diff --git a/src/Jackett/Indexers/ShowRSS.cs b/src/Jackett/Indexers/ShowRSS.cs
index a09542a37..3f3ef5ca9 100644
--- a/src/Jackett/Indexers/ShowRSS.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett/Indexers/ShowRSS.cs
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ namespace Jackett.Indexers
             {
                 using (wc)
                 {
-                    xml = wc.DownloadString(episodeSearchUrl);
+                    xml = await wc.DownloadStringTaskAsync(new Uri(episodeSearchUrl));
                     xmlDoc.LoadXml(xml);
                 }