diff --git a/lib/api.js b/lib/api.js
index 9aa5dca5..29b675c9 100644
--- a/lib/api.js
+++ b/lib/api.js
@@ -258,10 +258,18 @@ module.exports = (function() {
 			this.queue.push(function(done) {
 				self.info("Fetching <%s> (as %s)...", url, encoding);
 
-				request({
+				const options = {
 					url,
-					encoding: (encoding === 'binary') ? null : encoding 
-				}, function (error, response, body) {
+					method: 'GET',
+					proxy: self.proxy || false,
+					jar: self.jar,
+					encoding: (encoding === 'binary') ? null : encoding,
+					headers: {
+					  'User-Agent': self.userAgent
+					}
+				};
+
+				request(options, function (error, response, body) {
 					if (!error && response.statusCode === 200) {
 						self.info('<%s>: fetched %s kB', url, (body.length/1024).toFixed(2));
 						callback(null, body);