diff --git a/utility/purge_removed_plex_friends.py b/utility/purge_removed_plex_friends.py
index ef5a5ea..dc4bee8 100644
--- a/utility/purge_removed_plex_friends.py
+++ b/utility/purge_removed_plex_friends.py
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
 """
 Description: Purge Tautulli users that no longer exist as a friend in Plex
 Author: DirtyCajunRice
-Requires: requests, plexapi
+Requires: requests, plexapi, python3.6+
 """
 
-import requests
+from requests import Session
+from json.decoder import JSONDecodeError
 from plexapi.myplex import MyPlexAccount
 
-TAUTULLI_BASE_URL = ''
+TAUTULLI_URL = ''
 TAUTULLI_API_KEY = ''
 
 PLEX_USERNAME = ''
@@ -20,22 +21,27 @@ BACKUP_DB = True
 # Do not edit past this line #
 account = MyPlexAccount(PLEX_USERNAME, PLEX_PASSWORD)
 
-payload = {'apikey': TAUTULLI_API_KEY, 'cmd': 'get_user_names'}
-tautulli_users = requests.get('http://{}/api/v2'
-                              .format(TAUTULLI_BASE_URL), params=payload).json()['response']['data']
+session = Session()
+session.params = {'apikey': TAUTULLI_API_KEY}
+formatted_url = f'{TAUTULLI_URL}/api/v2'
+
+request = session.get(formatted_url, params={'cmd': 'get_user_names'})
+
+tautulli_users = None
+try:
+    tautulli_users = request.json()['response']['data']
+except JSONDecodeError:
+    exit("Error talking to Tautulli API, please check your TAUTULLI_URL")
 
 plex_friend_ids = [friend.id for friend in account.users()]
-tautulli_user_ids = [user['user_id'] for user in tautulli_users]
-
-removed_user_ids = [user_id for user_id in tautulli_user_ids if user_id not in plex_friend_ids]
+removed_users = [user for user in tautulli_users if user['user_id'] not in plex_friend_ids]
 
 if BACKUP_DB:
-    payload['cmd'] = 'backup_db'
-    backup = requests.get('http://{}/api/v2'.format(TAUTULLI_BASE_URL), params=payload)
+    backup = session.get(formatted_url, params={'cmd': 'backup_db'})
 
-if removed_user_ids:
-    payload['cmd'] = 'delete_user'
-
-    for user_id in removed_user_ids:
-        payload['user_id'] = user_id
-        remove_user = requests.get('http://{}/api/v2'.format(TAUTULLI_BASE_URL), params=payload)
+if removed_users:
+    for user in removed_users:
+        removed_user = session.get(formatted_url, params={'cmd': 'delete_user', 'user_id': user['user_id']})
+        print(f"Removed {user['friendly_name']} from Tautulli")
+else:
+    print('No users to remove')