diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractJSONRipper.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractJSONRipper.java
index 2fbc05e1..538a4b5d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractJSONRipper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractJSONRipper.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractJSONRipper extends AbstractRipper {
     public abstract String getHost();
 
     protected abstract JSONObject getFirstPage() throws IOException;
-    protected JSONObject getNextPage(JSONObject doc) throws IOException {
+    protected JSONObject getNextPage(JSONObject doc) throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
         throw new IOException("getNextPage not implemented");
     }
     protected abstract List<String> getURLsFromJSON(JSONObject json);
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractJSONRipper extends AbstractRipper {
             try {
                 sendUpdate(STATUS.LOADING_RESOURCE, "next page");
                 json = getNextPage(json);
-            } catch (IOException e) {
+            } catch (IOException | URISyntaxException e) {
                 LOGGER.info("Can't get next page: " + e.getMessage());
                 break;
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/DerpiRipper.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/DerpiRipper.java
index c2acdc56..a0538614 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/DerpiRipper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/DerpiRipper.java
@@ -101,10 +101,10 @@ public class DerpiRipper extends AbstractJSONRipper {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public JSONObject getNextPage(JSONObject doc) throws IOException {
+    public JSONObject getNextPage(JSONObject doc) throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
         currPage++;
         String u = currUrl.toExternalForm() + "&page=" + Integer.toString(currPage);
-        JSONObject json = Http.url(new URL(u)).getJSON();
+        JSONObject json = Http.url(new URI(u).toURL()).getJSON();
         JSONArray arr;
         if (json.has("images")) {
             arr = json.getJSONArray("images");