diff --git a/lib/Tunnel.js b/lib/Tunnel.js
index 9f5cdd5..050431d 100644
--- a/lib/Tunnel.js
+++ b/lib/Tunnel.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 var url = require('url');
 var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
-var request = require('request');
+var axios = require('axios');
 var debug = require('debug')('localtunnel:client');
 
 var TunnelCluster = require('./TunnelCluster');
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ Tunnel.prototype._init = function(cb) {
     var opt = self._opt;
 
     var params = {
-        path: '/',
-        json: true
+        responseType: 'json'
     };
 
     var base_uri = opt.host + '/';
@@ -39,26 +38,19 @@ Tunnel.prototype._init = function(cb) {
     var assigned_domain = opt.subdomain;
 
     // where to quest
-    params.uri = base_uri + ((assigned_domain) ? assigned_domain : '?new');
+    var uri = base_uri + ((assigned_domain) ? assigned_domain : '?new');
 
     (function get_url() {
-        request(params, function(err, res, body) {
-            if (err) {
-                // TODO (shtylman) don't print to stdout?
-                console.log('tunnel server offline: ' + err.message + ', retry 1s');
-                return setTimeout(get_url, 1000);
-            }
-
-            if (res.statusCode !== 200) {
-                var err = new Error((body && body.message) || 'localtunnel server returned an error, please try again');
+        axios.get(uri, params)
+        .then(function(res){
+            var body = res.data;
+            if (res.status !== 200) {
+                var err =  new Error((body && body.message) || 'localtunnel server returned an error, please try again');
                 return cb(err);
             }
-
             var port = body.port;
             var host = upstream.hostname;
-
             var max_conn = body.max_conn_count || 1;
-
             cb(null, {
                 remote_host: upstream.hostname,
                 remote_port: body.port,
@@ -66,7 +58,12 @@ Tunnel.prototype._init = function(cb) {
                 url: body.url,
                 max_conn: max_conn
             });
-        });
+        })
+        .catch(function(err){
+            // TODO (shtylman) don't print to stdout?
+            console.log('tunnel server offline: ' + err.message + ', retry 1s');
+            return setTimeout(get_url, 1000);
+        })
     })();
 };
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d731aa1..78c8912 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
     "url": "git://github.com/localtunnel/localtunnel.git"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "request": "2.81.0",
-    "yargs": "3.29.0",
+    "axios": "0.17.1",
     "debug": "2.6.8",
-    "openurl": "1.1.1"
+    "openurl": "1.1.1",
+    "yargs": "3.29.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "mocha": "~1.17.0"