diff --git a/system/typemill/Controllers/ControllerApiSystemVersions.php b/system/typemill/Controllers/ControllerApiSystemVersions.php
index a33e29d..48f4f23 100644
--- a/system/typemill/Controllers/ControllerApiSystemVersions.php
+++ b/system/typemill/Controllers/ControllerApiSystemVersions.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface as Response;
 use Typemill\Models\Validation;
 use Typemill\Models\License;
 use Typemill\Static\Translations;
+use Typemill\Models\ApiCalls;
 
 class ControllerApiSystemVersions extends Controller
 {
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@ class ControllerApiSystemVersions extends Controller
 		$type 				= $params['type'];
 		$data 				= $params['data'];
 		$url 				= 'https://typemill.net/api/v1/checkversion';
-#		$url2 				= 'http://localhost/typemillPlugins/api/v1/checkversion';
 
 		if($type == 'plugins')
 		{
@@ -63,72 +63,24 @@ class ControllerApiSystemVersions extends Controller
 
 			return $response->withHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json')->withStatus(500);
 		}
+
 		$authstring = hash('sha256', substr($authstring, 0, 50));
+		$authHeader = "Authorization: " . $authstring;
 
-	    if (function_exists('curl_version'))
+	    $apiservice = new ApiCalls();
+	    $apiResponse = $apiservice->makeGetCall($url, $authHeader);
+
+	    if (!$apiResponse)
 	    {
-	        $curl = curl_init();
+	        $response->getBody()->write(json_encode([
+	            'message' 	=> 'Could not make the call for the update check',
+	            'error'		=> $apiservice->getError()
+	        ]));
 
-			if (defined('CURLSSLOPT_NATIVE_CA') && version_compare(curl_version()['version'], '7.71', '>='))
-			{
-				curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_OPTIONS, CURLSSLOPT_NATIVE_CA);  
-			}
-	        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
-	        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
-	        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 5);
-	        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
-	            "Accept: application/json",
-	            "Authorization: $authstring",
-	            "Connection: close"
-	        ]);
-
-	        $curl_response = curl_exec($curl);
-
-	        if (curl_errno($curl))
-	        {
-	            $error = curl_error($curl);
-	        }
-	        else
-	        {
-		        $versions = json_decode($curl_response, true);
-	        }
-
-	        curl_close($curl);
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			$opts = array(
-			  'http' => array(
-			    'method'		=>"GET",
-				'ignore_errors' => true,
-			    'timeout' 		=> 5,
-	    		'header'		=>
-									"Accept: application/json\r\n" .
-									"Authorization: $authstring\r\n" .
-									"Connection: close\r\n",
-			  )
-			);
-
-			$context 			= stream_context_create($opts);
-			$versions 			= file_get_contents($url, false, $context);
-	        if ($versions === false)
-	        {
-	            $error 			= "file_get_contents error: failed to fetch data from $url";
-	        }
-	        else
-	        {
-				$versions 		= json_decode($versions, true);
-	        }
-		}
-
-		if($error)
-		{
-			$response->getBody()->write(json_encode([
-				'message' 	=> $error
-			]));
-
-			return $response->withHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json')->withStatus(500);			
-		}
+	        return $response->withHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json')->withStatus(400);
+	    }
+	    
+		$versions = json_decode($apiResponse, true);
 
 		$updateVersions 	= [];
 
diff --git a/system/typemill/Models/ApiCalls.php b/system/typemill/Models/ApiCalls.php
index 70cdf59..815bc61 100644
--- a/system/typemill/Models/ApiCalls.php
+++ b/system/typemill/Models/ApiCalls.php
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ class ApiCalls
 
     public function makePostCall(string $url, array $data, $authHeader = '')
     {
-        if (in_array('curl', get_loaded_extensions())) {
+        if (in_array('curl', get_loaded_extensions())) 
+        {
             return $this->makeCurlCall($url, 'POST', $data, $authHeader);
         }
 
@@ -22,7 +23,8 @@ class ApiCalls
 
     public function makeGetCall($url, $authHeader = '')
     {
-        if (in_array('curl', get_loaded_extensions())) {
+        if (in_array('curl', get_loaded_extensions()))
+        {
             return $this->makeCurlCall($url, 'GET', null, $authHeader);
         }
 
@@ -37,16 +39,19 @@ class ApiCalls
             "Content-Type: application/json",
         ];
 
-        if (!empty($authHeader)) {
+        if (!empty($authHeader))
+        {
             $headers[] = $authHeader;
         }
 
         $curl = curl_init($url);
         curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
         curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
-        if ($method === 'POST' && $data) {
+        if ($method === 'POST' && $data)
+        {
             $postdata = json_encode($data);
-            if ($postdata === false) {
+            if ($postdata === false)
+            {
                 $this->error = "JSON encoding error: " . json_last_error_msg();
                 return false;
             }
@@ -57,7 +62,8 @@ class ApiCalls
 
         $response = curl_exec($curl);
 
-        if ($response === false) {
+        if ($response === false)
+        {
             $this->error = curl_error($curl);
         }
         curl_close($curl);
@@ -73,7 +79,8 @@ class ApiCalls
             "Content-Type: application/json"
         ];
 
-        if (!empty($authHeader)) {
+        if (!empty($authHeader))
+        {
             $headers[] = $authHeader;
         }
 
@@ -85,9 +92,11 @@ class ApiCalls
             ]
         ];
 
-        if ($method === 'POST' && $data !== null) {
+        if ($method === 'POST' && $data !== null)
+        {
             $postdata = json_encode($data);
-            if ($postdata === false) {
+            if ($postdata === false)
+            {
                 $this->error = "JSON encoding error: " . json_last_error_msg();
                 return false;
             }
@@ -97,7 +106,8 @@ class ApiCalls
         $context = stream_context_create($options);
         $response = file_get_contents($url, false, $context);
 
-        if ($response === false) {
+        if ($response === false)
+        {
             $this->error = 'file_get_contents failed for ' . $method . ' request.';
         }
 
diff --git a/system/typemill/Models/License.php b/system/typemill/Models/License.php
index 0141ad2..9d1c74f 100644
--- a/system/typemill/Models/License.php
+++ b/system/typemill/Models/License.php
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ class License
 
 				return false;
 			}
-		}		
+		}
 	}