diff --git a/spicebot_command_devexcuse/__init__.py b/spicebot_command_devexcuse/__init__.py
index d06193a..d236d1b 100644
--- a/spicebot_command_devexcuse/__init__.py
+++ b/spicebot_command_devexcuse/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 
-import urllib
-from xml.dom.minidom import parseString
 import requests
+import lxml
 
 from sopel import plugin
 
@@ -19,13 +18,10 @@ def upper(bot, trigger, comrun):
 
 def fetch_string():
     content_url = 'http://developerexcuses.com'
-    content_page = requests.get(content_url, headers={'Accept': 'text/plain'})
-    fetched_str = content_page.content
-    return fetched_str
-
-
-def fetch_stringsd():
-    content_url = 'http://developerexcuses.com'
-    content_page = urllib.request.urlopen(content_url).read()
-    fetched_str = parseString(content_page.replace('&', '')).getElementsByTagName('body')[0].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].getElementsByTagName('center')[0].getElementsByTagName('a')[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue
+    response = requests.get(content_url)
+    tree = lxml.html.fromstring(response.text)
+    title_elem = tree.xpath('/html/body/div[1]/center/a')[0]
+    fetched_str = str(title_elem)
     return fetched_str
+    # .wrapper > center:nth-child(1) > a:nth-child(1)
+    # /html/body/div[1]/center/a