diff --git a/plugins/pelican_comments/pelican_comments.py b/plugins/pelican_comments/pelican_comments.py
index 80d9ec3..66edcd4 100644
--- a/plugins/pelican_comments/pelican_comments.py
+++ b/plugins/pelican_comments/pelican_comments.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import collections
 import hashlib  # libravatar
 
 import pelican.signals as signals
-import pelican.generators as generators
+# import pelican.generators as generators
 import pelican.readers as readers
 
 from pelican.contents import Content
@@ -87,12 +87,13 @@ class CommentReader(object):
                                 (comment_filename, ))
             self._comments[comment.metadata['post_id']].append(comment)
 
-            # Libravatar
+            # LibreAvatar
+            librevatar_url = 'https://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar'
             # Check the presence of the Email header
             if 'email' in comment.metadata:
                 email = comment.metadata['email'].encode('utf-8')
                 ehash = hashlib.md5(email.strip().lower()).hexdigest()
-                comment.avatar = "https://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/%s" % (ehash)
+                comment.avatar = "%s/%s" % (librevatar_url, ehash)
             else:
                 raise Exception("comment %s does not have a email" %
                                 (comment_filename))