diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1cd3b63..0a8ce98 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 skins/
 *.log
-node_modules/
\ No newline at end of file
+node_modules/
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0c14cd6..4461329 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     "serve-favicon": "~2.1.3",
     "debug": "~2.0.0",
     "jade": "~1.6.0",
-    "lwip": "0.0.5"
+    "lwip": "0.0.5",
+    "request": "2.45.0"
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/routes/avatars.js b/routes/avatars.js
index 69fba25..b37fcee 100644
--- a/routes/avatars.js
+++ b/routes/avatars.js
@@ -29,12 +29,17 @@ router.get('/:uuid/:size?', function(req, res) {
         var skinurl = skins.skin_url(profile);
         if (skinurl) {
           console.log('got profile, skin url is "' + skinurl + '" downloading..');
-          skins.skin_file(skinurl, filename, function() {
+          skins.skin_file(skinurl, "skins/" + filename, function() {
             console.log('got skin');
             skins.resize_img("skins/" + filename, size, function(data) {
               // tell browser to cache image locally for 10 minutes
               var end = new Date() - start;
-              res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'image/png', 'Cache-Control': 'max-age=600, public', 'Response-Time': end, 'Storage-Type': 'downloaded'});
+              res.writeHead(200, {
+                'Content-Type': 'image/png',
+                'Cache-Control': 'max-age=600, public',
+                'Response-Time': end,
+                'Storage-Type': 'downloaded'
+              });
               res.end(data);
             });
           });
diff --git a/skins.js b/skins.js
index b57746e..1c4464f 100644
--- a/skins.js
+++ b/skins.js
@@ -1,19 +1,17 @@
-var http = require('http');
-var https = require('https');
-var fs = require('fs');
+var request = require('request');
 var lwip = require('lwip');
-var urlparse = require('url').parse;
-
 
 /*
 * Skin retrieval methods are based on @jomo's CLI Crafatar implementation.
 * https://github.com/jomo/Crafatar
 */
 
-function extract_face(inname, outname, callback) {
-  var outfile = fs.createWriteStream(outname);
-  lwip.open(inname, function(err, image) {
-    if (err) throw err;
+function extract_face(buffer, outname, callback) {
+  lwip.open(buffer, "png", function(err, image) {
+    if (err) {
+      console.log('c ' + buffer.length);
+      throw err;
+    }
     image.batch()
     .crop(8, 8, 15, 15)
     .writeFile(outname, function(err) {
@@ -25,24 +23,28 @@ function extract_face(inname, outname, callback) {
 
 module.exports = {
   get_profile: function(uuid, callback) {
-    https.get("https://sessionserver.mojang.com/session/minecraft/profile/" + uuid, function(res) {
-      if (res.statusCode == "204") {
-        callback(null);
-        return null;
-      }
-      res.on('data', function(d) {
-        var profile = JSON.parse(d);
-        if (profile.error) {
-          // usually this is something like TooManyRequestsException
-          console.error(profile.error);
-          callback(null);
+    request.get({
+      url: "https://sessionserver.mojang.com/session/minecraft/profile/" + uuid,
+      timeout: 1000 // ms
+    }, function (error, response, body) {
+      if (!error && response.statusCode == 200) {
+        callback(JSON.parse(body));
+      } else {
+        if (error) {
+          console.error(error);
+        } else if (response.statusCode == 204 || response.statusCode == 404) {
+          // we get 204 No Content when UUID doesn't exist (including 404 in case they change that)
+        } else if (response.statusCode == 429) {
+          // Too Many Requests
+          console.warn("Too many requests for " + uuid);
+          console.warn(body);
         } else {
-          callback(profile);
+          console.error("Unknown error:");
+          console.error(response);
+          console.error(body);
         }
-      });
-
-    }).on('error', function(err) {
-      throw err;
+        callback(null);
+      }
     });
   },
 
@@ -60,26 +62,33 @@ module.exports = {
     return url;
   },
 
-  skin_file: function(url, filename, callback) {
-    var tmpname = "skins/tmp/" + filename;
-    var outname = "skins/" + filename;
-    var tmpfile = fs.createWriteStream(tmpname);
-    var prot = http;
-    if (urlparse(url).protocol == "https") prot = https;
-    prot.get(url, function(res) {
-      res.on('data', function(data) {
-        tmpfile.write(data);
-      }).on('end', function() {
-        tmpfile.end();
-        extract_face(tmpname, outname, function() {
-          fs.unlink(tmpname, function(err) { // unlink = delete
-            if (err) console.error(err);
-          });
-          callback(); // outside unlink callback cause we don't have to wait until it's deleted
+  skin_file: function(url, outname, callback) {
+    request.get({
+      url: url,
+      encoding: null, // encoding must be null so we get a buffer
+      timeout: 1000 // ms
+    }, function (error, response, body) {
+      if (!error && response.statusCode == 200) {
+        extract_face(body, outname, function() {
+          callback();
         });
-      });
-    }).on('error', function(err) {
-      throw err;
+      } else {
+        if (error) {
+          console.error(error);
+        } else if (response.statusCode == 404) {
+          console.warn("Texture not found: " + url);
+        } else if (response.statusCode == 429) {
+          // Too Many Requests
+          // Never got this, seems like textures aren't limited
+          console.warn("Too many requests for " + url);
+          console.warn(body);
+        } else {
+          console.error("Unknown error:");
+          console.error(response);
+          console.error(body);
+        }
+        callback(null);
+      }
     });
   },
 
diff --git a/skins/tmp/.gitkeep b/skins/tmp/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000