diff --git a/src/utils_qualtest.py b/src/utils_qualtest.py
index 4f854cc..6f41742 100644
--- a/src/utils_qualtest.py
+++ b/src/utils_qualtest.py
@@ -222,14 +222,13 @@ class QualtestBackend:
             url = utils.join_host_and_path(self.address, "/play_audio/?") + params
 
             # Get response from server
-            response = urllib.request.urlopen(url, timeout=utils.NETWORK_TIMEOUT)
-            if response.getcode() != 200:
-                utils.log_error("Failed to get audio. Error code: %s" % response.getcode())
+            response = requests.get(url, timeout=(utils.NETWORK_TIMEOUT, 5))
+            if response.status_code != 200:
+                utils.log_error("Failed to get audio. Error code: %s" % response.status_code)
                 return False
 
-            audio_content = response.read()
             with open (output_path, 'wb') as f:
-                f.write(audio_content)
+                f.write(response.content)
             
             return True
         except Exception as err: