diff --git a/src/url_shortener/shorteners/url_shortener.py b/src/url_shortener/shorteners/url_shortener.py
index 6388dc0d..0b02242f 100644
--- a/src/url_shortener/shorteners/url_shortener.py
+++ b/src/url_shortener/shorteners/url_shortener.py
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ class URLShortener (object):
      return handle_dropbox(r.headers['location'])
     else:
      return r.headers['location']
+   else: # if the head method does not work, use get instead. Performance may decrease
+    r=requests.get(url, allow_redirects=False)
+    return r.headers['location']
   except:
    return url #we cannot expand