diff --git a/placements/management/commands/placement_blog_chore.py b/placements/management/commands/placement_blog_chore.py
index b4706877..63dbe407 100644
--- a/placements/management/commands/placement_blog_chore.py
+++ b/placements/management/commands/placement_blog_chore.py
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ def fill_blog(url, body_name, url_val):
         # response = requests.get(url, auth=HTTPBasicAuth(
         #     settings.LDAP_USERNAME, settings.LDAP_PASSWORD))
 
+        response = s.get(url, verify=False, timeout=10)
         response = s.get(url, verify=False, timeout=10)
 
         feeds = feedparser.parse(response.content)