diff --git a/lib/mule.js b/lib/mule.js
index 8cf7685..34a97d0 100644
--- a/lib/mule.js
+++ b/lib/mule.js
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ function addreloader(mule, target) {
 	var rld = $('<div class="button">')
 	rld.text('\u21bb')
 	if (mule.data) {
-		var updated = new Date(mule.data.query.created)
+		var updated = new Date(mule.data.created)
 		rld.attr('title', 'last updated: ' + updated.toLocaleString())
 	}
 	rld.click(function(){ mule.reload() })
@@ -224,7 +224,11 @@ Mule.prototype.query = function(ignore_cache) {
 
 	this.log('loading data')
 	window.realmAPI('char/list', CR, function(xhr) {
-		xhr.done(onResponse).fail(onFail)
+		if(xhr.Chars){
+            onResponse(xhr);
+        } else {
+            onFail();
+        }
 	})
 
 	function onFail() {
@@ -239,15 +243,9 @@ Mule.prototype.query = function(ignore_cache) {
 	}
 
 	function onResponse(data) {
+        //console.log(data);
 		self.busy = false;
-		if (!data.query || !data.query.results) {
-			self.error(data.query ? 'server error' : 'YQL service denied');
-			if (data.query) {
-				self.log('full response:' + JSON.stringify(data.query))
-			}
-			return;
-		}
-		var res = data.query.results
+		var res = data;
 
 		function watchProgress(percent) {
 			if (typeof percent != 'string') {
@@ -309,13 +307,22 @@ var STATTAGS = 'MaxHitPoints MaxMagicPoints Attack Defense Speed Dexterity HpReg
 var STATABBR = 'HP MP ATT DEF SPD DEX VIT WIS'.split(' ')
 Mule.prototype.parse = function(data) {
 	if (this.overlay) this.overlay.hide()
-
-	var d = data.query.results.Chars
+    console.log(data);
+    if(data.Chars){
+	    var d = data.Chars
+    } else {
+        var d = data.query.results.Chars
+    }
 	d = {
 		Char: d.Char,
 		Account: d.Account || {}
 	}
-	data.query.results.Chars = d
+    if(data.Chars){
+	    data.Chars = d
+    } else {
+        data.query.results.Chars = d
+    }
+	
 
 	// check if data changed?
 /*	if (this.data && compare(d, this.data.query.results.Chars)) {
diff --git a/lib/realmapi.js b/lib/realmapi.js
index ffefe0b..fe75b31 100644
--- a/lib/realmapi.js
+++ b/lib/realmapi.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 (function($, window) {
 
 var BASEURL = [
@@ -27,11 +28,10 @@ function update_counter() {
 	$('#counter').text(_cnt).parent().toggle(!!_cnt);
 }
 
-
+var x2js = new X2JS();
 function realmAPI(path, opts, extraopts, callback) {
 	opts.ignore = Math.floor(1e3 + 9e3 * Math.random())
 	var url = BASEURL + path + '?' + $.param(opts)
-
 	if (typeof extraopts == 'function') {
 		callback = extraopts
 		extraopts = {}
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ function realmAPI(path, opts, extraopts, callback) {
 		ifr.src = url
 		return
 	}
-
+/*
 	queue_request({
 		dataType: 'jsonp',
 		url: 'https://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql',
@@ -56,7 +56,19 @@ function realmAPI(path, opts, extraopts, callback) {
 			q: 'select * from xml where url="' + url + '"',
 			format: 'json'
 		},
-		complete: callback
+		complete: function(result){
+            console.log(JSON.stringify(result));
+            callback(result);
+        }
+	})
+*/
+	queue_request({
+		url: 'https://cors-anywhere.herokuapp.com/' + url,
+		complete: function(result){
+            var jsonResult = x2js.xml_str2json(result.responseText);
+            //console.log(JSON.stringify(jsonResult));
+            callback(jsonResult);
+        }
 	})
 }