diff --git a/plugins/internetonfire.rb b/plugins/internetonfire.rb
index 5d78f20d9299a027bc9ec7f8730895c47bad3c48..86423656025779f4a209eb96e6e65f6cf3e85676 100644
--- a/plugins/internetonfire.rb
+++ b/plugins/internetonfire.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class Internetonfire
     @irc     = irc
     @timer   = timer
 
-    @url     = 'https://istheinternetonfire.com/status.json'
+    @url     = 'https://istheinternetonfire.com/status.txt'
     @timer   = 3600
     @recent  = ''
 
@@ -40,9 +40,7 @@ class Internetonfire
   def check_state
     loop do
       begin
-        response = open(@url).read
-
-        state = JSON.parse(response)['status']
+        state = open(@url).read
 
         # Check if changed since last time
         if @recent == state
@@ -50,7 +48,7 @@ class Internetonfire
         else
           @recent = state
           # Set topic
-          @irc.topic( @channel, "#{@prefix} | Is the internet on fire? #{state}" )
+          @irc.topic( @channel, "#{@prefix} | #{state}" )
         end
 
       rescue Exception => e