diff --git a/src/danbooru_backend.py b/src/danbooru_backend.py
index 86661b6..4bb4688 100644
--- a/src/danbooru_backend.py
+++ b/src/danbooru_backend.py
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 
 import requests
 import os
+import string
+import os
+import random
 
 
 def random_tag(*tags):
@@ -67,22 +70,22 @@ def select_from_response(response, profile, max_size=None):
 		return post
 	return None
 
+def random_alpha_numeric_string(n=16):
+	random.seed(os.urandom(16))
+	return ''.join(random.choices(string.ascii_uppercase + string.ascii_lowercase + string.digits, k=n))
+
 
 class downloader:
-	username = None
-	password = None
-	max_size = None
-	tmp = None
-	url = ""
-	api_endpoint = "posts.json?random=true&limit=100"
-	api_tags = "&tags={}"
-
 	def __init__(self, backend_credentials):
 		self.username = backend_credentials["username"]
 		self.password = backend_credentials["password"]
 		self.max_size = backend_credentials["max_size"]
 		self.tmp = backend_credentials["tmp_dir"]
 		self.url = backend_credentials["url"]
+		self.api_endpoint = "posts.json?random=true&limit=100"
+		self.api_tags = "&tags={}"
+		# Generate random user-agent string since danbooru disabled api access to browser agent-user strings
+		self.header = {"user-agent": random_alpha_numeric_string(16)}
 
 
 	def download_post(self, post):
@@ -113,10 +116,11 @@ class downloader:
 		search_request = None
 		if self.username and self.password:
 			search_request = requests.get(search_url,
-					auth=(self.username, self.password)
+					auth=(self.username, self.password),
+					headers=self.header
 					)
 		else:
-			search_request = requests.get(search_url)
+			search_request = requests.get(search_url, headers=self.header)
 
 		if search_request.status_code != 200:
 			print("Search request returned:", search_request.status_code)