diff --git a/facet_viewer/index.php b/facet_viewer/index.php
index 9fbf74c..9fa91fa 100644
--- a/facet_viewer/index.php
+++ b/facet_viewer/index.php
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ function getSets($rt) {
                         //return the transfer as a string
                         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
 
+                        //tweak to follow redirects
+                        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true );
+
                         // $output contains the output string
                         $output = curl_exec($ch);
 
@@ -168,6 +171,8 @@ function transformToTable($feedURL, $field) {
                             //return the transfer as a string
                             curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
 
+                            curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true ) ;
+
                             // $output contains the output string
                             $pageoutput = curl_exec($ch);
 
@@ -268,4 +273,4 @@ function transformToTable($feedURL, $field) {
             });
         </script>
     </body>
-</html>
\ No newline at end of file
+</html>