diff --git a/models.py b/models.py
index b1717d99..52c8cb37 100755
--- a/models.py
+++ b/models.py
@@ -251,7 +251,12 @@ def load_darknet_weights(self, weights, cutoff=-1):
     # Try to download weights if not available locally
     if not os.path.isfile(weights):
         try:
-            os.system('wget https://pjreddie.com/media/files/' + weights_file + ' -O ' + weights)
+            url = 'https://pjreddie.com/media/files/' + weights_file
+            print('Downloading ' + url + ' to ' + weights)
+            os.system('curl ' + url + ' -o ' + weights)
+            import requests
+            r = requests.get(url)
+
         except IOError:
             print(weights + ' not found.\nTry https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1uxgUBemJVw9wZsdpboYbzUN4bcRhsuAI')
 
diff --git a/utils/utils.py b/utils/utils.py
index bb857ed4..91b81f16 100755
--- a/utils/utils.py
+++ b/utils/utils.py
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ from PIL import Image
 from tqdm import tqdm
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from . import torch_utils
-from . import google_utils
+from . import torch_utils  # , google_utils
 
 matplotlib.rc('font', **{'size': 11})