diff --git a/R/AFND_interface.R b/R/AFND_interface.R
index b62e8e0..0f22d85 100644
--- a/R/AFND_interface.R
+++ b/R/AFND_interface.R
@@ -244,9 +244,9 @@ check_population <- function(hla_population) {
 #' @return list of valid countries, regions and ethnic origin
 #' @keywords internal
 get_valid_geographics <- function() {
-    url <- "http://www.allelefrequencies.net/hla6006a.asp?"
-    html_input <- getURL(url, read_method = "html")
-    
+    # http://www.allelefrequencies.net/hla6006a.asp?
+    html_input <- xml2::read_html("nix-valid-geographics")
+      
     rvest_tables <- rvest::html_table(html_input, fill = TRUE)
     
     # country
diff --git a/R/external_resources_input.R b/R/external_resources_input.R
index c4b1dc1..8fc5881 100644
--- a/R/external_resources_input.R
+++ b/R/external_resources_input.R
@@ -74,16 +74,17 @@ getURL <- function(URL, N.TRIES=2L,
 # MHC I
 # netmhcI_input_template is an internal variable containing list of valid 
 # NetMHCpan input alleles
-netmhcI_input_template <- getURL(
-    URL="https://services.healthtech.dtu.dk/services/NetMHCpan-4.1/allele.list",
-    read_method = "delim", delim = "\t",
-    col_names = c("netmhc_input", "hla_chain_name", "HLA_gene"))
+netmhcI_input_template <- readr::read_delim(
+        # https://services.healthtech.dtu.dk/services/NetMHCpan-4.1/allele.list
+	"nix-NetMHCpan-4.1-allele-list",
+	delim = "\t",
+	skip = 0,
+        col_names = c("netmhc_input", "hla_chain_name", "HLA_gene")
+    )
 
 # MHC II
-lines <- getURL(
-    URL = paste0("https://services.healthtech.dtu.dk/services/",
-    "NetMHCIIpan-4.0/alleles_name.list"),
-    read_method = "lines")
+# https://services.healthtech.dtu.dk/services/NetMHCIIpan-4.0/alleles_name.list
+lines <- readr::read_lines("nix-NETMHCIIpan-4.0-alleles-name-list")
 lines_rep <- stringr::str_replace_all(lines, "\t+|\\s\\s+", "\t")
 netmhcII_input_template <- suppressWarnings(
     suppressMessages(read.delim(textConnection(lines_rep), sep = "\t")))