diff --git a/screenless/bureau/publicrelations/publicrelations.py b/screenless/bureau/publicrelations/publicrelations.py
index a073f82..cbca2b2 100644
--- a/screenless/bureau/publicrelations/publicrelations.py
+++ b/screenless/bureau/publicrelations/publicrelations.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import codecs
 import html
+import io
 import os.path
 import random
 import textwrap
@@ -301,8 +302,8 @@ class PublicRelations(Bureau):
                     filename = img.url.rsplit('/',1)[1]
                     filename = "/tmp/" + filename
                     print("fetching", img.remote_url, filename)
-                    urllib.request.urlretrieve(img.url, filename)
-                    im = PIL.Image.open(filename)
+                    req_data = requests.get(img.url)
+                    im = PIL.Image.open(io.BytesIO(filename))
                     if im.mode in ("L", "RGB", "P"):
                         im = PIL.ImageOps.equalize(im)
                     im.thumbnail((576, 576), PIL.Image.ANTIALIAS)