diff --git a/couchpotato/core/notifications/pushover.py b/couchpotato/core/notifications/pushover.py
index 6416bfe..ebce97c 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/notifications/pushover.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/notifications/pushover.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-from httplib import HTTPSConnection
-
-from couchpotato.core.helpers.encoding import toUnicode, tryUrlencode
+from couchpotato.core.helpers.encoding import toUnicode
 from couchpotato.core.helpers.variable import getTitle, getIdentifier
 from couchpotato.core.logger import CPLog
 from couchpotato.core.notifications.base import Notification
@@ -13,12 +11,11 @@ autoload = 'Pushover'
 
 class Pushover(Notification):
 
+    api_url = 'https://api.pushover.net'
 
     def notify(self, message = '', data = None, listener = None):
         if not data: data = {}
 
-        http_handler = HTTPSConnection("api.pushover.net:443")
-
         api_data = {
             'user': self.conf('user_key'),
             'token': self.conf('api_token'),
@@ -33,25 +30,17 @@ class Pushover(Notification):
                 'url_title': toUnicode('%s on IMDb' % getTitle(data)),
             })
 
-        http_handler.request('POST', '/1/messages.json',
-                             headers = {'Content-type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'},
-                             body = tryUrlencode(api_data)
-        )
-
-        response = http_handler.getresponse()
-        request_status = response.status
-
-        if request_status == 200:
-            log.info('Pushover notifications sent.')
+        try:
+            data = self.urlopen('%s/%s' % (self.api_url, '1/messages.json'),
+                headers = {'Content-type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'},
+                data = api_data)
+            log.info2('Pushover responded with: %s', data)
             return True
-        elif request_status == 401:
-            log.error('Pushover auth failed: %s', response.reason)
-            return False
-        else:
-            log.error('Pushover notification failed: %s', request_status)
+        except:
             return False
 
 
+
 config = [{
     'name': 'pushover',
     'groups': [