diff --git a/scout/adapter/mongo/rank_model.py b/scout/adapter/mongo/rank_model.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/scout/adapter/mongo/rank_model.py
+++ b/scout/adapter/mongo/rank_model.py
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import logging
-import urllib.request
 
 from configobj import ConfigObj
 
+from scout.utils.scout_requests import get_request
+
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class RankModelHandler(object):
     def fetch_rank_model(self, rank_model_url):
         try:
-            return urllib.request.urlopen(rank_model_url, timeout=20)
+            return get_request(rank_model_url)
         except:
             return None
Fix urlib security problem raised by linter