diff --git a/Scripts/list-news.ps1 b/Scripts/list-news.ps1
index 8309e403..8800e4aa 100755
--- a/Scripts/list-news.ps1
+++ b/Scripts/list-news.ps1
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 param($RSS_URL = "https://yahoo.com/news/rss/world", [int]$MaxCount = 20)
 
 try {
-	[xml]$Content = (invoke-webRequest -URI $RSS_URL).Content
+	[xml]$Content = (invoke-webRequest -URI $RSS_URL -useBasicParsing).Content
 	"`n🌍 $($Content.rss.channel.title) 🌏"
 
 	[int]$Count = 0
diff --git a/Scripts/list-weather.ps1 b/Scripts/list-weather.ps1
index 9bb5c1f6..ffd87f67 100755
--- a/Scripts/list-weather.ps1
+++ b/Scripts/list-weather.ps1
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 param($Location = "") # empty means determine automatically
 
 try {
-	$Weather = (Invoke-WebRequest http://wttr.in/${Location}?format=j1 -UserAgent "curl" ).Content | ConvertFrom-Json
+	$Weather = (Invoke-WebRequest http://wttr.in/${Location}?format=j1 -UserAgent "curl" -useBasicParsing).Content | ConvertFrom-Json
 
 	$Area = $Weather.nearest_area.areaName.value
 	$Region = $Weather.nearest_area.region.value