diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 7833dea..14b317e 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "request_wrapper"]
 	path = request_wrapper
 	url = https://gitlab.com/snippets/1900824.git
+[submodule "handling-http-429-with-tenacity"]
+	path = handling-http-429-with-tenacity
+	url = https://github.com/alexwlchan/handling-http-429-with-tenacity.git
diff --git a/handling-http-429-with-tenacity b/handling-http-429-with-tenacity
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..6dd6bb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/handling-http-429-with-tenacity
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 6dd6bb517515b37e0d0e89aa07767b32072c5ee8
diff --git a/mcUp.py b/mcUp.py
index c20e967..7114e1a 100755
--- a/mcUp.py
+++ b/mcUp.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import argparse
 import shutil
 import hashlib
 from os import error
+from urllib.parse import unquote
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='A command-line tool to update a Minecraft Server.')
 parser.add_argument('api', metavar='api', help='which API to use')
 parser.add_argument('project', metavar='project', help='which project to query for')
diff --git a/parsers/modrinth.py b/parsers/modrinth.py
index 5f9b2b5..35c8dd9 100644
--- a/parsers/modrinth.py
+++ b/parsers/modrinth.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from request_wrapper import requests_wrapper as requests
 import datetime
 import iso8601
 import pytz
+from urllib.parse import unquote
 debug = True
 if debug == True:
     import logging
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@ if debug == True:
     requests_log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
     requests_log.propagate = True
 timeoutTime = 1
+# Setup session, this lets the parser re-use the connection instead of establishing a new connection for EACH request, not only does this cause a HUGE performance boost, it's also nicer to the API.
+session = requests.Session()
 base_api_url = "https://api.modrinth.com:443/api/v1"
 def failCheck(response, functOrigin):
     print("Status Code is: "+str(response.status_code))
@@ -40,9 +43,9 @@ def modInfo(project):
     if "modInfo" in dataCache:
         print("Returning cached data!")
         return dataCache["modInfo"]
-    response = requests.get(base_api_url+"/mod/"+project, family=socket.AF_INET)
+    response = session.get(base_api_url+"/mod/"+project, family=socket.AF_INET)
     if failCheck(response, "modInfo") == True: #Attempt to requery API
-        response = requests.get(base_api_url+"/mod/"+project, family=socket.AF_INET)
+        response = session.get(base_api_url+"/mod/"+project, family=socket.AF_INET)
     api_response = response.json()
     cacheData("modInfo", api_response)
     return api_response
@@ -66,9 +69,9 @@ def getAllModVersionInfo(project):
     responseList = []
     numberOfVersions = len(versions)
     for item in range(numberOfVersions):
-        response = requests.get(base_api_url+"/version/"+versions[item], family=socket.AF_INET)
+        response = session.get(base_api_url+"/version/"+versions[item], family=socket.AF_INET)
         if failCheck(response, "getAllModVersionInfo") == True: #Attempt to requery API
-            response = requests.get(base_api_url+"/version/"+versions[item], family=socket.AF_INET)
+            response = session.get(base_api_url+"/version/"+versions[item], family=socket.AF_INET)
         api_response = response.json()
         responseList.append(api_response)
     cacheData("getAllMinecraftVersionInfo", responseList)
@@ -122,7 +125,7 @@ def getDownloadURL(project, versionID):
         workingDict2 = workingList[0]
         workingDict3 = workingDict2["hashes"]
         #print(workingDict3)
-        downloadURLs[versions[item]] = workingDict2["url"]
+        downloadURLs[versions[item]] = unquote(workingDict2["url"])
         downloadSHA1[versions[item]] = workingDict3["sha1"]
         downloadFilenames[versions[item]] = workingDict2["filename"]
     #print(downloadURLs)