diff --git a/src/ContentGrabber/grabber.vala b/src/ContentGrabber/grabber.vala
index 594dd147..76af4c35 100644
--- a/src/ContentGrabber/grabber.vala
+++ b/src/ContentGrabber/grabber.vala
@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@ public class FeedReader.Grabber : GLib.Object {
 	{
 		Logger.debug("Grabber: process article: " + m_articleURL);
 
-		var uri = new Soup.URI(m_articleURL);
-		if(uri == null)
-		{
+		try {
+			var uri = GLib.Uri.parse(m_articleURL, GLib.UriFlags.NONE);
+		} catch (GLib.UriError e) {
 			Logger.error("No valid article-url?!?");
 			return false;
 		}
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ public class FeedReader.Grabber : GLib.Object {
 			if(msg.status_code == Soup.Status.MOVED_TEMPORARILY
 			|| msg.status_code == Soup.Status.MOVED_PERMANENTLY)
 			{
-				m_articleURL = msg.uri.to_string(false);
+				m_articleURL = msg.uri.to_string();
 				m_article.setURL(m_articleURL);
 				Logger.debug("Grabber: new url is: " + m_articleURL);
 			}
diff --git a/src/FavIcon.vala b/src/FavIcon.vala
index fcf730c9..25d29ace 100644
--- a/src/FavIcon.vala
+++ b/src/FavIcon.vala
@@ -288,7 +288,13 @@ public class FeedReader.FavIcon : GLib.Object
 			}
 
 			// try domainname/favicon.ico
-			var uri = new Soup.URI(m_feed.getURL());
+			GLib.Uri uri;
+			try {
+				uri = GLib.Uri.parse(m_feed.getURL(), GLib.UriFlags.NONE);
+			} catch (GLib.UriError e) {
+				Logger.error(@"Fetching favicon failed: can't parse url $(m_feed.getURL())! Seems to be not valid.");
+			}
+
 			string? siteURL = null;
 			if(uri != null)
 			{
diff --git a/src/Utils.vala b/src/Utils.vala
index c821c2e1..c4870575 100644
--- a/src/Utils.vala
+++ b/src/Utils.vala
@@ -263,10 +263,10 @@ public class FeedReader.Utils : GLib.Object {
 		public static bool ping(string link)
 		{
 			Logger.debug("Ping: " + link);
-			var uri = new Soup.URI(link);
-
-			if(uri == null)
-			{
+			GLib.Uri uri;
+			try {
+				uri = GLib.Uri.parse(link, GLib.UriFlags.NONE);
+			} catch (GLib.UriError e) {
 				Logger.error(@"Ping failed: can't parse url $link! Seems to be not valid.");
 				return false;
 			}