diff --git a/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/sites/chaturbate/ChaturbateModel.java b/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/sites/chaturbate/ChaturbateModel.java
index faf93c2f..8756c705 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/sites/chaturbate/ChaturbateModel.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/sites/chaturbate/ChaturbateModel.java
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import com.iheartradio.m3u8.data.MasterPlaylist;
 import com.iheartradio.m3u8.data.Playlist;
 import com.iheartradio.m3u8.data.PlaylistData;
 import ctbrec.AbstractModel;
-// import ctbrec.Config;
+import ctbrec.Config;
 import ctbrec.StringUtil;
 import ctbrec.io.HttpException;
 import ctbrec.io.json.ObjectMapperFactory;
@@ -383,21 +383,23 @@ public class ChaturbateModel extends AbstractModel {
 
     @Override
     public boolean exists() throws IOException {
-        Request req = new Request.Builder() // @formatter:off
-                .url(getUrl())
-                .header(USER_AGENT, site.getHttpClient().getEffectiveUserAgent())
-                .header(ACCEPT_LANGUAGE, Locale.ENGLISH.getLanguage())
-                .build(); // @formatter:on
+        Request req = new Request.Builder()
+            .url(getUrl())
+            .header("Accept", "*/*")
+            .header("Accept-Language", Locale.ENGLISH.getLanguage())
+            .header("User-Agent", Config.getInstance().getSettings().httpUserAgent)
+            .header("Referer", getUrl())
+            .header("Origin", getSite().getBaseUrl())
+            .build();
         try (Response response = getSite().getHttpClient().execute(req)) {
-            if (!response.isSuccessful() && response.code() == 404) {
+            if (response.code() == 404) {
                 return false;
-            } else {
-                String body = response.body().string();
-                boolean banned = body.contains("This room has been banned");
-                boolean deleted = body.contains("This account has been deleted");
-                boolean redirectedToRoot = Objects.equals("/", response.request().url().encodedPath());
-                return !(banned || deleted || redirectedToRoot);
             }
+            String body = response.body().string();
+            boolean banned = body.contains("This room has been banned");
+            boolean deleted = body.contains("This account has been deleted");
+            boolean redirectedToRoot = Objects.equals("/", response.request().url().encodedPath());
+            return !banned && !deleted && !redirectedToRoot;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/sites/stripchat/StripchatModel.java b/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/sites/stripchat/StripchatModel.java
index 06fc443e..7720bded 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/sites/stripchat/StripchatModel.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/sites/stripchat/StripchatModel.java
@@ -426,17 +426,21 @@ public class StripchatModel extends AbstractModel {
 
     @Override
     public boolean exists() throws IOException {
-        JSONObject jsonResponse = getModelInfo();
-        if (jsonResponse.optString("error").equals("Not Found")) {
-            log.info("Model not found: {}", getName());
-            return false;
-        }
-        if (jsonResponse.has("user")) {
-            JSONObject user = jsonResponse.getJSONObject("user");
-            if (isBanned(user)) {
-                log.info("Model inactive or deleted: {}", getName());
+        try {
+            JSONObject jsonResponse = getModelInfo();
+            if (jsonResponse.has("user")) {
+                JSONObject user = jsonResponse.getJSONObject("user").getJSONObject("user");
+                if (isBanned(user)) {
+                    log.info("Model inactive or deleted: {}", getName());
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (HttpException e) {
+            if (e.getResponseCode() == 404) {
+                log.info("Model not found: {}", getName());
                 return false;
             }
+            throw e;
         }
         return true;
     }