diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 442a864..c5c31ad 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "no-swears",
   "version": "1.2.1",
-  "description": "Filter swearwords out of your strings automagically",
+  "description": "Filter swearwords out of your strings automatically",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "test": "node test.js"
@@ -23,5 +23,8 @@
   "bugs": {
     "url": "https://github.com/gmemstr/no-swears/issues"
   },
-  "homepage": "https://github.com/gmemstr/no-swears#readme"
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/gmemstr/no-swears#readme",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "request": "^2.88.0"
+  }
 }
diff --git a/swearList.js b/swearList.js
index 4f05522..763987e 100644
--- a/swearList.js
+++ b/swearList.js
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 const fs = require('fs');
+const request = require('request');
 const path = require('path');
 const swearWordResource = path.join(__dirname, 'swearwords.txt');
 
 module.exports = {
+  getRemoteList: (url, callback) => {
+    request.get(url, function (err, response, body) {
+      callback(formatSwearWordList(body))
+    });
+  },
   getList: (callback) => {
     fs.readFile(swearWordResource, 'utf8', (err, wordList) => {
       if (err) {