diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1e90e31..25a9a19 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     "multer": "^1.3.0",
     "mysql": "^2.11.1",
     "node-readability": "^2.2.0",
+    "request": "^2.81.0",
     "supervisor": "^0.11.0",
     "webshot": "^0.18.0"
   }
diff --git a/routes/api.js b/routes/api.js
index 5c00782..0e99785 100644
--- a/routes/api.js
+++ b/routes/api.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ var download = require('download');
 var multer = require('multer');
 var webshot = require('webshot');
 var fs = require('fs');
+var request = require('request');
 
 var storage = multer.diskStorage({
     destination: function(req, file, cb) {