diff --git a/dist/npmci.plugins.d.ts b/dist/npmci.plugins.d.ts
index 80d588b..53de921 100644
--- a/dist/npmci.plugins.d.ts
+++ b/dist/npmci.plugins.d.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import "typings-global";
 export import beautylog = require("beautylog");
 export declare let commander: any;
 export declare let q: any;
+export declare let request: any;
 export declare let shelljs: any;
 export declare let smartssh: any;
 export import smartfile = require("smartfile");
diff --git a/dist/npmci.plugins.js b/dist/npmci.plugins.js
index e4f327e..35ad70d 100644
--- a/dist/npmci.plugins.js
+++ b/dist/npmci.plugins.js
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ require("typings-global");
 exports.beautylog = require("beautylog");
 exports.commander = require("commander");
 exports.q = require("q");
+exports.request = require("request");
 exports.shelljs = require("shelljs");
 exports.smartssh = require("smartssh");
 exports.smartfile = require("smartfile");
 
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diff --git a/dist/npmci.trigger.js b/dist/npmci.trigger.js
index c826287..bc73cfe 100644
--- a/dist/npmci.trigger.js
+++ b/dist/npmci.trigger.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 "use strict";
 require("typings-global");
 var plugins = require("./npmci.plugins");
-var npmci_bash_1 = require("./npmci.bash");
 exports.trigger = function () {
     var done = plugins.q.defer();
     plugins.beautylog.info("now running triggers");
@@ -9,11 +8,11 @@ exports.trigger = function () {
         var iteratorString = i.toString();
         if (process.env["TRIGGER" + iteratorString]) {
             plugins.beautylog.log("Found TRIGGER" + iteratorString);
-            npmci_bash_1.bash("curl -X POST " + process.env["TRIGGER" + iteratorString]);
+            plugins.request.post(process.env["TRIGGER" + iteratorString]);
         }
     }
     done.resolve();
     return done.promise;
 };
 
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cac3401..d5167b0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     "beautylog": "^5.0.6",
     "commander": "^2.9.0",
     "q": "^1.4.1",
+    "request": "^2.72.0",
     "shelljs": "^0.7.0",
     "smartfile": "^3.0.10",
     "smartssh": "^1.0.4",
diff --git a/ts/npmci.plugins.ts b/ts/npmci.plugins.ts
index 3ccf11f..39c6c7d 100644
--- a/ts/npmci.plugins.ts
+++ b/ts/npmci.plugins.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import "typings-global";
 export import beautylog = require("beautylog");
 export let commander = require("commander");
 export let q = require("q");
+export let request = require("request");
 export let shelljs = require("shelljs");
 export let smartssh = require("smartssh");
 export import smartfile = require("smartfile");
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ts/npmci.trigger.ts b/ts/npmci.trigger.ts
index 484a6af..a872cad 100644
--- a/ts/npmci.trigger.ts
+++ b/ts/npmci.trigger.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export let trigger = function(){
         let iteratorString = i.toString();
         if(process.env["TRIGGER" + iteratorString]){
             plugins.beautylog.log("Found TRIGGER" + iteratorString);
-            bash("curl -X POST " + process.env["TRIGGER" + iteratorString]);
+            plugins.request.post(process.env["TRIGGER" + iteratorString]);
         }
     }
     done.resolve();