diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6d42f91..fd691b0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 ## Prerequisites
 
 - Python 3.7 or higher installed on your system.
-- Required Python packages (`aiohttp`, `beautifulsoup4`, `requests`, `validators`, `questionary`, `nest_asyncio`, `tqdm`, `termcolor`) which can be installed via pip.
+- Required Python packages (`aiohttp`, `beautifulsoup4`, `validators`, `questionary`, `nest_asyncio`, `tqdm`, `termcolor`) which can be installed via pip.
 
 ## Installation
 
diff --git a/anime_downloader/id_grab.py b/anime_downloader/id_grab.py
index a4fb2fb..7c82a00 100644
--- a/anime_downloader/id_grab.py
+++ b/anime_downloader/id_grab.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-import requests
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+import aiohttp
 
-
-def grab_id(url):
-    response = requests.get(url)
-    soup = BeautifulSoup(response.content, "html.parser")
-    anime_id = soup.find("input", {"id": "movie_id"})["value"]
-
-    return (anime_id)
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+async def grab_id(url):
+    """Grab the anime ID from the anime details page asynchronously."""
+    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
+        async with session.get(url) as response:
+            response_content = await response.text()
+            soup = BeautifulSoup(response_content, "html.parser")
+            anime_id = soup.find("input", {"id": "movie_id"})["value"]
+            
+            return anime_id
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/anime_downloader/link_download.py b/anime_downloader/link_download.py
index 90f8f71..f76e90b 100644
--- a/anime_downloader/link_download.py
+++ b/anime_downloader/link_download.py
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ async def display_anime_details(selected_link):
         if download_choice:
             start = questionary.text("Download episode from (number): ").ask()
             end = questionary.text("To: ").ask()
-            code = grab_id(selected_link)
+            code = await grab_id(selected_link)
             anime_eps_url = fetch_ep_list_api.format(START_EP=start, END_EP=end, ANIME_ID=code)
             await fetch_episode_links(anime_eps_url, anime_info.get('title'))
         else:
diff --git a/anime_downloader/search_download.py b/anime_downloader/search_download.py
index 955635f..83e4490 100644
--- a/anime_downloader/search_download.py
+++ b/anime_downloader/search_download.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ async def display_anime_details(title, selected_link):
 
 async def fetch_episode_links(selected_link, title):
     """Fetch episode links for the selected anime and download them."""
-    code = grab_id(selected_link)
+    code = await grab_id(selected_link)
     start = questionary.text("Download episode from (number): ").ask()
     end = questionary.text("To: ").ask()
     QUALITY = data["preferred_res"]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index fb6ec77..08eeb0b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 aiohttp
 beautifulsoup4
-requests
 nest_asyncio
 questionary
 validators