diff --git a/dashmachine/platform/ping.py b/dashmachine/platform/ping.py
index 9f7ed1b..c17b2fb 100644
--- a/dashmachine/platform/ping.py
+++ b/dashmachine/platform/ping.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-from requests import get
+import platform
+import subprocess
 
 
 class Platform:
@@ -8,16 +9,13 @@ class Platform:
             self.__dict__[key] = value
 
     def process(self):
-        try:
-            value = get(self.resource)
-        except Exception:
-            icon_class = "theme-failure-text"
+        param = "-n" if platform.system().lower() == "windows" else "-c"
+        command = ["ping", param, "1", self.resource]
+        up = subprocess.call(command) == 0
 
-        if 599 >= value.status_code >= 400:
-            icon_class = "theme-failure-text"
-        if 399 >= value.status_code >= 300:
-            icon_class = "theme-warning-text"
-        if 299 >= value.status_code >= 100:
+        if up is True:
             icon_class = "theme-success-text"
+        else:
+            icon_class = "theme-failure-text"
 
         return f"<i class='material-icons right {icon_class}'>fiber_manual_record </i>"
diff --git a/dashmachine/platform/transmission.py b/dashmachine/platform/transmission.py
index ac6e70f..0fef512 100644
--- a/dashmachine/platform/transmission.py
+++ b/dashmachine/platform/transmission.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import transmissionrpc
 # from pprint import PrettyPrinter
 # pp = PrettyPrinter()
 
+
 class Platform:
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         # parse the user's options from the config entries
@@ -15,20 +16,23 @@ class Platform:
         if not hasattr(self, "port"):
             self.port = 9091
         if not hasattr(self, "host"):
-            self.host = 'localhost'
+            self.host = "localhost"
 
-        self.tc = transmissionrpc.Client(self.host, port=self.port, user=self.user, password=self.password)
+        self.tc = transmissionrpc.Client(
+            self.host, port=self.port, user=self.user, password=self.password
+        )
 
     def process(self):
 
         torrents = len(self.tc.get_torrents())
         data = {}
-        for key, field in self.tc.session_stats().__dict__['_fields'].items():
+        for key, field in self.tc.session_stats().__dict__["_fields"].items():
             data[key] = field.value
         # pp.pprint (data)
 
         value_template = render_template_string(self.value_template, **data)
         return value_template
 
+
 # Testing
 # test = Platform(host='192.168.1.19', user='', password='').process()