diff --git a/background.js b/background.js
index ae13cc6..09c7c60 100644
--- a/background.js
+++ b/background.js
@@ -123,10 +123,8 @@ function setDefaultOptions() {
 }
 
 function check_sites_updated() {
-  let url = 'https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-' + url_loc + '-clean/-/raw/master/sites_updated.json';
-  //let url = 'https://bitbucket.org/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clean/raw/master/sites_updated.json';
-  let proxyurl = 'https://bpc2-cors-anywhere.herokuapp.com/';
-  fetch(proxyurl + url, {headers: {"Content-Type": "text/plain", "X-Requested-With": "XMLHttpRequest"} })
+  let sites_updated_json = 'https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-' + url_loc + '-clean/-/raw/master/sites_updated.json';
+  fetch(sites_updated_json)
   .then(response => {
     if (response.ok) {
       response.json().then(json => {
@@ -1131,10 +1129,8 @@ function updateBadge(activeTab) {
 
 var ext_version_new;
 function check_update() {
-  let url = 'https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-' + url_loc + '-clean/raw/master/manifest.json';
-  //let url = 'https://bitbucket.org/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clean/raw/master/manifest.json';
-  let proxyurl = 'https://bpc2-cors-anywhere.herokuapp.com/';
-  fetch(proxyurl + url, {headers: {"Content-Type": "text/plain", "X-Requested-With": "XMLHttpRequest"} })
+  let manifest_new = 'https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-' + url_loc + '-clean/raw/master/manifest.json';
+  fetch(manifest_new)
   .then(response => {
     if (response.ok) {
       response.json().then(json => {
diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index 17507d9..d9f62b6 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Changelog Bypass Paywalls Clean - Firefox
 
 Post-release
+Fix update check (GitLab CORS issue or BitBucket http error 429)
 
 * v2.5.7.0 (2022-02-20)
 Remove Ruhr Nachrichten (fix obsolete)
diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index b3e9424..1bba4e5 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -603,6 +603,7 @@
         "*://*.epimg.net/*",
         "*://*.flip-pay.com/*",
         "*://*.gannett-cdn.com/*",
+        "*://*.gitlab.com/magnolia1234/*",
         "*://*.hearstnp.com/*",
         "*://*.jsdelivr.net/*",
         "*://*.lightboxcdn.com/*",
@@ -619,5 +620,5 @@
         "*://*.wallkit.net/*",
         "*://*.wsj.net/*"
     ],
-    "version": "2.5.7.0"
+    "version": "2.5.7.1"
 }
diff --git a/options/version.js b/options/version.js
index 548f9ad..07b6bcf 100644
--- a/options/version.js
+++ b/options/version.js
@@ -47,9 +47,7 @@ function show_update(ext_version_new, check = true) {
 function check_version_update(ext_version_new, popup) {
   if (!popup) {
     let manifest_new = 'https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-' + url_loc + '-clean/raw/master/manifest.json';
-    //let manifest_new = 'https://bitbucket.org/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clean/raw/master/manifest.json';
-    let proxyurl = 'https://bpc2-cors-anywhere.herokuapp.com/';
-    fetch(proxyurl + manifest_new, {headers: {"Content-Type": "text/plain", "X-Requested-With": "XMLHttpRequest"} })
+    fetch(manifest_new)
     .then(response => {
       if (response.ok) {
         response.json().then(json => {