diff --git a/modules/papers.py b/modules/papers.py
index 4de51d1..f6910ef 100644
--- a/modules/papers.py
+++ b/modules/papers.py
@@ -168,8 +168,12 @@ def download_url(url):
         if citation_pdf_url and "link.aip.org/" in citation_pdf_url:
             citation_pdf_url = None
 
+        if "ieeexplore.ieee.org" in citation_pdf_url:
+            content = requests.get(citation_pdf_url).content
+            tree = parse_html(content)
+
         # wow, this seriously needs to be cleaned up
-        if citation_pdf_url and citation_title:
+        if citation_pdf_url and citation_title and not "ieeexplore.ieee.org" in citation_pdf_url:
             citation_title = citation_title.encode("ascii", "ignore")
             response = requests.get(citation_pdf_url, headers={"User-Agent": "pdf-defense-force"})
             content = response.content