diff --git a/onionr/communicator/peeraction.py b/onionr/communicator/peeraction.py
index dc4fa9bf..fc982fe7 100644
--- a/onionr/communicator/peeraction.py
+++ b/onionr/communicator/peeraction.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def peer_action(comm_inst, peer, action, data='', returnHeaders=False, max_resp_
 
     keydb.transportinfo.set_address_info(peer, 'lastConnectAttempt', epoch.get_epoch()) # mark the time we're trying to request this peer
     try:
-        retData = basicrequests.do_get_request(comm_inst.onionrInst, url, port=comm_inst.proxyPort, max_size=max_resp_size)
+        retData = basicrequests.do_get_request( url, port=comm_inst.proxyPort, max_size=max_resp_size)
     except streamedrequests.exceptions.ResponseLimitReached:
         logger.warn('Request failed due to max response size being overflowed', terminal=True)
         retData = False
diff --git a/onionr/httpapi/__init__.py b/onionr/httpapi/__init__.py
index b3d6c3b3..f21c261b 100755
--- a/onionr/httpapi/__init__.py
+++ b/onionr/httpapi/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 '''
 import onionrplugins
-
+API_VERSION = 0
 def load_plugin_blueprints(flaskapp, blueprint='flask_blueprint'):
     '''Iterate enabled plugins and load any http endpoints they have'''
     for plugin in onionrplugins.get_enabled_plugins():
diff --git a/onionr/onionrutils/basicrequests.py b/onionr/onionrutils/basicrequests.py
index f0415200..d3d29129 100644
--- a/onionr/onionrutils/basicrequests.py
+++ b/onionr/onionrutils/basicrequests.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 '''
 import requests, streamedrequests
 import logger, onionrexceptions
+import httpapi
 def do_post_request(onionr_inst, url, data={}, port=0, proxyType='tor', max_size=10000):
     '''
     Do a POST request through a local tor or i2p instance
@@ -44,15 +45,11 @@ def do_post_request(onionr_inst, url, data={}, port=0, proxyType='tor', max_size
         retData = False
     return retData
 
-def do_get_request(url, port=0, proxyType='tor', ignoreAPI=False, returnHeaders=False, max_size=5242880, onionr_inst=None):
+def do_get_request(url, port=0, proxyType='tor', ignoreAPI=False, returnHeaders=False, max_size=5242880):
     '''
     Do a get request through a local tor or i2p instance
     '''
-    if not ignoreAPI:
-        if onionr_inst is None:
-            raise ValueError("Onionr inst must be set if ignoreAPI is False")
-    else:
-        API_VERSION = onionr_inst.API_VERSION
+    API_VERSION = httpapi.API_VERSION
     retData = False
     if proxyType == 'tor':
         if port == 0: