diff --git a/classes/Feeds.php b/classes/Feeds.php
index ac7a58f26..c673f0bd7 100644
--- a/classes/Feeds.php
+++ b/classes/Feeds.php
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ class Feeds extends Handler_Protected {
 			},
 			$url, $auth_login, $auth_pass);
 
-		$contents = UrlHelper::fetch($url, false, $auth_login, $auth_pass);
+		$contents = UrlHelper::fetch(['url' => $url, 'login' => $auth_login, 'pass' => $auth_pass]);
 
 		PluginHost::getInstance()->chain_hooks_callback(PluginHost::HOOK_SUBSCRIBE_FEED,
 			function ($result) use (&$contents) {
diff --git a/classes/RSSUtils.php b/classes/RSSUtils.php
index c340f6cad..ea3c074ab 100644
--- a/classes/RSSUtils.php
+++ b/classes/RSSUtils.php
@@ -2007,7 +2007,7 @@ class RSSUtils {
 
 		$favicon_urls = [];
 
-		if ($html = @UrlHelper::fetch($url)) {
+		if ($html = @UrlHelper::fetch(['url' => $url])) {
 
 			$doc = new DOMDocument();
 			if (@$doc->loadHTML($html)) {
diff --git a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_cad.php b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_cad.php
index b2b65ee05..780aaabf9 100644
--- a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_cad.php
+++ b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_cad.php
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ class Af_Comics_Cad extends Af_ComicFilter {
 			if (strpos($article["title"], "News:") === false) {
 				$doc = new DOMDocument();
 
-				$res = UrlHelper::fetch($article["link"], false, false, false,
-					false, false, 0,
-					"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:50.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/50.0");
+				$res = UrlHelper::fetch([
+					'url' => $article['link'],
+					'useragent' => 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:50.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/50.0',
+				]);
 
 				if (!$res && UrlHelper::$fetch_last_error_content)
 					$res = UrlHelper::$fetch_last_error_content;
diff --git a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_comicclass.php b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_comicclass.php
index 5e14ea930..6a8811fd4 100644
--- a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_comicclass.php
+++ b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_comicclass.php
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ class Af_Comics_ComicClass extends Af_ComicFilter {
 				// lol at people who block clients by user agent
 				// oh noes my ad revenue Q_Q
 
-				$res = UrlHelper::fetch($article["link"], false, false, false,
-					 false, false, 0,
-					 "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/6.0)");
+				$res = UrlHelper::fetch([
+					'url' => $article['link'],
+					'useragent' => 'Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/6.0)',
+				]);
 
 				$doc = new DOMDocument();
 
diff --git a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_darklegacy.php b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_darklegacy.php
index d1f6016cb..7cdc48e25 100644
--- a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_darklegacy.php
+++ b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_darklegacy.php
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ class Af_Comics_DarkLegacy extends Af_ComicFilter {
 	function process(&$article) {
 
 		if (strpos($article["guid"], "darklegacycomics.com") !== false) {
-
-				$res = UrlHelper::fetch($article["link"], false, false, false,
-					 false, false, 0,
-					 "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/6.0)");
+				$res = UrlHelper::fetch([
+					'url' => $article['link'],
+					'useragent' => 'Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/6.0)',
+				]);
 
 				if (!$res && UrlHelper::$fetch_last_error_content)
 					$res = UrlHelper::$fetch_last_error_content;
diff --git a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_dilbert.php b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_dilbert.php
index a1c59b94c..bbd936621 100644
--- a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_dilbert.php
+++ b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_dilbert.php
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ class Af_Comics_Dilbert extends Af_ComicFilter {
 	function process(&$article) {
 		if (strpos($article["link"], "dilbert.com") !== false ||
 			strpos($article["link"], "/DilbertDailyStrip") !== false) {
-
-				$res = UrlHelper::fetch($article["link"], false, false, false,
-					 false, false, 0,
-					 "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:50.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/50.0");
+				$res = UrlHelper::fetch([
+					'url' => $article['link'],
+					'useragent' => 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:50.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/50.0',
+				]);
 
 				if (!$res && UrlHelper::$fetch_last_error_content)
 					$res = UrlHelper::$fetch_last_error_content;
diff --git a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_explosm.php b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_explosm.php
index 3f8b49726..65691ae2b 100644
--- a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_explosm.php
+++ b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_explosm.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class Af_Comics_Explosm extends Af_ComicFilter {
 
 				$doc = new DOMDocument();
 
-				if (@$doc->loadHTML(UrlHelper::fetch($article["link"]))) {
+				if (@$doc->loadHTML(UrlHelper::fetch(['url' => $article['link']]))) {
 					$xpath = new DOMXPath($doc);
 					$basenode = $xpath->query('//div[contains(@class, "MainComic__ComicImage")]//img')->item(0);
 
diff --git a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_pa.php b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_pa.php
index a5a81edcb..f4283be77 100644
--- a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_pa.php
+++ b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_pa.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class Af_Comics_Pa extends Af_ComicFilter {
 
 				$doc = new DOMDocument();
 
-				if ($doc->loadHTML(UrlHelper::fetch($article["link"]))) {
+				if ($doc->loadHTML(UrlHelper::fetch(['url' => $article['link']]))) {
 					$xpath = new DOMXPath($doc);
 					$basenode = $xpath->query('(//div[@id="comicFrame"])')->item(0);
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class Af_Comics_Pa extends Af_ComicFilter {
 		if (strpos($article["link"], "penny-arcade.com") !== false && strpos($article["title"], "News Post:") !== false) {
 				$doc = new DOMDocument();
 
-				$res = UrlHelper::fetch($article["link"]);
+				$res = UrlHelper::fetch(['url' => $article['link']]);
 
 				if ($res && $doc->loadHTML($res)) {
 					$xpath = new DOMXPath($doc);
diff --git a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_pvp.php b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_pvp.php
index a27fbca87..e938f1501 100644
--- a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_pvp.php
+++ b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_pvp.php
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ class Af_Comics_Pvp extends Af_ComicFilter {
 
 	function process(&$article) {
 		if (strpos($article["guid"], "pvponline.com") !== false) {
-
-				$res = UrlHelper::fetch($article["link"], false, false, false,
-					 false, false, 0,
-					 "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/6.0)");
+				$res = UrlHelper::fetch([
+					'url' => $article['link'],
+					'useragent' => 'Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/6.0)',
+				]);
 
 				$doc = new DOMDocument();
 
diff --git a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_tfd.php b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_tfd.php
index 2010da37e..ec245ef94 100644
--- a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_tfd.php
+++ b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_tfd.php
@@ -8,15 +8,16 @@ class Af_Comics_Tfd extends Af_ComicFilter {
 	function process(&$article) {
 		if (strpos($article["link"], "toothpastefordinner.com") !== false ||
 		    strpos($article["link"], "marriedtothesea.com") !== false) {
-			$res = UrlHelper::fetch($article["link"], false, false, false,
-				false, false, 0,
-				"Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/6.0)");
+			$res = UrlHelper::fetch([
+				'url' => $article['link'],
+				'useragent' => 'Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/6.0)',
+			]);
 
 			if (!$res) return false;
 
 			$doc = new DOMDocument();
 
-			$res = UrlHelper::fetch($article["link"]);
+			$res = UrlHelper::fetch(['url' => $article["link"]]);
 
 			if ($res && $doc->loadHTML($res)) {
 				$xpath = new DOMXPath($doc);
diff --git a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_twp.php b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_twp.php
index 6715be3c2..8f0077883 100644
--- a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_twp.php
+++ b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_twp.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class Af_Comics_Twp extends Af_ComicFilter {
 
 				$doc = new DOMDocument();
 
-				$res = UrlHelper::fetch($article["link"]);
+				$res = UrlHelper::fetch(['url' => $article['link']]);
 
 				if ($res && $doc->loadHTML($res)) {
 					$xpath = new DOMXpath($doc);
diff --git a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_whomp.php b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_whomp.php
index 712388449..fbdf0a049 100644
--- a/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_whomp.php
+++ b/plugins/af_comics/filters/af_comics_whomp.php
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ class Af_Comics_Whomp extends Af_ComicFilter {
 
 	function process(&$article) {
 		if (strpos($article["guid"], "whompcomic.com") !== false) {
-
-			$res = UrlHelper::fetch($article["link"], false, false, false,
-				 false, false, 0,
-				 "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/6.0)");
+			$res = UrlHelper::fetch([
+				'url' => $article['link'],
+				'useragent' => 'Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/6.0)',
+			]);
 
 			if (!$res && UrlHelper::$fetch_last_error_content)
 				$res = UrlHelper::$fetch_last_error_content;
diff --git a/tests/UrlHelperTest.php b/tests/UrlHelperTest.php
index 825c71e8e..249a5b412 100644
--- a/tests/UrlHelperTest.php
+++ b/tests/UrlHelperTest.php
@@ -71,18 +71,18 @@ final class UrlHelperTest extends TestCase {
 		]);
 
 		$mock->append(new Response(200, [], 'Hello, World'));
-		$result = UrlHelper::fetch('https://www.example.com');
+		$result = UrlHelper::fetch(['url' => 'https://www.example.com']);
 		$this->assertEquals(200, UrlHelper::$fetch_last_error_code);
 		$this->assertEquals('Hello, World', $result);
 		$mock->reset();
 
 		foreach (['ftp://ftp.example.com', 'http://127.0.0.1', 'blah', '', 42, null] as $url) {
-			$result = UrlHelper::fetch($url);
+			$result = UrlHelper::fetch(['url' => $url]);
 			$this->assertFalse($result);
 		}
 
 		$mock->append(new Response(200, ['Content-Length' => (string) PHP_INT_MAX]));
-		$result = UrlHelper::fetch('https://www.example.com/very-large-content-length');
+		$result = UrlHelper::fetch(['url' => 'https://www.example.com/very-large-content-length']);
 		$this->assertFalse($result);
 		$mock->reset();
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ final class UrlHelperTest extends TestCase {
 		$mock->reset();
 
 		$mock->append(new Response(200, [], ''));
-		$result = UrlHelper::fetch('https://www.example.com');
+		$result = UrlHelper::fetch(['url' => 'https://www.example.com']);
 		$this->assertFalse($result);
 		$this->assertEquals('Successful response, but no content was received.', UrlHelper::$fetch_last_error);
 		$mock->reset();