diff --git a/stream.py b/stream.py
index 60962e3..1ecef53 100755
--- a/stream.py
+++ b/stream.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class MainHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler):
             proxy = proxies.get(provider)
             src = providers[provider] + self.request.uri
             try:
-                resp = requests.get(src)
+                resp = requests.head(src)
                 if resp is not None:
                     src = resp.url
             except Exception as e: