diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a2c67ae..6044335 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ before_install:
 
 install:
 - pip install twisted appnope
+- pip install -U https://github.com/requests/requests/zipball/master
 #- git clone -b qtpy-pyside2 https://github.com/alby128/syncplay.git syncplay-qtpy-PySide2
 #- cd syncplay-qtpy-PySide2
 #- git checkout qtpy-pyside2
diff --git a/buildPy2app.py b/buildPy2app.py
index f889c3d..74cb424 100644
--- a/buildPy2app.py
+++ b/buildPy2app.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ DATA_FILES = [
 ]
 OPTIONS = {
 	'iconfile':'resources/icon.icns',
-	'includes': {'PySide2.QtCore', 'PySide2.QtUiTools', 'PySide2.QtGui','PySide2.QtWidgets'},
+	'includes': {'PySide2.QtCore', 'PySide2.QtUiTools', 'PySide2.QtGui','PySide2.QtWidgets', 'certifi'},
     'excludes': {'PySide', 'PySide.QtCore', 'PySide.QtUiTools', 'PySide.QtGui'},
     'qt_plugins': ['platforms/libqcocoa.dylib', 'platforms/libqminimal.dylib','platforms/libqoffscreen.dylib'],
 	'plist': {
diff --git a/buildPy2exe.py b/buildPy2exe.py
index bff96a4..881667c 100755
--- a/buildPy2exe.py
+++ b/buildPy2exe.py
@@ -721,8 +721,8 @@ info = dict(
     options={'py2exe': {
                          'dist_dir': OUT_DIR,
                          'packages': 'PySide2.QtUiTools',
-                         'includes': 'twisted, sys, encodings, datetime, os, time, math, PySide2, liburl, ast, unicodedata',
-                         'excludes': 'venv, _ssl, doctest, pdb, unittest, win32clipboard, win32file, win32pdh, win32security, win32trace, win32ui, winxpgui, win32pipe, win32process, Tkinter',
+                         'includes': 'twisted, sys, encodings, datetime, os, time, math, PySide2, liburl, ast, unicodedata, _ssl',
+                         'excludes': 'venv, doctest, pdb, unittest, win32clipboard, win32file, win32pdh, win32security, win32trace, win32ui, winxpgui, win32pipe, win32process, Tkinter',
                          'dll_excludes': 'msvcr71.dll, MSVCP90.dll, POWRPROF.dll',
                          'optimize': 2,
                          'compressed': 1
diff --git a/resources/third-party-notices.rtf b/resources/third-party-notices.rtf
index 5ef095d..e67066e 100644
--- a/resources/third-party-notices.rtf
+++ b/resources/third-party-notices.rtf
@@ -208,4 +208,18 @@ furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:\
 The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in\
 all copies or substantial portions of the Software.\
 \
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+
+\b Requests\
+\
+
+\b0 Copyright 2018 Kenneth Reitz\
+\
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the \'93License\'94); you may not use this file\
+except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at\
+\
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0\
+\
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the \
+License is distributed on an \'93AS IS\'94 BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDI-\
+TIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific lang-\
+uage governing permissions and limitations under the License.}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/syncplay/client.py b/syncplay/client.py
index e8cb8b5..665da98 100644
--- a/syncplay/client.py
+++ b/syncplay/client.py
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ from twisted.internet import reactor, task, defer, threads
 from functools import wraps
 from copy import deepcopy
 from syncplay.protocols import SyncClientProtocol
-from syncplay import utils, constants
+from syncplay import utils, constants, version
+from syncplay.utils import isMacOS
 from syncplay.messages import getMissingStrings, getMessage
 from syncplay.constants import PRIVACY_SENDHASHED_MODE, PRIVACY_DONTSEND_MODE, \
     PRIVACY_HIDDENFILENAME
@@ -910,12 +911,15 @@ class SyncplayClient(object):
 
     def checkForUpdate(self, userInitiated):
         try:
-            import urllib, syncplay, sys, messages, json
-            params = urllib.urlencode({'version': syncplay.version, 'milestone': syncplay.milestone, 'release_number': syncplay.release_number,
-                                   'language': messages.messages["CURRENT"], 'platform': sys.platform, 'userInitiated': userInitiated})
-
-            f = urllib.urlopen(constants.SYNCPLAY_UPDATE_URL.format(params))
-            response = f.read()
+            import syncplay, sys, messages, urllib, json
+            params = urllib.urlencode({'version': syncplay.version, 'milestone': syncplay.milestone, 'release_number': syncplay.release_number, 'language': messages.messages["CURRENT"], 'platform': sys.platform, 'userInitiated': userInitiated})
+            if isMacOS():
+                import requests
+                response = requests.get(constants.SYNCPLAY_UPDATE_URL.format(params))
+                response = response.text
+            else:
+                f = urllib.urlopen(constants.SYNCPLAY_UPDATE_URL.format(params))
+                response = f.read()            
             response = response.replace("<p>","").replace("</p>","").replace("<br />","").replace("&#8220;","\"").replace("&#8221;","\"") # Fix Wordpress
             response = json.loads(response)
             publicServers = None
@@ -926,7 +930,7 @@ class SyncplayClient(object):
             return response["version-status"], response["version-message"] if response.has_key("version-message")\
                 else None, response["version-url"] if response.has_key("version-url") else None, publicServers
         except:
-            return "failed", getMessage("update-check-failed-notification").format(syncplay.version), constants.SYNCPLAY_DOWNLOAD_URL, None
+            return "failed", getMessage("update-check-failed-notification").format(version), constants.SYNCPLAY_DOWNLOAD_URL, None
 
     class _WarningManager(object):
         def __init__(self, player, userlist, ui, client):
diff --git a/syncplay/utils.py b/syncplay/utils.py
index 17d7fcc..5ad8b6c 100644
--- a/syncplay/utils.py
+++ b/syncplay/utils.py
@@ -374,11 +374,15 @@ def open_system_file_browser(path):
 
 def getListOfPublicServers():
     try:
-        import urllib, syncplay, sys, messages, json
-        params = urllib.urlencode({'version': syncplay.version, 'milestone': syncplay.milestone, 'release_number': syncplay.release_number,
-                                   'language': messages.messages["CURRENT"]})
-        f = urllib.urlopen(constants.SYNCPLAY_PUBLIC_SERVER_LIST_URL.format(params))
-        response = f.read()
+        import syncplay, sys, messages, urllib
+        params = urllib.urlencode({'version': syncplay.version, 'milestone': syncplay.milestone, 'release_number': syncplay.release_number, 'language': messages.messages["CURRENT"]})
+        if isMacOS():
+            import requests
+            response = requests.get(constants.SYNCPLAY_PUBLIC_SERVER_LIST_URL.format(params))
+            response = response.text
+        else:
+            f = urllib.urlopen(constants.SYNCPLAY_PUBLIC_SERVER_LIST_URL.format(params))
+            response = f.read()        
         response = response.replace("<p>","").replace("</p>","").replace("<br />","").replace("&#8220;","'").replace("&#8221;","'").replace(":&#8217;","'").replace("&#8217;","'").replace("&#8242;","'").replace("\n","").replace("\r","") # Fix Wordpress
         response = ast.literal_eval(response)