diff --git a/plugins/tinyurl.py b/plugins/tinyurl.py
index c62403d..ef34a42 100644
--- a/plugins/tinyurl.py
+++ b/plugins/tinyurl.py
@@ -1,35 +1,17 @@
-import socket
 import re
-import locale
+import urllib2
 
 import hook
 
-locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, "")
 
-def recv_basic(the_socket):
-    total_data=[]
-    while True:
-        data = the_socket.recv(8192)
-        if not data: break
-        total_data.append(data)
-    return ''.join(total_data)
+tinyurl_re = re.compile(r'http://(?:www\.)?tinyurl.com/([A-Za-z0-9\-]+)', flags=re.IGNORECASE)
 
 
-def tinyurlparse(url):
-    id = url[(url.rfind("/",8)+1):]
-    ts = socket.socket()
-    ts.connect(("tinyurl.com", 80))
-    ts.send("GET /redirect.php?num=%s HTTP/1.1\r\n" % id)
-    ts.send("Host: tinyurl.com\r\n\r\n");
-    tresult = recv_basic(ts);
-    for tline in tresult.split("\n"):
-       if tline[:10] == "Location: ":
-           return tline[10:]
-
-tinyurl_re = re.compile(r'http://(www\.)?tinyurl.com/([A-Za-z0-9\-]+)', flags=re.IGNORECASE)
-
 @hook.command(hook=r'(.*)', prefix=False)
 def tinyurl(inp):
     tumatch = tinyurl_re.search(inp)
-    if (tumatch is not None):
-        return tinyurlparse(tumatch.group())
+    if tumatch:
+        try:
+            return urllib2.urlopen(tumatch.group()).url.strip()
+        except urllib2.URLError:
+            pass