diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9af213
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.project
+.pydevproject
diff --git a/dnsdb_query.py b/dnsdb_query.py
index d8f3fdc..445e1c3 100755
--- a/dnsdb_query.py
+++ b/dnsdb_query.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 import time
-import urllib2
+import requests
 from cStringIO import StringIO
 
 try:
@@ -37,11 +37,12 @@
 locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
 
 class DnsdbClient(object):
-    def __init__(self, server, apikey, limit=None, json=False):
+    def __init__(self, server, apikey, limit=None, json=False, verify=False):
         self.server = server
         self.apikey = apikey
         self.limit = limit
         self.json = json
+        self.verify = verify
 
     def query_rrset(self, oname, rrtype=None, bailiwick=None):
         if bailiwick:
@@ -68,23 +69,23 @@ def query_rdata_ip(self, rdata_ip):
     def _query(self, path):
         res = []
         url = '%s/lookup/%s' % (self.server, path)
+        headers = {'Accept': 'application/json', 'X-Api-Key': self.apikey}
         if self.limit:
-            url += '?limit=%d' % self.limit
-        req = urllib2.Request(url)
-        req.add_header('Accept', 'application/json')
-        req.add_header('X-Api-Key', self.apikey)
-        try:
-            http = urllib2.urlopen(req)
-            while True:
-                line = http.readline()
+            params = '?limit=%d' % self.limit
+        else:
+            params = ""
+        response = requests.get(url, params=params, headers=headers, verify=self.verify)
+        if response.status_code != 200:
+            sys.stderr.write(str(response.status_code) + " " + response.reason + "\n")
+            return res
+        else:
+            for line in response.iter_lines():
                 if not line:
                     break
                 if self.json:
                     res.append(line)
                 else:
                     res.append(json.loads(line))
-        except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
-            sys.stderr.write(str(e) + '\n')
         return res
 
 def sec_to_text(ts):
@@ -219,8 +220,16 @@ def main():
     if not 'APIKEY' in cfg:
         sys.stderr.write('dnsdb_query: APIKEY not defined in config file\n')
         sys.exit(1)
-
-    client = DnsdbClient(cfg['DNSDB_SERVER'], cfg['APIKEY'], options.limit, options.json)
+    if not 'VERIFY' in cfg:
+        cfg['VERIFY'] = False
+    elif cfg['VERIFY'].lower() in ['true', '1', 't', 'y', 'yes']: 
+        cfg['VERIFY'] = True
+        if 'CA_BUNDLE' in cfg:
+            cfg['VERIFY'] = cfg['CA_BUNDLE']
+    else:
+        cfg['VERIFY'] = False
+ 
+    client = DnsdbClient(cfg['DNSDB_SERVER'], cfg['APIKEY'], options.limit, options.json, cfg['VERIFY'])
     if options.rrset:
         res_list = client.query_rrset(*options.rrset.split('/'))
         fmt_func = rrset_to_text