diff --git a/dosagelib/configuration.py b/dosagelib/configuration.py
index 8e2033666..ac8815dab 100644
--- a/dosagelib/configuration.py
+++ b/dosagelib/configuration.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ HtmlCopyright = u"Copyright © 2004-2008 "+HtmlAuthor
 Url = configdata.url
 SupportUrl = Url + u"/issues"
 Email = configdata.author_email
-UserAgent = u"%s/%s (+%s)" % (AppName, Version, Url)
+UserAgent = u"Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; %s/%s; +%s)" % (AppName, Version, Url)
 Freeware = AppName+u""" comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY!
 This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
 under certain conditions. Look at the file `LICENSE' within this
diff --git a/dosagelib/util.py b/dosagelib/util.py
index 8c3f6768d..de3e17384 100644
--- a/dosagelib/util.py
+++ b/dosagelib/util.py
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ def urlopen(url, referrer=None, retries=5):
     url = normaliseURL(url)
     req = urllib2.Request(url)
     if referrer:
-        req.add_header('Referrer', referrer)
         req.add_header('Referer', referrer)
     req.add_header('User-Agent', UserAgent)