diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 93a4f5b..038d91f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ Just run the binary to send a mail, it requires exactly one
 parameter that points to a config file.
 
 ### Configuration
-The config file is a toml file, even though it as of now makes not really use
+The config file is a toml file, even though as of now it makes not really use
 of any toml features.
 
 ```toml
 [mail]
 domain   = "the domain of the smtp server to send messages with"
 user     = "the username on the smtp server"
-password = "the passwond on the smtp server"
+password = "the password on the smtp server"
 to       = "the mail to send to"
 from     = "the sender of the mail"
 errorTo  = "the address to send a mail to in case of error"
@@ -30,10 +30,13 @@ If you run `nix develop` you get a set up kakoune with an lsp. Be aware
 this depends on your local cabal cache.
 
 # TODO
-- [] Better E-Mail generation
-- [] Add the nix modules to the flake
-- [] Better Error handling
-  - [] Find out which exceptions the SMTP module throws
-- [] Split config into secrets and non secret config
-  - [] make the pad url configurable
+- [ ] Better E-Mail generation
+- [ ] Add the nix modules to the flake
+- [ ] Better Error handling
+  - [x] Find out which exceptions the SMTP module throws
+  - [ ] also log to stderr if we send an error E-Mail
+  - [ ] move from MonadFail to MonadError from Control.Monad.Except
+- [ ] Split config into secrets and non secret config
+  - [ ] make the pad url configurable
 - [x] Clean up Strict vs Lazy Text
+- [ ] decide finally if we want to use wreq or req and don't flip flop between both libs
diff --git a/app/Requester.hs b/app/Requester.hs
index 2890757..bb88f5e 100644
--- a/app/Requester.hs
+++ b/app/Requester.hs
@@ -1,18 +1,25 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings, DataKinds#-}
 module Requester(request) where
   
-import Network.HTTP.Req
--- import qualified Data.Text as T
-import Control.Monad.IO.Class(MonadIO)
-import qualified Data.ByteString as B
+import qualified Network.Wreq as N
+import Network.HTTP.Client (HttpException)
+import qualified Control.Exception as E
+import Control.Lens.Getter ((^.))
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as LBS
+import Monad
 
-url :: Url 'Https
-url = https "md.darmstadt.ccc.de" /: "mathechor-probenplanung" /: "download"
+url :: String
+url = "https://md.darmstadt.ccc.de/mathechor-probenplanung/download"
 
+eitherToFail :: (Show a, MonadFail m) => Either a b -> m b
+eitherToFail (Right a) = return a
+eitherToFail (Left b)  = fail $ show b
 
-
-requestRunner :: (MonadIO m)=> m BsResponse
-requestRunner = runReq defaultHttpConfig $ req GET url NoReqBody bsResponse mempty
-
-request :: (MonadIO m) => m B.ByteString
-request = fmap responseBody requestRunner
+request :: (MonadIO m, MonadFail m) => m LBS.ByteString
+request = do
+  -- catch might seem to be more convenient instead of catch. But the handler in catch forces
+  -- IO and not MonadIO, so we can't call fail. We use try to escape so we can escape IO first
+  -- and then handle the error (with fail in scope)
+  responseWithError <- liftIO (E.try (N.get url) :: IO (Either HttpException (N.Response LBS.ByteString)))
+  response <- eitherToFail responseWithError
+  return $ response ^. N.responseBody  
diff --git a/app/TableParser.hs b/app/TableParser.hs
index 0bbd2cc..66a6491 100644
--- a/app/TableParser.hs
+++ b/app/TableParser.hs
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@ module TableParser(MailRecord(..), parseBString, parseTable) where
   
 import qualified Text.Parsec as P
 -- import qualified Text.Parsec.Char as P
-import qualified Text.Parsec.Text as P
+import qualified Text.Parsec.Text.Lazy as P
 import qualified Data.Text.Lazy as LT
-import qualified Data.Text as ST
-import qualified Data.Text.Encoding as ST
+import qualified Data.Text.Lazy.Encoding as LT
 import qualified Data.Time.Calendar as D
-import qualified Data.ByteString as B
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as B
 import Control.Monad(void)
 
 
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ parseTable = do
   P.eof
   return x
 
-textToMailRecord :: ST.Text -> Either String [MailRecord]
+textToMailRecord :: LT.Text -> Either String [MailRecord]
 textToMailRecord t = case P.parse parseTable "" t of
   Left x -> Left $ show x
   Right x -> Right x
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ parseBString t = do
   text <- toText t
   textToMailRecord text
 
-toText :: B.ByteString -> Either String ST.Text
-toText t = case ST.decodeUtf8' t of
+toText :: B.ByteString -> Either String LT.Text
+toText t = case LT.decodeUtf8' t of
   Left x -> Left $ show x
   Right x -> Right x
diff --git a/choirMail.cabal b/choirMail.cabal
index 168d001..516436d 100644
--- a/choirMail.cabal
+++ b/choirMail.cabal
@@ -81,13 +81,14 @@ executable choirMail
                       ,tomland >= 1.3.3.0
                       ,smtp-mail
                       ,optparse-applicative
-                      ,req
+                      ,wreq
                       ,parsec
                       ,text
                       ,time
                       ,bytestring
                       ,mime-mail
-                      ,modern-uri
+                      ,http-client
+                      ,lens
 
 
     -- Directories containing source files.
diff --git a/choirMail.nix b/choirMail.nix
index 7763d97..6e2d449 100644
--- a/choirMail.nix
+++ b/choirMail.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{ mkDerivation, base, bytestring, lib, mime-mail, modern-uri
-, optparse-applicative, parsec, req, smtp-mail, text, time, tomland
-, transformers
+{ mkDerivation, base, bytestring, http-client, lens, lib, mime-mail
+, optparse-applicative, parsec, smtp-mail, text, time, tomland
+, transformers, wreq
 }:
 mkDerivation {
   pname = "choirMail";
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ mkDerivation {
   isLibrary = false;
   isExecutable = true;
   executableHaskellDepends = [
-    base bytestring mime-mail modern-uri optparse-applicative parsec
-    req smtp-mail text time tomland transformers
+    base bytestring http-client lens mime-mail optparse-applicative
+    parsec smtp-mail text time tomland transformers wreq
   ];
   homepage = ""https://git.nerfingen.de/nerf/choirMail"";
   license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;