diff --git a/deploy.py b/deploy.py
index ff0b60d..c3e9f4b 100644
--- a/deploy.py
+++ b/deploy.py
@@ -2,18 +2,28 @@ import jinja2 as j2
 import yaml
 import subprocess
 import shutil
-import urllib.request
+import requests
 import os
 import os.path
 import sys
 import time
 import logging
+import certifi
 from PIL import Image
 from mutagen.oggvorbis import OggVorbis
 from distutils.dir_util import copy_tree
 from pathlib import Path
 
 
+def download_via_requests(url_source, file_name):
+
+    response = requests.get(url_source, stream=True, verify=certifi.where())
+
+    with open(file_name, 'wb') as out_file:
+        shutil.copyfileobj(response.raw, out_file)
+    del response
+
+
 def rmfulldir(dirpath):
     try:
         shutil.rmtree(dirpath)
@@ -30,7 +40,7 @@ def update():
 def download_and_extract(url_source, out_archive):
     logging.info(f"Downloading {url_source}, this may take a while.")
 
-    urllib.request.urlretrieve(url_source, out_archive)
+    download_via_requests(url_source, out_archive)
     time.sleep(0.7)
     logging.info("Download complete.")
 
@@ -61,7 +71,7 @@ def download_git(clean=False):
                      "v2.33.0.windows.2/PortableGit-2.33.0.2-64-bit.7z.exe"
     out_git_archive = "./utils/PortableGit-2.33.0.2-64-bit.7z"
 
-    urllib.request.urlretrieve(url_git_source, out_git_archive)
+    download_via_requests(url_git_source, out_git_archive)
     time.sleep(0.7)
     logging.info("Download complete.")
 
@@ -77,9 +87,9 @@ def download_git(clean=False):
 def get_ffmpeg_version():
     url_ffmpeg_version = "https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/release-version"
 
-    fp = urllib.request.urlopen(url_ffmpeg_version)
-    ffmpeg_version = fp.read().decode("utf8")
-    fp.close()
+    fp = requests.get(url_ffmpeg_version, verify=certifi.where())
+    ffmpeg_version = fp.text
+    del fp
 
     return ffmpeg_version