diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 439875a458691671964b8d6b2c8540a26f8e5eb1..40722a22918c419784982b9371a603d8a2d44260 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 all: frewe-client
 
 frewe-client: frewe-client.c http_fetcher.c http_error_codes.c
-	gcc frewe-client.c http_fetcher.c http_error_codes.c -o frewe-client -lusb -lm -lcrypto
+	gcc frewe-client.c http_fetcher.c http_error_codes.c -o frewe-client -lusb -lm -lcrypto -lcurl 
 
 install: frewe-client
 	cp rc.frewe-client /etc/init.d/frewe-client
diff --git a/frewe-client.c b/frewe-client.c
index ecb78b79b44f9ff51e99fb00351de09f6539b29a..c34e858146bce71c4814d31dc235c883fbe8d2ec 100644
--- a/frewe-client.c
+++ b/frewe-client.c
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
  * 2015-04-24 Handle lasttime as UTC
  * 2015-08-20 Don't write fhem.txt for older records
  * 2016-01-16 Separate read interval for fhem.txt, run each 48 seconds for FHEM
+ * 2018-11-10 switch to libcurl
 
  * TODO: Handle rain counter overflow
  */
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@
 #include <elf.h> 
 #include <openssl/md5.h>
 #include "http_fetcher.h"
+#include <curl/curl.h>
 
 #define PROGRAM_VERSION "1.19"
 
@@ -250,6 +252,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	for (i=0;i<MAX_ADD_URLS;i++) add_url[i]=NULL;
 
+
+	
 // Parse options
 
 	while (rv==0 && (c=getopt(argc,argv,"hH?vxf:d:a:A:p:e:t:s:c:u:r:t:k:"))!=-1)
@@ -1547,6 +1551,7 @@ int ws_parse(uint8_t *buffer, uint8_t *buffer60, uint8_t *buffer0h, time_t curti
 	if (w.rainhour<0)
 	{	logger(LOG_ERROR,"ws_parse","Rainhour is negative, will set it to 0, rain=%f, lastrain=%f",w.rain,lastrain);
           w.rainhour = 0;
+		w.ok=0;
         }
 	if (w.rainhour>150)
 	{	logger(LOG_ERROR,"ws_parse","Rainhour is out of range, rain=%f, lastrain=%f",w.rain,lastrain);
@@ -1637,6 +1642,31 @@ static size_t write_callback(char *buffer, size_t size,size_t nitems,void *outpu
 	return size*nitems;
 }
 */
+size_t write_data(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, char **filebuf){
+
+    logger(LOG_DEBUG,"write_data"," %i times %i bytes", nmemb, size);
+    char *pagebuf = (char*)malloc(nmemb*size);
+    if(pagebuf==NULL){
+		logger(LOG_ERROR,"write_data","malloc failed");
+		return 1;
+    }
+    logger(LOG_DEBUG,"write_data","malloc success: %i", nmemb*size);
+    char *cptr=(char*)ptr;
+    size_t written=0;
+    int pos=0;
+    while(((char*)ptr)[pos]!='\0' && pos<nmemb*size){
+            logger(LOG_DEBUG,"write_data","transfer byte %i", pos);
+            //logger(LOG_DEBUG,"write_data","read byte: %s", cptr[pos]);
+	    //pagebuf[pos]=cptr[pos];
+	    written++;
+            logger(LOG_DEBUG,"write_data","read byte: %s", pagebuf[pos]);
+	    pos++;
+    }
+    //size_t written = fwrite(ptr, size, nmemb, pagebuf);
+    logger(LOG_DEBUG,"write_data","content: %s", pagebuf);
+    *filebuf=pagebuf;
+    return written;
+}    
 
 int ws_submit(char *server_url, char** filebuf)
 {
@@ -1644,16 +1674,38 @@ int ws_submit(char *server_url, char** filebuf)
 	{	free(*filebuf);
 		*filebuf=NULL;
 	}
+	// init CURL
+	CURL *curl;
+	CURLcode res;
+	    
+	curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_DEFAULT);
 
 	http_setTimeout(15);
-	int l=http_fetch(server_url, filebuf);
-	
-	if (l>=0)
-	{	logger(LOG_DEBUG,"ws_submit","http_fetcher performed OK content: %s", *filebuf);
+	/* int l=http_fetch(server_url, filebuf);*/
+	curl = curl_easy_init();
+        if(!curl){
+		logger(LOG_ERROR,"ws_submit","curl init failed");
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+        curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, server_url);	
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0L);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0L);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, write_data);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, *filebuf);
+	int l=curl_easy_perform(curl);
+	curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+	curl_global_cleanup();
+
+	/*if (l>=0)*/
+	if (l == CURLE_OK)
+/*	{	logger(LOG_DEBUG,"ws_submit","http_fetcher performed OK content: %s", *filebuf);*/
+	{	logger(LOG_DEBUG,"ws_submit","curl performed OK content: %s", *filebuf);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	else
-	{	logger(LOG_WARNING,"ws_submit","http_fetcher failed with message \"%s\"", http_strerror());
+	/*{	logger(LOG_WARNING,"ws_submit","http_fetcher failed with message \"%s\"", http_strerror());*/
+	{	logger(LOG_WARNING,"ws_submit","curl failed with message \"%s\"",  curl_easy_strerror(l));
 		return 1;
 	}
 }