diff --git a/giig/giig.py b/giig/giig.py
index cebc231..9ba0d33 100755
--- a/giig/giig.py
+++ b/giig/giig.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/python3
 
 import requests
+from security import safe_requests
 
 BASE_URL = "https://gitignore.io/"
 API_URL = BASE_URL + "api/"
@@ -21,5 +22,5 @@ def search(term):
 
 
 def get_gitignore(options):
-    req = requests.get(API_URL + ",".join(options))
+    req = safe_requests.get(API_URL + ",".join(options))
     return req.text
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bfbc0f2..af6c9bb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     author_email='github@deutz.io',
     packages=['giig'],
     scripts=['bin/giig'],
-    install_requires=['requests'],
+    install_requires=['requests', "security==1.3.1"],
     keywords='gitignore git cli',
     license='MIT',
     python_requires='>=3',