diff --git a/middleware/shorten.js b/middleware/shorten.js
index 46a5262..7c02ff3 100644
--- a/middleware/shorten.js
+++ b/middleware/shorten.js
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-import { tall } from 'tall';
-
+const fetch = require('node-fetch');
 
 export default function (context) {
-  return tall(process.env.SHORTENER_BASE+context.route.path).then(function(unshortenedUrl) {
-    if(unshortenedUrl == process.env.SHORTENER_BASE) {
+  return fetch(process.env.SHORTENER_BASE+context.route.path, {
+    redirect: 'manual',
+  }).then(function(res) {
+    var unshortenedUrl = res.headers.get('Location');
+    if(unshortenedUrl == process.env.SHORTENER_BASE+"/") {
       context.error({ statusCode: 404, message: "The page cannot be found"});
     } else {
       context.redirect(unshortenedUrl);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 300ad37..7e7eb47 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     "cross-env": "^5.2.0",
     "express": "^4.16.4",
     "howler": "^2.1.2",
+    "node-fetch": "^2.6.0",
     "node-sass": "^4.12.0",
     "nuxt": "^2.0.0",
     "sass-loader": "^8.0.0",