diff --git a/config/lib/scrape.js b/config/lib/scrape.js
index ed375f6e..0d653110 100644
--- a/config/lib/scrape.js
+++ b/config/lib/scrape.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ var path = require('path'),
   bencoding = require('bencoding'),
   common = require(path.resolve('./config/lib/common')),
   request = require('request'),
+  dgram = require('dgram'),
   URL = require('url');
 
 /**
@@ -12,7 +13,6 @@ var path = require('path'),
  */
 module.exports.doScrape = function (t, cb) {
   var scrapeInfo = [];
-
   var regex = new RegExp('announce', 'g');
   console.log('torrent_announce = ' + t.torrent_announce);
   console.log('info_hash = ' + t.info_hash);
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ module.exports.doScrape = function (t, cb) {
   var port = url.port;
   var path = url.pathname;
   var npath = '';
+  var info_hash = escape(common.hexToBinary(t.info_hash));
 
   var i = path.indexOf('announce');
   if (i >= 0) {
@@ -39,67 +40,193 @@ module.exports.doScrape = function (t, cb) {
   scrapeUrl += port ? ':' + port : '';
   scrapeUrl += npath;
 
-  scrapeUrl += '?info_hash=' + escape(common.hexToBinary(t.info_hash));
-  //scrapeUrl += '&info_hash=' + common.hexToBinary('5c610cb1882f13699215c8c448a2f1502e98a28e');
+  scrapeUrl += '?info_hash=' + info_hash;
   console.log('-= scrape =- ' + scrapeUrl);
 
-  request(scrapeUrl, {encoding: null}, function (error, response, body) {
-    //console.log('error:', error);
-    //console.log('statusCode:', response && response.statusCode);
-    //console.log('body:', body);
-    if (error) {
-      //console.log('-= scrape error =- ' + scrapeUrl);
-      if (cb) cb(error, null);
-    } else if (response) {
-      if (response.statusCode === 200) {
-        var data = new Buffer(body);
-        var result = bencoding.decode(data);
+  if (scrapeUrl.toUpperCase().startsWith('HTTP')) {
+    doHTTPScrape();
+  } else {
+    doUDPScrape();
+  }
 
-        //console.log(result);
-        //console.log(result.toJSON());
-        //console.log(result.vals[0]);
-        result.keys.forEach(function (k1, idx1) {
-          //console.log(k1.toString('utf8').toUpperCase() + ' - ' + idx1 + ' - ' + result.vals[idx1]);
-          if (k1.toString('utf8').toUpperCase() === 'FAILURE REASON') {
-            //console.log('-= scrape error =- ' + result.vals[idx1].toString('utf8'));
-            if (cb) cb(result.vals[idx1].toString('utf8'), null);
-          } else if (k1.toString('utf8').toUpperCase() === 'FILES') {
-            var val = result.vals[idx1];
-            val.keys.forEach(function (k2, idx2) {
-              //console.log(k2.toString('hex'));
-              //console.log(val.vals[idx2].toJSON());
+  /**
+   * doHTTPScrape
+   */
+  function doHTTPScrape() {
+    request(scrapeUrl, {encoding: null}, function (error, response, body) {
+      //console.log('error:', error);
+      //console.log('statusCode:', response && response.statusCode);
+      //console.log('body:', body);
+      if (error) {
+        //console.log('-= scrape error =- ' + scrapeUrl);
+        if (cb) cb(error, null);
+      } else if (response) {
+        if (response.statusCode === 200) {
+          var data = new Buffer(body);
+          var result = bencoding.decode(data);
 
-              scrapeInfo.push({
-                info_hash: k2.toString('hex'),
-                data: val.vals[idx2].toJSON()
+          //console.log(result);
+          //console.log(result.toJSON());
+          //console.log(result.vals[0]);
+          result.keys.forEach(function (k1, idx1) {
+            //console.log(k1.toString('utf8').toUpperCase() + ' - ' + idx1 + ' - ' + result.vals[idx1]);
+            if (k1.toString('utf8').toUpperCase() === 'FAILURE REASON') {
+              //console.log('-= scrape error =- ' + result.vals[idx1].toString('utf8'));
+              if (cb) cb(result.vals[idx1].toString('utf8'), null);
+            } else if (k1.toString('utf8').toUpperCase() === 'FILES') {
+              var val = result.vals[idx1];
+              val.keys.forEach(function (k2, idx2) {
+                //console.log(k2.toString('hex'));
+                //console.log(val.vals[idx2].toJSON());
+
+                scrapeInfo.push({
+                  info_hash: k2.toString('hex'),
+                  data: val.vals[idx2].toJSON()
+                });
               });
-
-            });
-            //console.log(scrapeInfo);
-            if (scrapeInfo.length > 0) {
-              scrapeInfo.forEach(function (s) {
-                console.log(s);
-                if (s.info_hash === t.info_hash) {
-                  t.update({
-                    torrent_seeds: s.data.complete,
-                    torrent_finished: s.data.downloaded,
-                    torrent_leechers: s.data.incomplete
-                  }).exec();
-                }
-              });
-              if (cb) cb(null, scrapeInfo);
-            } else {
-              if (cb) cb('422 result is empty', null);
+              //console.log(scrapeInfo);
+              if (scrapeInfo.length > 0) {
+                scrapeInfo.forEach(function (s) {
+                  console.log(s);
+                  if (s.info_hash === t.info_hash) {
+                    t.update({
+                      torrent_seeds: s.data.complete,
+                      torrent_finished: s.data.downloaded,
+                      torrent_leechers: s.data.incomplete
+                    }).exec();
+                  }
+                });
+                if (cb) cb(null, scrapeInfo);
+              } else {
+                if (cb) cb('422 result is empty', null);
+              }
             }
-          }
-        });
-      } else if (response.statusCode === 403) {
-        if (cb) cb('403 Forbidden', null);
-      }
+          });
+        } else if (response.statusCode === 403) {
+          if (cb) cb('403 Forbidden', null);
+        }
 
-      t.update({
-        last_scrape: Date.now()
-      }).exec();
+        //update torrent last scrape time
+        t.update({
+          last_scrape: Date.now()
+        }).exec();
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * doUDPScrape
+   */
+  function doUDPScrape() {
+    var server = dgram.createSocket('udp4');
+    var connectionIdHigh = 0x417;
+    var connectionIdLow = 0x27101980;
+    var transactionId = Math.floor((Math.random() * 100000) + 1);
+    var action;
+
+    var ACTION_CONNECT = 0;
+    var ACTION_ANNOUNCE = 1;
+    var ACTION_SCRAPE = 2;
+    var ACTION_ERROR = 3;
+
+    //server.on('listening', function () {
+    //  var address = server.address();
+    //  console.log('server listening ' + address.address + ':' + address.port);
+    //});
+
+    server.on('message', function (msg, rinfo) {
+      var buf = new Buffer(msg),
+        seeders,
+        completed,
+        leechers;
+
+      //console.log(rinfo);
+      action = buf.readUInt32BE(0, 4);
+      transactionId = buf.readUInt32BE(4, 4);
+      //console.log('returned action: ' + action);
+      //console.log('returned transactionId: ' + transactionId);
+
+      if (action === ACTION_CONNECT) {
+        //console.log('connect response');
+        connectionIdHigh = buf.readUInt32BE(8, 4);
+        connectionIdLow = buf.readUInt32BE(12, 4);
+        scrapeTorrent();
+      } else if (action === ACTION_SCRAPE) {
+        //console.log('scrape response');
+        var _info = {};
+        _info.complete = buf.readUInt32BE(8, 4);
+        _info.downloaded = buf.readUInt32BE(12, 4);
+        _info.incomplete = buf.readUInt32BE(16, 4);
+
+        scrapeInfo.push({
+          info_hash: t.info_hash,
+          data: _info
+        });
+        //console.log(scrapeInfo);
+        if (scrapeInfo.length > 0) {
+          scrapeInfo.forEach(function (s) {
+            console.log(s);
+            if (s.info_hash === t.info_hash) {
+              t.update({
+                torrent_seeds: s.data.complete,
+                torrent_finished: s.data.downloaded,
+                torrent_leechers: s.data.incomplete
+              }).exec();
+            }
+          });
+          if (cb) cb(null, scrapeInfo);
+        } else {
+          if (cb) cb('422 result is empty', null);
+        }
+
+        //update torrent last scrape time
+        t.update({
+          last_scrape: Date.now()
+        }).exec();
+      } else if (action === ACTION_ERROR) {
+        //console.log('error response');
+        if (cb) cb('ACTION_ERROR', null);
+      }
+    });
+
+    server.bind();
+    startConnection();
+
+    function startConnection() {
+      var buf = new Buffer(16);
+
+      buf.fill(0);
+
+      buf.writeUInt32BE(connectionIdHigh, 0);
+      buf.writeUInt32BE(connectionIdLow, 4);
+      buf.writeUInt32BE(ACTION_CONNECT, 8);
+      buf.writeUInt32BE(transactionId, 12);
+
+      sendPacket(buf);
     }
-  });
+
+    function sendPacket(buf) {
+      server.send(buf, 0, buf.length, port, hostname, function (err, bytes) {
+        if (err) {
+          //console.log(err.message);
+          if (cb) cb(err, null);
+        }
+      });
+    }
+
+    function scrapeTorrent() {
+      var buf = new Buffer(36);
+
+      buf.fill(0);
+
+      buf.writeUInt32BE(connectionIdHigh, 0);
+      buf.writeUInt32BE(connectionIdLow, 4);
+      buf.writeUInt32BE(ACTION_SCRAPE, 8);
+      buf.writeUInt32BE(transactionId, 12);
+      buf.write(info_hash, 16, buf.length, 'hex');
+
+      // do scrape
+      sendPacket(buf);
+    }
+  }
 };