diff --git a/backend/api/management/commands/seed_legacy_flavors.py b/backend/api/management/commands/seed_legacy_flavors.py
index c083259..d6dca89 100644
--- a/backend/api/management/commands/seed_legacy_flavors.py
+++ b/backend/api/management/commands/seed_legacy_flavors.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import json
 import os
-import urllib.request
+import requests
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
 from django.core.files import File
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -24,18 +24,14 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             
             os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(filepath), exist_ok=True)
 
-            req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers={'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0'})
-            with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=10) as response:
-                content = response.read()
-                
-            if not content:
-                return None
+            response = requests.get(url, headers={'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0'}, timeout=10)
+            response.raise_for_status()
 
             if os.path.exists(filepath):
                 os.remove(filepath)
 
             with open(filepath, 'wb') as f:
-                f.write(content)
+                f.write(response.content)
             
             return f"flavors/{filename}"
         except Exception as e:
diff --git a/backend/api/management/commands/sync_flavors.py b/backend/api/management/commands/sync_flavors.py
index c78e580..b1a1a96 100644
--- a/backend/api/management/commands/sync_flavors.py
+++ b/backend/api/management/commands/sync_flavors.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import json
-import urllib.request
+import requests
 import re
 import os
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
@@ -32,18 +32,14 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             
             os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(filepath), exist_ok=True)
 
-            req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers={'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0'})
-            with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=10) as response:
-                content = response.read()
+            response = requests.get(url, headers={'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0'}, timeout=10)
+            response.raise_for_status()
                 
-            if not content:
-                return None
-
             if os.path.exists(filepath):
                 os.remove(filepath)
 
             with open(filepath, 'wb') as f:
-                f.write(content)
+                f.write(response.content)
             
             return f"flavors/{filename}"
         except Exception as e:
@@ -55,9 +51,9 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         self.stdout.write(f"Fetching from {url}...")
         
         try:
-            req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers={'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0'})
-            with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as response:
-                data = json.loads(response.read().decode())
+            response = requests.get(url, headers={'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0'}, timeout=15)
+            response.raise_for_status()
+            data = response.json()
         except Exception as e:
             self.stdout.write(self.style.ERROR(f"Failed to fetch data: {e}"))
             return
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 38c4cf8..5facd97 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ whitenoise>=6.6.0
 gunicorn>=21.2.0
 django-ratelimit>=4.1.0
 django-compression-middleware>=0.5.0
+requests>=2.31.0
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index fc3ecd1..7428837 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ services:
     command: python manage.py worker
     restart: unless-stopped
     networks:
+      - narl
       - internal
     dns:
       - 8.8.8.8