diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7f034ec..4d6060f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -49,4 +49,3 @@ You can also download images (or technically any other file) using a file called
 You will need to be running a local `tor` proxy on port `9050` 
 
 There is very little in the way of graceful error handling, contributions appreciated, please also feel free to submit issues & feature requests.
-
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 8374927..ebc4418 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -19,9 +19,27 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
+func makeTorifiedClient() *http.Client {
+	torDialer, err := proxy.SOCKS5("tcp", "127.0.0.1:9050", nil, proxy.Direct)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Could not connect to Tor Proxy: %v", err)
+	}
+	transportConfig := &http.Transport{
+		Dial: torDialer.Dial,
+	}
+	client := new(http.Client)
+	client.Transport = transportConfig
+	client.CheckRedirect = func(r *http.Request, via []*http.Request) error {
+			r.URL.Opaque = r.URL.Path
+			return nil
+		}
+	return client
+}
+
 func fetch(url string, cachepath string) {
 	fmt.Printf("Fetching [%v]\n", url)
 	fp := gofeed.NewParser()
+	fp.Client = makeTorifiedClient()
 	feed, err := fp.ParseURL(url)
 	fmt.Printf("Feed %v %v\n", feed, err)
 	cache, _ := json.Marshal(feed)
@@ -51,17 +69,7 @@ func report() map[string]gofeed.Feed {
 
 func download(url string, cachepath string) {
 	fmt.Printf("Fetching [%v]\n", url)
-	torDialer, err := proxy.SOCKS5("tcp", "127.0.0.1:9050", nil, proxy.Direct)
-	transportConfig := &http.Transport{
-		Dial: torDialer.Dial,
-	}
-	client := http.Client{
-		Transport: transportConfig,
-		CheckRedirect: func(r *http.Request, via []*http.Request) error {
-			r.URL.Opaque = r.URL.Path
-			return nil
-		},
-	}
+	client := makeTorifiedClient()
 
 	resp, err := client.Get(url)
 	if err == nil {