diff --git a/coordinator/ProcessorScraper.py b/coordinator/ProcessorScraper.py
index 1a36b3a7fbaeb579b3c04c1b8b48639a367593ea..cee27963b2fc62b71aeb6cb671547ac4493921a2 100644
--- a/coordinator/ProcessorScraper.py
+++ b/coordinator/ProcessorScraper.py
@@ -50,12 +50,10 @@ def get_news_reports_from_url(job_dir: str, url = URL_DEFAULT) -> None:
 
     assert os.path.exists(job_dir)
 
-    r = requests.get(url)
-
-    # write a local copy of the zip file
+    # Get the zip file from the url and immediately write a local copy
     fn_zip = f"{job_dir}/data.zip"
     with open(fn_zip,'wb') as zipfile:
-        zipfile.write(r.content)
+        zipfile.write(requests.get(url).content)
 
     # unzip it
     dir_unzip = f"{job_dir}/data/"