diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 7a587d0..6910a71 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ install_requires =
     humanize>=2.6.0
     jishaku>=1.19.1.200
     psutil>=5.7.2
+    requests>=2.25.1
     rich>=6.0.0
     structured_config>=4.12
     tortoise-orm>=0.16.17
diff --git a/tuxbot/cogs/Custom/functions/converters.py b/tuxbot/cogs/Custom/functions/converters.py
index 6e1cd86..328fa15 100644
--- a/tuxbot/cogs/Custom/functions/converters.py
+++ b/tuxbot/cogs/Custom/functions/converters.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from discord.ext import commands
 from jishaku.models import copy_context_with
 
 
-_ = lambda x: x
+def _(x): return x
 
 
 class AliasConvertor(commands.Converter):
diff --git a/tuxbot/cogs/Polls/functions/converters.py b/tuxbot/cogs/Polls/functions/converters.py
index 235627a..3b2cbcc 100644
--- a/tuxbot/cogs/Polls/functions/converters.py
+++ b/tuxbot/cogs/Polls/functions/converters.py
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ from tuxbot.cogs.Polls.functions.exceptions import (
 )
 from tuxbot.cogs.Polls.models import Poll
 
-_ = lambda x: x
+
+def _(x): return x
 
 
 class PollConverter(commands.Converter):
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ class PollConverter(commands.Converter):
 
 
 class NewPropositionConvertor(commands.Converter):
-    async def convert(self, ctx, argument):
+    async def convert(self, ctx, argument):  # skipcq: PYL-W0613
         if len(argument) > 30:
             raise TooLongProposition(
                 _("Your proposal must be smaller than 30")
diff --git a/tuxbot/cogs/Polls/polls.py b/tuxbot/cogs/Polls/polls.py
index b34e2fd..1d7986f 100644
--- a/tuxbot/cogs/Polls/polls.py
+++ b/tuxbot/cogs/Polls/polls.py
@@ -166,11 +166,11 @@ class Polls(commands.Cog, name="Polls"):
         for i, field in enumerate(content.get("fields")):
             responders = responses.get(i, 0)
 
-            chart_options.get("data").get("labels").append(
-                field.get("name")[6:].replace("__", "")
+            chart_options["data"]["labels"].append(
+                field["name"][6:].replace("__", "")
             )
 
-            chart_options.get("data").get("datasets")[0].get("data").append(
+            chart_options["data"]["datasets"][0].get("data").append(
                 responders
             )
 
diff --git a/tuxbot/setup.py b/tuxbot/setup.py
index 46bafbe..b83a747 100644
--- a/tuxbot/setup.py
+++ b/tuxbot/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import sys
 from argparse import Namespace
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Union, List
-from urllib.request import urlopen
+import requests
 
 from rich.prompt import Prompt, IntPrompt
 from rich.console import Console
@@ -402,22 +402,18 @@ def basic_setup() -> None:
 
 def update() -> None:
     response = (
-        urlopen(
+        requests.get(
             "https://api.github.com/repos/Rom1-J/tuxbot-bot/commits/master"
-        )
-        .read()
-        .decode("utf-8")
+        ).json()
     )
 
-    json_response = json.loads(response)
-
-    if json_response.get("sha")[:6] == version_info.build:
+    if response.get("sha")[:6] == version_info.build:
         print(
             "Nothing to update, you can run `tuxbot [instance_name]` "
             "to start the bot"
         )
     else:
-        print(f"Updating to {json_response.get('sha')[:6]}...")
+        print(f"Updating to {response.get('sha')[:6]}...")
 
         os.popen("/usr/bin/git pull")