diff --git a/spicebot_command_devexcuse/__init__.py b/spicebot_command_devexcuse/__init__.py
index d236d1b..b327645 100644
--- a/spicebot_command_devexcuse/__init__.py
+++ b/spicebot_command_devexcuse/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 import requests
-import lxml
+from lxml import html
 
 from sopel import plugin
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def upper(bot, trigger, comrun):
 def fetch_string():
     content_url = 'http://developerexcuses.com'
     response = requests.get(content_url)
-    tree = lxml.html.fromstring(response.text)
+    tree = html.fromstring(response.content)
     title_elem = tree.xpath('/html/body/div[1]/center/a')[0]
     fetched_str = str(title_elem)
     return fetched_str