diff --git a/lib/modules/technical/blockchainInfo.js b/lib/modules/technical/blockchainInfo.js
index 403013f..7a9c5bf 100644
--- a/lib/modules/technical/blockchainInfo.js
+++ b/lib/modules/technical/blockchainInfo.js
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
-var async = require('async'),
-    _ = require('lodash'),
-    request = require('request'),
-
+var Bluebird = require('bluebird'),
+    request = require('../../utils/request'),
     Module =require('../../Module');
 
 module.exports = Module.extend({
@@ -26,54 +24,29 @@ module.exports = Module.extend({
     updateTechnicalStats: function () {
         var self = this;
 
-        async.parallel([
-            function (callback) {
-                request({
-                    uri:  'http://blockchain.info/stats?format=json',
-                    json: true
-                }, function (err, res) { callback(err, res); });
-            },
-            function (callback) {
-                request({
-                    uri:  'http://blockchain.info/q/bcperblock',
-                    json: true
-                }, function (err, res) { callback(err, res); });
-            }
-        ], function (err, responses) {
+        Bluebird.all([
+            request('https://blockchain.info/stats?format=json'),
+            request('https://blockchain.info/q/bcperblock')
+        ]).then(function (responses) {
             /*jshint sub:true*/
-
-            var allRequestsSucceeded,
-                difficulty;
-
-            if (err) {
-                self.app.logger.info('%s - error fetching data from blockchain.info', self.id, err);
-                return;
-            }
-
             self.app.logger.debug(
                 '%s - fetched data from blockchain.info',
                 self.id,
-                JSON.stringify(_.pluck(responses, 'statusCode')),
-                JSON.stringify(_.pluck(responses, 'body'))
+                JSON.stringify(responses)
             );
-            allRequestsSucceeded = _.all(responses, function (res) {
-                return res.statusCode === 200;
-            });
-            if (!allRequestsSucceeded) {
-                return;
-            }
 
-            difficulty = responses[0].body.difficulty;
             self.set({
-                blockReward: responses[1].body / 1e8,
-                probability: 1 / (4295032833 * difficulty),
-                difficulty: difficulty,
-                networkHashrate: responses[0].body['hash_rate'] * 1e3,
-                blockChainLength: responses[0].body['n_blocks_total'],
-                timeBetweenBlocks: responses[0].body['minutes_between_blocks'],
-                numberOfTransactions: responses[0].body['n_tx'],
-                totalTransactionValue: responses[0].body['total_btc_sent']
+                blockReward: responses[1] / 1e8,
+                probability: 1 / (4295032833 * responses[0].difficulty),
+                difficulty: responses[0].difficulty,
+                networkHashrate: responses[0]['hash_rate'] * 1e3,
+                blockChainLength: responses[0]['n_blocks_total'],
+                timeBetweenBlocks: responses[0]['minutes_between_blocks'],
+                numberOfTransactions: responses[0]['n_tx'],
+                totalTransactionValue: responses[0]['total_btc_sent']
             });
+        }).catch(function (err) {
+            self.app.logger.info('%s - error fetching data from blockchain.info', self.id, err.toString());
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/test/specs/lib/modules/technical/blockchainInfoSpec.js b/test/specs/lib/modules/technical/blockchainInfoSpec.js
index 221850c..682623a 100644
--- a/test/specs/lib/modules/technical/blockchainInfoSpec.js
+++ b/test/specs/lib/modules/technical/blockchainInfoSpec.js
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ var chai = require('chai'),
     sinonChai = require('sinon-chai'),
     expect = chai.expect,
     SandboxedModule = require('sandboxed-module'),
+    Bluebird = require('bluebird'),
 
-    responses = {},
     statsAnswer = {
         'n_blocks_total': 123,
         'minutes_between_blocks': 12,
@@ -15,90 +15,75 @@ var chai = require('chai'),
         difficulty: 100 * (1 / 4295032833),
         'hash_rate': 123
     },
-    btcPerBlockAnswer = 2500000000,
-    BlockchainInfo = SandboxedModule.require('../../../../../lib/modules/technical/blockchainInfo', {
-        requires: {
-            request: require('../../../../utils/requestStub')(responses)
-        }
-    });
+    btcPerBlockAnswer = 2500000000;
 
 chai.use(sinonChai);
 
 describe('modules/technical/blockchainInfo', function () {
-    var app;
+    var BlockchainInfo,
+        app,
+        requestStub;
 
     beforeEach(function () {
+        requestStub = sinon.stub();
+        requestStub.withArgs('https://blockchain.info/stats?format=json').returns(Bluebird.resolve(statsAnswer));
+        requestStub.withArgs('https://blockchain.info/q/bcperblock').returns(Bluebird.resolve(btcPerBlockAnswer));
+
+        BlockchainInfo = SandboxedModule.require('../../../../../lib/modules/technical/blockchainInfo', {
+            requires: {
+                '../../utils/request': requestStub
+            }
+        });
         app = { logger: { debug: sinon.stub(), info: sinon.stub() } };
-        responses['http://blockchain.info/stats?format=json'] = {
-            statusCode: 200,
-            body: statsAnswer
-        };
-        responses['http://blockchain.info/q/bcperblock'] = {
-            statusCode: 200,
-            body: btcPerBlockAnswer
-        };
     });
 
     it('should get data from blockchainInfo correctly', function (done) {
-        var blockchainInfo = new BlockchainInfo(app);
+        var blockchainInfo;
 
+        blockchainInfo = new BlockchainInfo(app);
         blockchainInfo.on('change', function () {
-            expect(blockchainInfo.toJSON()).to.deep.equal({
-                blockReward: 25,
-                probability: 0.01,
-                difficulty: 100 * (1 / 4295032833),
-                networkHashrate: 123000,
-                blockChainLength: 123,
-                timeBetweenBlocks: 12,
-                numberOfTransactions: 10,
-                totalTransactionValue: 1
+            setImmediate(function () {
+                expect(blockchainInfo.toJSON()).to.deep.equal({
+                    blockReward: 25,
+                    probability: 0.01,
+                    difficulty: 100 * (1 / 4295032833),
+                    networkHashrate: 123000,
+                    blockChainLength: 123,
+                    timeBetweenBlocks: 12,
+                    numberOfTransactions: 10,
+                    totalTransactionValue: 1
+                });
+
+                expect(app.logger.debug).to.have.been.calledOnce;
+                expect(app.logger.debug).to.have.been.calledWith(
+                    '%s - fetched data from blockchain.info',
+                    blockchainInfo.id,
+                    JSON.stringify([ statsAnswer, btcPerBlockAnswer ])
+                );
+
+                done();
             });
-            expect(app.logger.debug).to.have.been.calledOnce;
-            expect(app.logger.debug).to.have.been.calledWith(
-                '%s - fetched data from blockchain.info',
-                blockchainInfo.id,
-                JSON.stringify([ 200, 200 ]),
-                JSON.stringify([ statsAnswer, btcPerBlockAnswer ])
-            );
-            done();
         });
     });
 
     [
-        'http://blockchain.info/stats?format=json',
-        'http://blockchain.info/q/bcperblock'
-    ].forEach(function (url) {
-        it('should not throw an error if the request to ' + url + 'fails with an error and log the incident', function (done) {
-            var blockchainInfo;
+        'https://blockchain.info/stats?format=json',
+        'https://blockchain.info/q/bcperblock'
+    ].forEach(function (testCase) {
+        it('should log the incident if the request to ' + testCase.failing + 'fails with an error', function (done) {
+            var error = new Error('Test Error'),
+                blockchainInfo;
 
-            responses[url] = null;
+            requestStub.withArgs(testCase).returns(Bluebird.reject(error));
 
             blockchainInfo = new BlockchainInfo(app);
-
             setTimeout(function () {
                 expect(blockchainInfo.toJSON()).to.be.empty;
                 expect(app.logger.info).to.have.been.calledOnce;
-                expect(app.logger.info).to.have.been.calledWith('%s - error fetching data from blockchain.info', blockchainInfo.id, new Error('Test Error'));
-                done();
-            }, 50);
-        });
-
-        it('should not throw an error if the request to ' + url + 'returns a non 200 http status code and no data', function (done) {
-            var blockchainInfo;
-
-            responses[url] = {
-                statusCode: 500,
-                body: 'Internal Server Error'
-            };
-
-            blockchainInfo = new BlockchainInfo(app);
-
-            setTimeout(function () {
-                expect(blockchainInfo.toJSON()).to.be.empty;
+                expect(app.logger.info).to.have.been.calledWith('%s - error fetching data from blockchain.info', blockchainInfo.id, error.toString());
                 done();
-            }, 50);
+            }, 10);
         });
-
     });
 
     it('should have the title set correctly', function () {