diff --git a/scrape_api.rb b/scrape_api.rb
index 1b2f8ba..df60e44 100644
--- a/scrape_api.rb
+++ b/scrape_api.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 require_relative "utils"
 require_relative "model"
 
-base_url = "http://news.ycombinator.com/newest"
+base_url = "http://api.ihackernews.com/new"
 
 puts Time.now
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def scrape(max_pages = 1, base_url)
 
 
 begin
-  scrape(20,"http://api.ihackernews.com/new")
+  scrape(20, base_url)
 rescue
   puts "new failed, try again later"
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end