diff --git a/app/modules/msc_getter.py b/app/modules/msc_getter.py
index faa1915..6bbd2d3 100644
--- a/app/modules/msc_getter.py
+++ b/app/modules/msc_getter.py
@@ -67,19 +67,16 @@ class MSCGetter(niobot.Module):
                 found.append(data)
 
         if len(found) < 10 or force_fetch:
-            def get_first_page() -> list[dict]:
-                paginated_list: PaginatedList = self.gh.search_issues(
-                    "presence",
-                    **{
-                        "is": "pull-request",
-                        "repo": "matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals"
-                    }
-                )
-                page: list[Issue] = paginated_list.get_page(0)
-                return [x.raw_data for x in page]
-
             try:
-                issues = await asyncio.to_thread(get_first_page)
+                async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+                    response = await client.get(
+                        "https://api.github.com/search/issues",
+                        params={
+                            "q": "%s+is:pull-request+repo:matrix.org/matrix-spec-proposals" % query
+                        }
+                    )
+                    response.raise_for_status()
+                    issues = response.json()["items"]
             except Exception:
                 return [
                     {