diff --git a/slpkg/file_size.py b/slpkg/file_size.py
index 3dd901a6..2b178776 100644
--- a/slpkg/file_size.py
+++ b/slpkg/file_size.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 
 import os
-import requests
+import urllib3
 
 
 class FileSize:
@@ -31,15 +31,15 @@ class FileSize:
     """
     def __init__(self, registry):
         self.registry = registry
+        self.http = urllib3.PoolManager()
 
     def server(self):
         """Returns the size of remote files
         """
         try:
-            r = requests.head(self.registry)
+            r = self.http.request("GET", self.registry)
             return int(r.headers["Content-Length"])
-        except (requests.exceptions.Timeout,
-                requests.exceptions.ConnectionError):
+        except urllib3.exceptions.NewConnectionError:
             return " "
 
     def local(self):
diff --git a/slpkg/init.py b/slpkg/init.py
index 209c3ed6..5d072d68 100644
--- a/slpkg/init.py
+++ b/slpkg/init.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import os
 import shutil
 
+from slpkg.utils import Utils
 from slpkg.repositories import Repo
 from slpkg.file_size import FileSize
 from slpkg.downloader import Download
@@ -701,10 +702,13 @@ class Initialization:
     def merge(self, path, outfile, infiles):
         """Merge files
         """
-        with open(path + outfile, 'w') as out_f:
-            for i in infiles:
-                if os.path.isfile("{0}{1}".format(path, i)):
-                    with open(path + i, "r") as in_f:
+        code = "utf-8"
+        with open(path + outfile, 'w', encoding=code) as out_f:
+            for f in infiles:
+                if os.path.isfile("{0}{1}".format(path, f)):
+                    # checking the encoding before read the file
+                    code = Utils.check_encoding(path, f)
+                    with open(path + f, "r", encoding=code) as in_f:
                         for line in in_f:
                             out_f.write(line)
 
@@ -770,12 +774,10 @@ class Update(object):
             if check_for_local_repos(repo) is True:
                 continue
             print("{0}Check repository [{1}{2}{3}] ... "
-                             "{4}".format(
-                                    self.meta.color["GREY"],
-                                    self.meta.color["CYAN"], repo,
-                                    self.meta.color["GREY"],
-                                    self.meta.color["ENDC"]), end="")
-            print(end="", flush=True)
+                  "{4}".format(self.meta.color["GREY"],
+                               self.meta.color["CYAN"], repo,
+                               self.meta.color["GREY"],
+                               self.meta.color["ENDC"]), end="", flush=True)
             if repo in default:
                 exec("{0}.{1}()".format(self._init, repo))
                 print(self.done, end="")
diff --git a/slpkg/url_read.py b/slpkg/url_read.py
index 4cb17e57..ba26139a 100644
--- a/slpkg/url_read.py
+++ b/slpkg/url_read.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 # along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 
-import requests
+import urllib3
 
 from slpkg.__metadata__ import MetaData as _meta_
 
@@ -33,15 +33,15 @@ class URL:
     def __init__(self, link):
         self.link = link
         self.meta = _meta_
+        self.http = urllib3.PoolManager()
 
     def reading(self):
         """Open url and read
         """
         try:
-            f = requests.get(self.link)
-            return f.text
-        except (requests.exceptions.Timeout,
-                requests.exceptions.ConnectionError):
+            f = self.http.request('GET', self.link)
+            return f.data.decode("utf-8")
+        except urllib3.exceptions.NewConnectionError:
             print("\n{0}Can't read the file '{1}'{2}".format(
                 self.meta.color["RED"], self.link.split("/")[-1],
                 self.meta.color["ENDC"]))
diff --git a/slpkg/utils.py b/slpkg/utils.py
index d3a39357..fd9b28af 100644
--- a/slpkg/utils.py
+++ b/slpkg/utils.py
@@ -102,6 +102,16 @@ class Utils:
         else:
             return file_name
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def check_encoding(path, f):
+        """Checking the file encoding default is utf-8
+        """
+        try:
+            with open(path + f, "r") as ftest:
+                ftest.read()
+        except UnicodeDecodeError:
+            return "ISO-8859-1"
+
     def debug(self, test):
         """Function used for print some stuff for debugging
         """