diff --git a/ufw b/ufw
index d0ebd70..346c7a0 100755
--- a/ufw
+++ b/ufw
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ msg() {
 
 err() { printf '(error) %s\n' "$*" >&2;  }
 
+curl() { command curl -sL "$@"; }
+
 usage() {
 	_cat <<- EOF
 		Usage: ufw [-RsF] [-D num] [file/url]
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ get_max_filesize() {
 get_album_id() {
 	declare api_response api_status api_status_message
 
-	api_response=$( curl -fsL "$cfg_service_url/albumctl.json?m=new&name=$1&secret=$secret" )
+	api_response=$( curl -f "$cfg_service_url/albumctl.json?m=new&name=$1&secret=$secret" )
 
 	get_api_status <<< "$api_response"
 
@@ -110,7 +112,7 @@ upload() {
 
 		get_max_filesize || { return 1; }
 
-		curl --max-filesize "$max_filesize_bytes" -sL "$target" > "$file"
+		curl --max-filesize "$max_filesize_bytes" "$target" > "$file"
 		curl_result=$?
 
 		if (( curl_result )); then
@@ -136,7 +138,7 @@ upload() {
 		get_album_id "$album_name"
 	fi
 
-	api_response=$( curl -sL \
+	api_response=$( curl \
 		-F file="@$file" \
 		-F api_format='json' \
 		-F flag_private="$flag_private" \
@@ -183,7 +185,7 @@ upload() {
 get_shortlink() {
 	declare url=$1 api_response api_status api_status_message
 
-	api_response=$( curl -sL "$cfg_service_url/shrink.json?url=${url}&secret=$secret" )
+	api_response=$( curl "$cfg_service_url/shrink.json?url=${url}&secret=$secret" )
 	get_api_status <<< "$api_response"
 
 	if (( api_status == 200 )); then
@@ -225,7 +227,7 @@ _mktemp() {
 get_my_ip() {
 	declare api_response api_status api_status_message my_ip
 
-	api_response=$( curl -sl "$cfg_service_url/ip.json" )
+	api_response=$( curl "$cfg_service_url/ip.json" )
 
 	get_api_status <<< "$api_response"
 
@@ -240,7 +242,7 @@ get_my_ip() {
 login() {
 	declare api_response
 
-	api_response=$( curl -sl "$cfg_service_url/token_request.json?login=$login" )
+	api_response=$( curl "$cfg_service_url/token_request.json?login=$login" )
 
 	if get_api_status <<< "$api_response"; then
 		printf 'Check your email.\n'