")
         soup = BeautifulSoup(self.html, "html.parser")
 
         # narrow it down to the little green live stats boxes showing us what
@@ -111,8 +114,8 @@ class Race:
         if self.url != "None":
             full_url = "https://www.procyclingstats.com/" + self.url
 
-            self.req = requests.get(full_url)
-            html = self.req.text
+            req = self.scraper.get(full_url)
+            html = req.text
             soup = BeautifulSoup(html, "html.parser")
             return soup
         return None