diff --git a/transmonee_dashboard/src/transmonee_dashboard/pages/__init__.py b/transmonee_dashboard/src/transmonee_dashboard/pages/__init__.py
index 6c68e1a0..36b3036a 100755
--- a/transmonee_dashboard/src/transmonee_dashboard/pages/__init__.py
+++ b/transmonee_dashboard/src/transmonee_dashboard/pages/__init__.py
@@ -12,13 +12,11 @@
 import plotly.graph_objects as go
 import plotly.express as px
 from plotly.subplots import make_subplots
-import requests
-from io import StringIO
 
 
 mapbox_access_token = "pk.eyJ1IjoiamNyYW53ZWxsd2FyZCIsImEiOiJja2NkMW02aXcwYTl5MnFwbjdtdDB0M3oyIn0.zkIzPc4NSjLZvrY-DWrlZg"
 
-sdmx_url = "https://sdmx.data.unicef.org/ws/public/sdmxapi/rest/data/ECARO,TRANSMONEE,1.0/.{}...."
+sdmx_url = "https://sdmx.data.unicef.org/ws/public/sdmxapi/rest/data/ECARO,TRANSMONEE,1.0/.{}....?format=csv&startPeriod={}&endPeriod={}"
 
 geocoder = Geocoder(access_token=mapbox_access_token)
 
@@ -636,24 +634,18 @@ def geocode_address(address):
     "Unit multiplier": str,
 }
 
-# api parameters: query format and year limits
-api_params = {
-    "format": "csv",
-    "startPeriod": str(years[0]),
-    "endPeriod": str(years[-1]),
-}
-compress_header = {"Accept-Encoding": "gzip"}
 
 # avoid a loop to query SDMX
 try:
-    response = requests.get(
-        sdmx_url.format("+".join(inds)), params=api_params, headers=compress_header
+    sdmx = pd.read_csv(
+        sdmx_url.format("+".join(inds), years[0], years[-1]),
+        dtype=col_types,
+        # great would be to make this http header work!
+        # storage_options={"Accept-Encoding": "gzip"},
     )
 except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
     raise e
 
-# bring requests response into pandas
-sdmx = pd.read_csv(StringIO(response.text), dtype=col_types)
 
 # no need to create column CODE, just rename indicator
 sdmx.rename(columns={"INDICATOR": "CODE"}, inplace=True)