diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/video/PornhubRipper.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/video/PornhubRipper.java
index 60cdf3c0..678435af 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/video/PornhubRipper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/video/PornhubRipper.java
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ package com.rarchives.ripme.ripper.rippers.video;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
-import org.json.JSONException;
-import org.json.JSONObject;
-import org.json.JSONArray;
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringEscapeUtils;
 import org.jsoup.nodes.Document;
 
 import com.rarchives.ripme.ripper.VideoRipper;
@@ -55,43 +57,97 @@ public class PornhubRipper extends VideoRipper {
 
     @Override
     public void rip() throws IOException {
+        String vidUrl = "";
         LOGGER.info("    Retrieving " + this.url.toExternalForm());
         Document doc = Http.url(this.url).get();
         String html = doc.body().html();
-        Pattern p = Pattern.compile("^.*flashvars_[0-9]+ = (.+});.*$", Pattern.DOTALL);
-        Matcher m = p.matcher(html);
-        if (m.matches()) {
-            String vidUrl = null;
-            try {
-                JSONObject json = new JSONObject(m.group(1));
+        html = StringEscapeUtils.unescapeJavaScript(html);
+        html = html.substring(html.indexOf("var ra"));
+        html = html.substring(0, html.indexOf('\n'));
+        html = html.replaceAll("\\/\\*([\\S\\s]+?)\\*\\/", ""); // Delete JS comments from the String
 
-                JSONArray mediaDef = (JSONArray) json.get("mediaDefinitions");
-                int bestQual = 0;
-                for (int i = 0; i < mediaDef.length(); i++) {
-                    JSONObject e = (JSONObject) mediaDef.get(i);
-                    if (!"upsell".equals(e.getString("format"))) {
-                        int quality = Integer.parseInt((String)e.get("quality"));
-                        if (quality > bestQual) {
-                            bestQual = quality;
-                            vidUrl = (String)e.get("videoUrl");
-                        }
+        String varName;
+        String varValue;
+        int nextEqual;
+        int nextSemicolonSpace;
+        HashMap<String, String> vars = new HashMap<>();
+        HashMap<String, String> qualityMap = new HashMap<>();
+        ArrayList<String> urlArray = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) { // Max. 4 loops for 240p, 480p, 720p, 1080p
+
+            // Put every of the (unsorted) variables with their corresponding values in a HashMap
+            while (html.startsWith("var ra")) {
+                nextEqual = html.indexOf('=');
+                nextSemicolonSpace = html.indexOf(';');
+                varName = html.substring(4,nextEqual);
+                varValue = html.substring(nextEqual + 1, nextSemicolonSpace);
+                // Remove """ and " + " from varValue
+                varValue = varValue.replaceAll("\"", "");
+                varValue = varValue.replaceAll(" \\+ ", "");
+                vars.put(varName, varValue);
+                html = html.substring(nextSemicolonSpace + 1);
+            }
+
+            // put every variable's name in an ArrayList
+            if (html.startsWith("var quality")) {
+                int next = 3;
+                nextEqual = html.indexOf('=');
+                urlArray.add(html.substring(12, nextEqual - 1)); // Get numeric value of the video's resolution to compare it later
+                html = html.substring(nextEqual + 1);
+                while (html.startsWith("ra")) {
+                    nextSemicolonSpace = html.indexOf(' ');
+                    if (nextSemicolonSpace > html.indexOf(';')) {
+                        nextSemicolonSpace = html.indexOf(';');
+                        next = 1;
+                    }
+                    varName = html.substring(0, nextSemicolonSpace);
+                    urlArray.add(varName);
+                    html = html.substring(nextSemicolonSpace + next);
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Put together vidURL by matching the variable's names with the corresponding value from the vars-Map
+            for (int k = 1; k < urlArray.size(); k++) {
+                varName = urlArray.get(k);
+                Iterator<Map.Entry<String, String>> iterator = vars.entrySet().iterator();
+                while (iterator.hasNext()) {
+                    Map.Entry<String, String> entry = iterator.next();
+                    if (varName.equals(entry.getKey())) {
+                        vidUrl = vidUrl + entry.getValue();
+                        iterator.remove();
+                        break;
                     }
                 }
-                if (vidUrl == null) {
-                    throw new IOException("Unable to find encrypted video URL at " + this.url);
-                }
-                addURLToDownload(new URL(vidUrl), HOST + "_" + bestQual + "p_" + getGID(this.url));
-            } catch (JSONException e) {
-                LOGGER.error("Error while parsing JSON at " + url, e);
-                throw e;
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                LOGGER.error("Error while retrieving video URL at " + url, e);
-                throw new IOException(e);
+            }
+
+            qualityMap.put(urlArray.get(0), vidUrl);
+            vidUrl = ""; // Delete content of vidURL
+            urlArray.clear();
+
+            // Delete "flashvars" because it's not needed
+            if (html.startsWith("flashvars")) {
+                nextSemicolonSpace = html.indexOf(';');
+                html = html.substring(nextSemicolonSpace + 1);
             }
         }
-        else {
-            throw new IOException("Failed to download " + this.url + " : could not find 'flashvars'");
+
+        // Get URL of highest quality version
+        int bestQuality = 0;
+        int currentQuality;
+        for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : qualityMap.entrySet()) {
+            currentQuality = Integer.parseInt(entry.getKey());
+            if (currentQuality > bestQuality) {
+                bestQuality = currentQuality;
+                vidUrl = entry.getValue();
+            }
         }
+
+        if (vidUrl.equals("")) {
+            throw new IOException("Unable to find encrypted video URL at " + this.url);
+        }
+        addURLToDownload(new URL(vidUrl), HOST + "_" + bestQuality + "p_" + getGID(this.url));
+
         waitForThreads();
     }
 }