diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index aa2f3e5..e63ba5b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # TDE - Geo Address Changelog
 
+## 1.0.16 - 2022-08-17
+### Fixed
+- Use curl instead of file_get_contents
+
+
 ## 1.0.15 - 2021-10-19
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed a bug where still an array was expected instead of the GeoAddress-model.
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 74c0f7e..7984076 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@
         }
     ],
     "require": {
-        "craftcms/cms": "^3.0.0-RC1"
-    },
+        "craftcms/cms": "^3.0.0-RC1",
+        "ext-curl": "*"
+	},
     "autoload": {
         "psr-4": {
           "TDE\\GeoAddress\\": "src/"
diff --git a/src/services/GeoAddressService.php b/src/services/GeoAddressService.php
index 8176ae0..2c1a9c9 100644
--- a/src/services/GeoAddressService.php
+++ b/src/services/GeoAddressService.php
@@ -21,12 +21,10 @@ class GeoAddressService extends Component
 	 */
     public function getCoordsByAddress(string $address, string $country)
     {
-		$requestUrl = 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json';
+        $requestUrl = 'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json';
         $requestUrl .= '?address=' . rawurlencode($address);
         $requestUrl .= '&key=' . GeoAddress::getInstance()->getSettings()->googleApiKey;
 
-        $result = json_decode(file_get_contents($requestUrl));
-
         $address = [
             'lat' => null,
             'lng' => null,
@@ -35,6 +33,16 @@ public function getCoordsByAddress(string $address, string $country)
             'countryCode' => null,
         ];
 
+        if (!GeoAddress::getInstance()?->getSettings()->googleApiKey) {
+            return $address;
+        }
+
+        $ch =  curl_init($requestUrl);
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 5);
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 3);
+        $result = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true, 512, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR);
+
 		// no results
 		if ($result->status !== 'OK' || empty($result->results)) {
 			Craft::warning(