diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index d1502b0..0000000
--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-vendor/
-composer.lock
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f9be2b2..28bbc28 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ This prorgam downloads a new image from [Unsplash][1]. It checks whether the scr
 
 ## Dependencies
 
-+ [PHP][2] - Available in repositories of most popular distributions.
-+ [Composer][3] - Available in repositories of most popular distributions.
++ [jq][2] - Needed for parsing JSON.
++ [curl][3] - Available in most software repositories. Also, most probably installed already.
 + [Imagemagick][4] - Specifically, the `convert` command.
 + [i3lock-color][5] - Available in AUR (For Arch users). Fork of i3lock with more features. Do not use i3lock since this program utilizes the features of i3lock-color.
 + [bash][6] - Most probably will be installed already.
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ The lock screen customization has been made easier using `~/.config/lock_prefere
 
 <!--Links-->
 [1]: https://unsplash.com
-[2]: https://php.net
-[3]: https://getcomposer.org
+[2]: https://stedolan.github.io/jq/
+[3]: https://curl.haxx.se
 [4]: https://imagemagick.org
 [5]: https://github.com/PandorasFox/i3lock-color
 [6]: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 11acbd8..0000000
--- a/composer.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "require": {
-        "crewlabs/unsplash": "^2.4"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/download_daemon b/download_daemon
index af99835..a6a7cf9 100755
--- a/download_daemon
+++ b/download_daemon
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ while : ; do
 	# If no, wait 300 secs and check again.
 	[[ `< $HOME/.config/lock_screen.sta` -eq 0 ]] && sleep 300 && continue
 	# Download the new image
-	$HOME/i3lock-delta/downloader.php
+	$HOME/i3lock-delta/downloader.sh
 	if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
 		name_photographer="`< /tmp/name_photographer`"
 
diff --git a/downloader.php b/downloader.php
deleted file mode 100755
index 6639774..0000000
--- a/downloader.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env php
-<?php
-require __DIR__.'/vendor/autoload.php';
-
-# Initialize API
-Crew\Unsplash\HttpClient::init([
-	'applicationId' => file_get_contents(getenv('HOME').'/i3lock-delta/api_key'),
-	'utmSource' => 'i3lock-Delta'
-]);
-
-# Get custom search queries
-$queries_file_name = getenv('HOME') . '/.config/lock_preferences';
-$queries = file($queries_file_name);
-
-# Create the random photo limitations
-if (count($queries) == 0){
-	$filters = [
-		'featured' => false,
-		'orientation' => 'landscape'
-	];
-}
-else {
-	$filters = [
-		'featured' => false,
-		'query' => $queries[rand(0,count($queries) - 1)],
-		'orientation' => 'landscape'
-	];
-}
-
-# Get the random photo
-$img = Crew\Unsplash\Photo::random($filters);
-
-# Download the photo
-$url = $img->download();
-$output = file_get_contents($url);
-
-# Write image to a file
-$image_filename =getenv('HOME') . '/.rand_bg';
-$image_file = fopen($image_filename, 'w');
-fwrite($image_file, $output);
-fclose($image_file);
-
-# Write author's name to a file
-$name_file = fopen('/tmp/name_photographer', 'w');
-fwrite($name_file, $img->{'user'}['name']);
-fclose($name_file);
diff --git a/downloader.sh b/downloader.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..da97d8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/downloader.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Get the api key
+key=$(cat ~/i3lock-delta/api_key)
+# Get the queries
+queries=$(cat ~/.config/lock_preferences | xargs)
+# Construct the base url
+url="https://api.unsplash.com/photos/random?client_id=$key&orientation=landscape&featured=false"
+
+# Check if there are any queries
+if [ -n "$queries" ]; then
+  url="$url&query=$(shuf -n 1 ~/.config/lock_preferences)"
+fi
+
+# make API call and check if curl fails
+if ! json=$(curl -s $url); then
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Get image location from json
+image_download_url=$(echo $json | jq -r ".links.download_location")
+image_download_url="$image_download_url?client_id=$key"
+image_url=$(curl -s $image_download_url | jq -r .url)
+if [[ $? -ne 0 ]] ; then exit 1; fi
+
+# Download image and check if curl fails
+curl $image_url > ~/.rand_bg
+if [[ $? -ne 0 ]] ; then exit 1; fi
+
+# Write author's name to file
+user_name=$(echo $json | jq -r ".user.name")
+echo "$user_name" > /tmp/name_photographer
diff --git a/install b/install
index 83d2102..80c78bf 100755
--- a/install
+++ b/install
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ function check_exec() {
 
 echo -e "${blue}Checking Dependencies $reset"
 
-check_exec php PHP
-check_exec composer Composer
+check_exec jq jq
+check_exec curl curl
 check_exec i3lock i3lock-color
 check_exec convert Imagemagick
 
@@ -33,16 +33,6 @@ else
   echo "OK"
 fi
 echo -e "${blue}Checked repository location $reset \n"
-echo -e "${blue}Installing Libraries $reset"
-sleep 1
-composer install
-if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
-  echo -e "$red Unable to install libraries. Check your internet connection"
-  echo -e "If the problem persists, open an issue at https://github.com/Ceda-EI/i3lock-delta/issues"
-  echo -e "$reset"
-fi
-
-echo -e "${blue}Finished Installing Libraries $reset \n"
 
 echo -e "${blue}Creating Required Files$reset"