diff --git a/plugins/soundc.py b/plugins/soundc.py
index 36b6607..4805b91 100644
--- a/plugins/soundc.py
+++ b/plugins/soundc.py
@@ -1,18 +1,39 @@
 from util import hook, http, web
-import soundcloud
+from urllib import urlencode
 import re
 
 sc_re = (r'(.*:)//(www.)?(soundcloud.com)(.*)', re.I)
 
+def truncate(msg):
+    nmsg = msg.split(" ")
+    out = None
+    x = 0
+    for i in nmsg:
+      if x <= 7:
+        if out:
+          out = out + " " + nmsg[x]
+        else:
+          out = nmsg[x]
+      x = x + 1
+    if x <= 7:
+      return out
+    else:
+      return out + "..."
+
 @hook.regex(*sc_re)
 def soundcloud_url(match, bot=None):
   api_key = bot.config.get("api_keys", {}).get("soundcloud")
   if not api_key:
     return "Error: no api key set"
   url = match.group(1).split(' ')[-1] + "//" + (match.group(2) if match.group(2) else "") + match.group(3) + match.group(4).split(' ')[0]
-  client = soundcloud.Client(client_id=api_key)
-  track = client.get('/resolve', url=url)
-  try:
-    return "SoundCloud track: \x02%s\x02 by \x02%s\x02 - \x02%s\x02" % (track.title, track.user['username'], web.isgd(track.permalink_url))
-  except:
-    return "SoundCloud user: \x02%s\x02 - \x02%s\x02" % (track.username, web.isgd(track.permalink_url))
+  apiurl = "http://api.soundcloud.com"
+  track = http.get_json(apiurl + '/resolve.json?' + urlencode({'url': url, 'client_id': api_key}))
+  if track['description']:
+    desc = ": %s " % truncate(track['description'])
+  else:
+    desc = ""
+  if track['genre'] != "":
+    genre = "- Genre: \x02%s\x02 " % track['genre']
+  else:
+    genre = ""
+  return "SoundCloud track: \x02%s\x02 by \x02%s\x02 %s%s- %s plays, %s downloads, %s comments - \x02%s\x02" % (track['title'], track['user']['username'], desc, genre, track['playback_count'], track['download_count'], track['comment_count'], web.isgd(track['permalink_url']))
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 67fd59c..ae3c175 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,3 @@ lxml==3.1beta1
 pyenchant==1.6.5
 pydns>=2.3.6
 BeautifulSoup4
-soundcloud==0.3.6