diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 44f73ee..288ad6f 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ with open("config.json", 'r') as f:
 offset = "0"
 while True:
     #long poll for response
-    querry = f'limit=1&offset={offset}&timeout=10'
+    querry = 'limit=1&offset={}&timeout=10'.format(offset)
     try:
-        resp = requests.get(url=f'https://api.telegram.org/bot{config["token"]}/{"getUpdates"}?{querry}')
+        resp = requests.get(url='https://api.telegram.org/bot{}/{}?{}'.format(config["token"], "getUpdates", querry))
         json = resp.json()
         resp.close()
         if json.get("result"):
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ while True:
             text = json["result"][0]["message"]["text"]
             print(text)
             #echo message
-            querry = f'chat_id={config["recipient"]}&text={text}'
-            requests.get(url=f'https://api.telegram.org/bot{config["token"]}/{"sendMessage"}?{querry}')
+            querry = 'chat_id={}&text={}'.format(config["recipient"], text)
+            requests.get(url='https://api.telegram.org/bot{}/{}?{}'.format(config["token"], "sendMessage", querry))
     except Exception as e:
         print(e)
         resp.close()