diff --git a/ecommerce_exporter/cli.py b/ecommerce_exporter/cli.py
index 1c1d580..b296ca4 100644
--- a/ecommerce_exporter/cli.py
+++ b/ecommerce_exporter/cli.py
@@ -65,14 +65,7 @@ def main():
     )
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
-    scrape_targets = parse_config(os.path.abspath(args.config))
-
-    # setup the headers for each scrape targets
-    for scrape_target in scrape_targets:
-        scrape_target.headers = {
-            'accept': '*/*',
-            'user-agent': args.user_agent,
-        }
+    scrape_targets = parse_config(os.path.abspath(args.config), user_agent=args.user_agent)
 
     # start the http server to server the prometheus metrics
     logger.info("serving metrics on http://%s:%s/metrics", args.listen_address, args.listen_port)
@@ -103,7 +96,7 @@ def main():
                 ).inc()
         time.sleep(args.interval * 60)
 
-def parse_config(config_filename):
+def parse_config(config_filename, user_agent):
     result = []
     logger.info('Loading configurations from %s', config_filename)
     with open(config_filename, 'r') as f:
@@ -125,6 +118,9 @@ def parse_config(config_filename):
                     target_name=target.get('name'),
                     regex=target.get('regex'),
                     parser=target.get('parser'),
+                    headers = {
+                        'User-Agent': user_agent,
+                    },
                 ))
     return result
 
diff --git a/ecommerce_exporter/scrape_target.py b/ecommerce_exporter/scrape_target.py
index d29d7e7..1256e9c 100644
--- a/ecommerce_exporter/scrape_target.py
+++ b/ecommerce_exporter/scrape_target.py
@@ -3,25 +3,27 @@ import re
 
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
-import httpx
+# import httpx
+import requests
 import parsel
 import pyjq
 import logging
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 class ScrapeTarget:
-    def __init__(self, product_name, url, selector, target_name=None, regex=None, parser=None):
+    def __init__(self, product_name, url, selector, target_name=None, regex=None, parser=None, headers={}):
         self.product_name = product_name
         self.target_name = target_name if target_name else urlparse(url).hostname
         self.url = url
         self.selector = selector
-        self.regex = re.compile(regex if regex else r'[0-9]+(\.[0-9]{2})?')
+        self.regex = re.compile(regex if regex else r'([0-9]+,?)+(\.[0-9]{2})?')
         self.parser = parser if parser else 'html'
-        self.headers = {}
-        self.client = httpx.Client(
-            follow_redirects=True,
-            http2=True,
-        )
+        if 'Referer' not in headers:
+            headers['Referer'] = 'google.com'
+        if 'DNT' not in headers:
+            headers['DNT'] = '1'
+        self.headers = headers
+        self.session = requests.Session()
 
         # sanity check
         valid_parsers = ('html', 'json')
@@ -29,13 +31,12 @@ class ScrapeTarget:
             raise ValueError("Invalid parser configured (got '%s' but need one of %s) product: '%s', target: '%s'" % (self.parser, valid_parsers, self.product_name, self.target_name))
 
     def query_target(self):
-        # some sites get suspicious if we talk to them in HTTP/1.1 (maybe because it doesn't match our user-agent?)
-        # we use httpx to have HTTP2 support and circumvent that issue
-        query_response = self.client.get(
+        query_response = self.session.get(
             self.url,
             headers=self.headers,
         )
         logger.info('Status: %s', query_response.status_code)
+        # self.client.cookies.update(query_response.cookies)
         query_response_text = query_response.text
         logger.debug('Response: %s', query_response_text)
 
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ class ScrapeTarget:
         # match the regex
         regex_match = self.regex.search(selector_match)
         if regex_match:
-            str_result = regex_match.group(0)
+            str_result = regex_match.group(0).replace(',', '')
             # convert the result to float
             float_result = float(str_result)
             return float_result
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 6aa03af..6108e81 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ setup_requires =
   setuptools_scm
 install_requires=
   PyYAML~=6.0
-  httpx[http2]~=0.23.0
+  requests~=2.32.0
   parsel~=1.6.0
   pyjq~=2.6.0
   prometheus-client~=0.15.0