diff --git a/config/config.template.ini b/config/config.template.ini
index 8b64326..6866ce9 100644
--- a/config/config.template.ini
+++ b/config/config.template.ini
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ signal_ric = ## SIGNAL-RICS ##
 
 
 [httpRequest]
-# URL without http://
+# example URL http://example.com/remote.php?DESCR=%DESCR%
 
 # you can use the following wildcards in your URL as GET params:
 # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Query_string
@@ -167,14 +167,14 @@ signal_ric = ## SIGNAL-RICS ##
 # %DESCR% = Description from csv-file
 # %TIME% = Time (by script)
 # %DATE% = Date (by script)
-#fms_url = www.google.de?code=%FMS%&stat=%STATUS%
+#fms_url = http://www.google.de?code=%FMS%&stat=%STATUS%
 fms_url =
 
 # %ZVEI% = ZVEI 5-tone Code
 # %DESCR% = Description from csv-file
 # %TIME% = Time (by script)
 # %DATE% = Date (by script)
-#zvei_url = www.google.de?zvei=%ZVEI%
+#zvei_url = http://www.google.de?zvei=%ZVEI%
 zvei_url =
 
 # %RIC% = Pocsag RIC
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ zvei_url =
 # %DESCR% = Description from csv-file
 # %TIME% = Time (by script)
 # %DATE% = Date (by script)
-#poc_url = www.google.de?ric=%RIC%&subric=%FUNC%&msg=%MSG%
+#poc_url = http://www.google.de?ric=%RIC%&subric=%FUNC%&msg=%MSG%
 poc_url =
 
 
diff --git a/plugins/httpRequest/httpRequest.py b/plugins/httpRequest/httpRequest.py
index a795fd9..15c74d5 100644
--- a/plugins/httpRequest/httpRequest.py
+++ b/plugins/httpRequest/httpRequest.py
@@ -1,21 +1,29 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
-# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
+# -*- coding: cp1252 -*-
 
 """
 httpRequest-Plugin to dispatch FMS-, ZVEI- and POCSAG - messages to an URL
 
 @author: Bastian Schroll
+@author: TheJockel
+
 
 @requires: httpRequest-Configuration has to be set in the config.ini
 """
 
+#
+# Imports
+#
+#import httplib #for the HTTP request
+import urllib2
+import urllib
 import time
 import logging # Global logger
-import httplib #for the HTTP request
-from urlparse import urlparse #for split the URL into url and path
-
+import string
 from includes import globals  # Global variables
 
+# Helper function, uncomment to use
+#from includes.helper import timeHandler
 from includes.helper import wildcardHandler
 from includes.helper import configHandler
 
@@ -68,13 +76,15 @@ def run(typ,freq,data):
 				if typ == "FMS":
 					url = globals.config.get("httpRequest", "fms_url") #Get URL
 					url = wildcardHandler.replaceWildcards(url, data) # replace wildcards with helper function
+					url = url.replace(" ","%20") # replace space with %20 to be a vaild http request
 				elif typ == "ZVEI":
 					url = globals.config.get("httpRequest", "zvei_url") #Get URL
 					url = wildcardHandler.replaceWildcards(url, data) # replace wildcards with helper function
+					url = url.replace(" ","%20") # replace space with %20 to be a vaild http request
 				elif typ == "POC":
 					url = globals.config.get("httpRequest", "poc_url") #Get URL
 					url = wildcardHandler.replaceWildcards(url, data) # replace wildcards with helper function
-
+					url = url.replace(" ","%20") # replace space with %20 to be a vaild http request
 				else:
 					logging.warning("Invalid Typ: %s", typ)
 					return
@@ -84,37 +94,10 @@ def run(typ,freq,data):
 				# HTTP-Request
 				#
 				logging.debug("send %s HTTP request", typ)
-				url = urlparse(url) #split URL into path and querry
-				httprequest = httplib.HTTPConnection(url[2]) #connect to URL Path
-				httprequest.request("GET", url[5]) #send URL Querry per GET
+				urllib2.urlopen(url)
+
 
 			except:
 				logging.error("cannot send HTTP request")
 				logging.debug("cannot send HTTP request", exc_info=True)
 				return
-
-			else:
-				try:
-					#
-					# check HTTP-Response
-					#
-					httpresponse = httprequest.getresponse()
-					if str(httpresponse.status) == "200": #Check HTTP Response an print a Log or Error
-						logging.debug("HTTP response: %s - %s" , str(httpresponse.status), str(httpresponse.reason))
-					else:
-						logging.warning("HTTP response: %s - %s" , str(httpresponse.status), str(httpresponse.reason))
-				except: #otherwise
-					logging.error("cannot get HTTP response")
-					logging.debug("cannot get HTTP response", exc_info=True)
-					return
-
-			finally:
-				logging.debug("close HTTP-Connection")
-				try:
-					httprequest.close()
-				except:
-					pass
-
-	except:
-		logging.error("unknown error")
-		logging.debug("unknown error", exc_info=True)