diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/MyhentaicomicsRipper.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/MyhentaicomicsRipper.java
index e206925f..cbe401cb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/MyhentaicomicsRipper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/MyhentaicomicsRipper.java
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ import org.jsoup.nodes.Document;
 import org.jsoup.nodes.Element;
 
 public class MyhentaicomicsRipper extends AbstractHTMLRipper {
-    private static boolean isTag;
-
     public MyhentaicomicsRipper(URL url) throws IOException {
     super(url);
     }
@@ -69,7 +67,6 @@ public class MyhentaicomicsRipper extends AbstractHTMLRipper {
         Pattern pat = Pattern.compile("^https?://myhentaicomics.com/index.php/tag/([0-9]*)/?([a-zA-Z%0-9+?=:]*)?$");
         Matcher mat = pat.matcher(url.toExternalForm());
         if (mat.matches()) {
-            isTag = true;
             return true;
         }
         return false;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/ScrolllerRipper.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/ScrolllerRipper.java
index 7e0c1c46..614a575f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/ScrolllerRipper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/ScrolllerRipper.java
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public class ScrolllerRipper extends AbstractJSONRipper {
         try {
             String url = "https://api.scrolller.com/api/v2/graphql";
 
-            URL obj = new URL(url);
+            URL obj = new URI(url).toURL();
             HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
             conn.setReadTimeout(5000);
             conn.addRequestProperty("Accept-Language", "en-US,en;q=0.8");
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/proxyTest.java b/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/proxyTest.java
index 72140853..7791290a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/proxyTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/proxyTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package com.rarchives.ripme.tst;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import com.rarchives.ripme.utils.Proxy;
 import com.rarchives.ripme.utils.Utils;
@@ -14,12 +16,12 @@ public class proxyTest  {
 
     // This test will only run on machines where the user has added a entry for proxy.socks
     @Test
-    public void testSocksProxy() throws IOException {
+    public void testSocksProxy() throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
         // Unset proxy before testing
         System.setProperty("http.proxyHost", "");
         System.setProperty("https.proxyHost", "");
         System.setProperty("socksProxyHost", "");
-        URL url = new URL("https://icanhazip.com");
+        URL url = new URI("https://icanhazip.com").toURL();
         String proxyConfig = Utils.getConfigString("proxy.socks", "");
         if (!proxyConfig.equals("")) {
             String ip1 = Http.url(url).ignoreContentType().get().text();
@@ -34,12 +36,12 @@ public class proxyTest  {
 
     // This test will only run on machines where the user has added a entry for proxy.http
     @Test
-    public void testHTTPProxy() throws IOException {
+    public void testHTTPProxy() throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
         // Unset proxy before testing
         System.setProperty("http.proxyHost", "");
         System.setProperty("https.proxyHost", "");
         System.setProperty("socksProxyHost", "");
-        URL url = new URL("https://icanhazip.com");
+        URL url = new URI("https://icanhazip.com").toURL();
         String proxyConfig = Utils.getConfigString("proxy.http", "");
         if (!proxyConfig.equals("")) {
             String ip1 = Http.url(url).ignoreContentType().get().text();
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/ModelxRipperTest.java b/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/ModelxRipperTest.java
index 50fec37b..38f572a8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/ModelxRipperTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/ModelxRipperTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package com.rarchives.ripme.tst.ripper.rippers;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URL;
 
 import com.rarchives.ripme.ripper.rippers.ModelxRipper;
@@ -11,11 +13,10 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 public class ModelxRipperTest extends RippersTest {
     @Test
     @Disabled("ModelxRipper domain has been changes. Commenting to avoid build failure.")
-    public void testModelxAlbum() throws IOException {
-        ModelxRipper ripper = new ModelxRipper(new URL(
-                "http://www.modelx.org/graphis-collection-2002-2016/ai-yuzuki-%e6%9f%9a%e6%9c%88%e3%81%82%e3%81%84-yuzuiro/"));
-        System.out.println(ripper.getGID(new URL(
-                "http://www.modelx.org/graphis-collection-2002-2016/ai-yuzuki-%e6%9f%9a%e6%9c%88%e3%81%82%e3%81%84-yuzuiro/")));
+    public void testModelxAlbum() throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
+        URL url = new URI("http://www.modelx.org/graphis-collection-2002-2016/ai-yuzuki-%e6%9f%9a%e6%9c%88%e3%81%82%e3%81%84-yuzuiro/").toURL();
+        ModelxRipper ripper = new ModelxRipper(url);
+        System.out.println(ripper.getGID(url));
         testRipper(ripper);
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/VscoRipperTest.java b/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/VscoRipperTest.java
index 4fc14e8a..c6ab6a79 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/VscoRipperTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/ripper/rippers/VscoRipperTest.java
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package com.rarchives.ripme.tst.ripper.rippers;
 import com.rarchives.ripme.ripper.rippers.VscoRipper;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import java.io.IOException;