diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/mosad/thecitadelofricks/controller/CachetAPIController.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/mosad/thecitadelofricks/controller/CachetAPIController.kt
index 534e3eb..71ed2d2 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/mosad/thecitadelofricks/controller/CachetAPIController.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/mosad/thecitadelofricks/controller/CachetAPIController.kt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import java.io.BufferedReader
 import java.io.IOException
 import java.io.InputStreamReader
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection
-import java.net.URL
+import java.net.URI
 
 class CachetAPIController {
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class CachetAPIController {
 
          fun postTotalRequests() {
              try {
-                 val url = URL("${StartupController.cachetBaseURL}/api/v1/metrics/1/points")
+                 val url = URI("${StartupController.cachetBaseURL}/api/v1/metrics/1/points").toURL()
                  val jsonInputString = "{\"value\": ${totalRequests -oldTotalRequests}, \"timestamp\": \"${(System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000)}\"}"
                  oldTotalRequests = totalRequests
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/mosad/thecitadelofricks/controller/StatusController.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/mosad/thecitadelofricks/controller/StatusController.kt
index dd72bd1..e5c35c4 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/mosad/thecitadelofricks/controller/StatusController.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/mosad/thecitadelofricks/controller/StatusController.kt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import org.mosad.thecitadelofricks.Status
 import org.slf4j.Logger
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection
-import java.net.URL
+import java.net.URI
 import java.time.LocalDateTime
 import java.util.*
 import kotlin.collections.HashMap
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ class StatusController {
             var swfrCode = 999
 
             try {
-                val hsoURL = URL("https://www.hs-offenburg.de/")
-                val swfrURL = URL("https://www.swfr.de/")
+                val hsoURL = URI("https://www.hs-offenburg.de/").toURL()
+                val swfrURL = URI("https://www.swfr.de/").toURL()
 
                 var connection = hsoURL.openConnection() as HttpURLConnection
                 connection.requestMethod = "HEAD"