diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b5efe29..15d5146 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ version = "0.9.0"
 url = "1.2"
 
 [dependencies.reqwest]
-version = "0.7"
+version = "0.8"
 optional = true
 
 [dependencies.clippy]
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index deedeea..34ce3aa 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -254,8 +254,8 @@ impl<'a> RobotFileParser<'a> {
     #[cfg(feature = "http")]
     /// Reads the robots.txt URL and feeds it to the parser.
     pub fn read(&self) {
-        let client = Client::new().expect("client failed to construct");
-        let mut request = client.get(self.url.clone()).expect("Invalid URL");
+        let client = Client::new();
+        let mut request = client.get(self.url.clone());
         let request = request.header(UserAgent::new(USER_AGENT.to_owned()));
         let mut res = match request.send() {
             Ok(res) => res,