diff --git a/app/request.py b/app/request.py
index 12e1c1e..38b47b0 100644
--- a/app/request.py
+++ b/app/request.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from lxml import etree
 import random
 import requests
+from requests import Response
 import urllib.parse as urlparse
 
 # Core Google search URLs
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ class Request:
 
     def autocomplete(self, query):
         ac_query = dict(hl=self.language, q=query)
-        response = self.send(base_url=AUTOCOMPLETE_URL, query=urlparse.urlencode(ac_query))
+        response = self.send(base_url=AUTOCOMPLETE_URL, query=urlparse.urlencode(ac_query)).text
 
         if response:
             dom = etree.fromstring(response)
@@ -80,14 +81,9 @@ class Request:
 
         return []
 
-    def send(self, base_url=SEARCH_URL, query='', return_bytes=False):
+    def send(self, base_url=SEARCH_URL, query='') -> Response:
         headers = {
             'User-Agent': self.modified_user_agent
         }
 
-        response = requests.get(base_url + query, headers=headers)
-
-        if return_bytes:
-            return response.content
-        else:
-            return response.text
+        return requests.get(base_url + query, headers=headers)
diff --git a/app/routes.py b/app/routes.py
index 42a47bc..ca3bac4 100644
--- a/app/routes.py
+++ b/app/routes.py
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ def element():
     src_type = request.args.get('type')
 
     try:
-        file_data = g.user_request.send(base_url=src_url, return_bytes=True)
+        file_data = g.user_request.send(base_url=src_url).content
         app.user_elements[session['uuid']] -= 1
         tmp_mem = io.BytesIO()
         tmp_mem.write(file_data)
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ def element():
 @app.route('/window')
 @auth_required
 def window():
-    get_body = g.user_request.send(base_url=request.args.get('location'))
+    get_body = g.user_request.send(base_url=request.args.get('location')).text
     get_body = get_body.replace('src="/', 'src="' + request.args.get('location') + '"')
     get_body = get_body.replace('href="/', 'href="' + request.args.get('location') + '"')
 
diff --git a/app/utils/routing_utils.py b/app/utils/routing_utils.py
index 40b375c..cc3ed1f 100644
--- a/app/utils/routing_utils.py
+++ b/app/utils/routing_utils.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class RoutingUtils:
 
         content_filter = Filter(self.session['keys'], mobile=mobile, config=self.config)
         full_query = gen_query(self.query, self.request_params, self.config, content_filter.near)
-        get_body = g.user_request.send(query=full_query)
+        get_body = g.user_request.send(query=full_query).text
 
         # Produce cleanable html soup from response
         html_soup = BeautifulSoup(content_filter.reskin(get_body), 'html.parser')