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 [![License:
 MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
 [![PyPI version](https://badge.fury.io/py/paperscraper.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/py/paperscraper)
-[![Downloads](https://pepy.tech/badge/paperscraper)](https://pepy.tech/project/paperscraper)
-[![Downloads](https://pepy.tech/badge/paperscraper/month)](https://pepy.tech/project/paperscraper)
+[![Downloads](https://static.pepy.tech/badge/paperscraper)](https://pepy.tech/project/paperscraper)
+[![Downloads](https://static.pepy.tech/badge/paperscraper/month)](https://pepy.tech/project/paperscraper)
 [![Code style: black](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg)](https://github.com/psf/black)
 
 # paperscraper