diff --git a/bot.js b/bot.js
index 9e9207d..d482e5f 100644
--- a/bot.js
+++ b/bot.js
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ function imgurRequest(subreddit, page_max) {
 
 // Abstracted Reddit Json media grab.
 // todo I think since it's randomly picking indices but children.length * 2 times, it's missing rare items.
-function handleRedditJson(data) {
-    let json = data.json();
+function handleRedditJson(json) {
+    //let json = data.json();
     if (json.data) {
         sendToBotTestingChannel("json data pressseeeeent");
         let url_list = [];
@@ -242,6 +242,15 @@ function asyncSiteRequest(url, process) {
         })
 }
 
+async function loadJson(url) {
+    let response = await fetch(url);
+    if (response.status == 200) {
+        return response.json();
+    } else {
+        throw new HttpError(response);
+    }
+}
+
 // subreddit request
 function subredditRequest(subreddit) {
     let multiSubreddit = subreddit.split(',');
@@ -652,7 +661,8 @@ client.on('message', message => {
                 if (messageSplit.length === 2) {
                     let redditToSummon = messageSplit[1].replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+/g, '');
                     let reddit_url = "https://www.reddit.com/r/" + redditToSummon + "/.json?show=all&count=25&limit=100";
-                    let reddit_response = asyncSiteRequest(reddit_url, handleRedditJson);
+
+                    let reddit_response = handleRedditJson(loadJson(reddit_url));
                     sendToBotTestingChannel("reddit response:" + reddit_response);
                     if (reddit_response) {
                         //sendToBotTestingChannel("found content on reddit:" + reddit_response);