diff --git a/lib/notification/adapter/telegram.js b/lib/notification/adapter/telegram.js
index 17fad01..6cfc7bc 100644
--- a/lib/notification/adapter/telegram.js
+++ b/lib/notification/adapter/telegram.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-const TelegramBot = require('tg-yarl');
 const { markdown2Html } = require('../../services/markdown');
-const opts = { parse_mode: 'Markdown' };
+const axios = require('axios');
 
 /**
  * sends new listings to telegram
@@ -13,19 +12,22 @@ const opts = { parse_mode: 'Markdown' };
 exports.send = ({ serviceName, newListings, notificationConfig, jobKey }) => {
   const { token, chatId } = notificationConfig.find((adapter) => adapter.id === 'telegram').fields;
 
-  const bot = new TelegramBot(token);
-
-  let message = `Job: ${jobKey} | Service _${serviceName}_ found _${newListings.length}_ new listings:\n\n`;
+  let message = `Job: ${jobKey} | Service <b>${serviceName}</b> found <b>${newListings.length}</b> new listings:\n\n`;
 
   message += newListings.map(
     (o) =>
-      `*${shorten(o.title.replace(/\*/g, ''), 45)}*\n` +
+      `<b>${shorten(o.title.replace(/\*/g, ''), 45)}</b>\n` +
       [o.address, o.price, o.size].join(' | ') +
       '\n' +
-      `[LINK](${o.link})\n\n`
+      `<a href="${o.link}">${o.link}</a>\n\n`
   );
 
-  return bot.sendMessage(chatId, message, opts);
+  return axios.post(`https://api.telegram.org/bot${token}/sendMessage`, {
+    chat_id: chatId,
+    text: message,
+    parse_mode: 'HTML',
+    disable_web_page_preview: true,
+  });
 };
 
 function shorten(str, len = 30) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 09c4579..93380e2 100755
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@
     "semantic-ui-react": "2.0.3",
     "serve-static": "^1.14.1",
     "slack": "11.0.2",
-    "tg-yarl": "1.3.0",
     "x-ray": "2.3.4"
   },
   "devDependencies": {