diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1333daf..2511b48 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rust-embed",
  "rustls",
  "rustyline",
- "scraper",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "signal-hook",
@@ -298,12 +297,6 @@ version = "1.23.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9134a6ef01ce4b366b50689c94f82c14bc72bc5d0386829828a2e2752ef7958c"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "byteorder"
-version = "1.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1fd0f2584146f6f2ef48085050886acf353beff7305ebd1ae69500e27c67f64b"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
 version = "1.10.1"
@@ -519,46 +512,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "typenum",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "cssparser"
-version = "0.34.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b7c66d1cd8ed61bf80b38432613a7a2f09401ab8d0501110655f8b341484a3e3"
-dependencies = [
- "cssparser-macros",
- "dtoa-short",
- "itoa",
- "phf",
- "smallvec",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "cssparser-macros"
-version = "0.6.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "13b588ba4ac1a99f7f2964d24b3d896ddc6bf847ee3855dbd4366f058cfcd331"
-dependencies = [
- "quote",
- "syn",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "data-encoding"
 version = "2.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2a2330da5de22e8a3cb63252ce2abb30116bf5265e89c0e01bc17015ce30a476"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "derive_more"
-version = "0.99.20"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6edb4b64a43d977b8e99788fe3a04d483834fba1215a7e02caa415b626497f7f"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "digest"
 version = "0.10.7"
@@ -589,33 +548,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "const-random",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "dtoa"
-version = "1.0.10"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d6add3b8cff394282be81f3fc1a0605db594ed69890078ca6e2cab1c408bcf04"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "dtoa-short"
-version = "0.3.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cd1511a7b6a56299bd043a9c167a6d2bfb37bf84a6dfceaba651168adfb43c87"
-dependencies = [
- "dtoa",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "dunce"
 version = "1.0.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "92773504d58c093f6de2459af4af33faa518c13451eb8f2b5698ed3d36e7c813"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ego-tree"
-version = "0.10.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b2972feb8dffe7bc8c5463b1dacda1b0dfbed3710e50f977d965429692d74cd8"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "either"
 version = "1.15.0"
@@ -698,16 +636,6 @@ version = "1.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "42703706b716c37f96a77aea830392ad231f44c9e9a67872fa5548707e11b11c"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "futf"
-version = "0.1.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "df420e2e84819663797d1ec6544b13c5be84629e7bb00dc960d6917db2987843"
-dependencies = [
- "mac",
- "new_debug_unreachable",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-channel"
 version = "0.3.31"
@@ -770,15 +698,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "slab",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "fxhash"
-version = "0.2.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c31b6d751ae2c7f11320402d34e41349dd1016f8d5d45e48c4312bc8625af50c"
-dependencies = [
- "byteorder",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "generic-array"
 version = "0.14.7"
@@ -855,18 +774,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "html5ever"
-version = "0.29.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3b7410cae13cbc75623c98ac4cbfd1f0bedddf3227afc24f370cf0f50a44a11c"
-dependencies = [
- "log",
- "mac",
- "markup5ever",
- "match_token",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "http"
 version = "1.3.1"
@@ -1240,37 +1147,6 @@ version = "0.4.27"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "13dc2df351e3202783a1fe0d44375f7295ffb4049267b0f3018346dc122a1d94"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "mac"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c41e0c4fef86961ac6d6f8a82609f55f31b05e4fce149ac5710e439df7619ba4"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "markup5ever"
-version = "0.14.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c7a7213d12e1864c0f002f52c2923d4556935a43dec5e71355c2760e0f6e7a18"
-dependencies = [
- "log",
- "phf",
- "phf_codegen",
- "string_cache",
- "string_cache_codegen",
- "tendril",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "match_token"
-version = "0.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "88a9689d8d44bf9964484516275f5cd4c9b59457a6940c1d5d0ecbb94510a36b"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "matchers"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -1334,12 +1210,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "new_debug_unreachable"
-version = "1.0.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "650eef8c711430f1a879fdd01d4745a7deea475becfb90269c06775983bbf086"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "nibble_vec"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -1470,58 +1340,6 @@ version = "2.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e3148f5046208a5d56bcfc03053e3ca6334e51da8dfb19b6cdc8b306fae3283e"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "phf"
-version = "0.11.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1fd6780a80ae0c52cc120a26a1a42c1ae51b247a253e4e06113d23d2c2edd078"
-dependencies = [
- "phf_macros",
- "phf_shared",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "phf_codegen"
-version = "0.11.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "aef8048c789fa5e851558d709946d6d79a8ff88c0440c587967f8e94bfb1216a"
-dependencies = [
- "phf_generator",
- "phf_shared",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "phf_generator"
-version = "0.11.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3c80231409c20246a13fddb31776fb942c38553c51e871f8cbd687a4cfb5843d"
-dependencies = [
- "phf_shared",
- "rand 0.8.5",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "phf_macros"
-version = "0.11.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f84ac04429c13a7ff43785d75ad27569f2951ce0ffd30a3321230db2fc727216"
-dependencies = [
- "phf_generator",
- "phf_shared",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "phf_shared"
-version = "0.11.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "67eabc2ef2a60eb7faa00097bd1ffdb5bd28e62bf39990626a582201b7a754e5"
-dependencies = [
- "siphasher",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project-lite"
 version = "0.2.16"
@@ -1543,12 +1361,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "zerocopy",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "precomputed-hash"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "925383efa346730478fb4838dbe9137d2a47675ad789c546d150a6e1dd4ab31c"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "prettyplease"
 version = "0.2.32"
@@ -1596,7 +1408,7 @@ checksum = "bcbafbbdbb0f638fe3f35f3c56739f77a8a1d070cb25603226c83339b391472b"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "getrandom 0.3.2",
- "rand 0.9.1",
+ "rand",
  "ring",
  "rustc-hash 2.1.1",
  "rustls",
@@ -1647,15 +1459,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "nibble_vec",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rand"
-version = "0.8.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "34af8d1a0e25924bc5b7c43c079c942339d8f0a8b57c39049bef581b46327404"
-dependencies = [
- "rand_core 0.6.4",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rand"
 version = "0.9.1"
@@ -1663,7 +1466,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9fbfd9d094a40bf3ae768db9361049ace4c0e04a4fd6b359518bd7b73a73dd97"
 dependencies = [
  "rand_chacha",
- "rand_core 0.9.3",
+ "rand_core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1673,15 +1476,9 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d3022b5f1df60f26e1ffddd6c66e8aa15de382ae63b3a0c1bfc0e4d3e3f325cb"
 dependencies = [
  "ppv-lite86",
- "rand_core 0.9.3",
+ "rand_core",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rand_core"
-version = "0.6.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ec0be4795e2f6a28069bec0b5ff3e2ac9bafc99e6a9a7dc3547996c5c816922c"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rand_core"
 version = "0.9.3"
@@ -2039,20 +1836,6 @@ version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "94143f37725109f92c262ed2cf5e59bce7498c01bcc1502d7b9afe439a4e9f49"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "scraper"
-version = "0.23.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "527e65d9d888567588db4c12da1087598d0f6f8b346cc2c5abc91f05fc2dffe2"
-dependencies = [
- "cssparser",
- "ego-tree",
- "html5ever",
- "precomputed-hash",
- "selectors",
- "tendril",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "security-framework"
 version = "3.2.0"
@@ -2076,25 +1859,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "selectors"
-version = "0.26.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fd568a4c9bb598e291a08244a5c1f5a8a6650bee243b5b0f8dbb3d9cc1d87fe8"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.9.0",
- "cssparser",
- "derive_more",
- "fxhash",
- "log",
- "new_debug_unreachable",
- "phf",
- "phf_codegen",
- "precomputed-hash",
- "servo_arc",
- "smallvec",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
 version = "1.0.219"
@@ -2148,15 +1912,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "servo_arc"
-version = "0.4.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ae65c4249478a2647db249fb43e23cec56a2c8974a427e7bd8cb5a1d0964921a"
-dependencies = [
- "stable_deref_trait",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "sha1"
 version = "0.10.6"
@@ -2213,12 +1968,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "siphasher"
-version = "1.0.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "56199f7ddabf13fe5074ce809e7d3f42b42ae711800501b5b16ea82ad029c39d"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "slab"
 version = "0.4.9"
@@ -2250,31 +1999,6 @@ version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a8f112729512f8e442d81f95a8a7ddf2b7c6b8a1a6f509a95864142b30cab2d3"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "string_cache"
-version = "0.8.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bf776ba3fa74f83bf4b63c3dcbbf82173db2632ed8452cb2d891d33f459de70f"
-dependencies = [
- "new_debug_unreachable",
- "parking_lot",
- "phf_shared",
- "precomputed-hash",
- "serde",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "string_cache_codegen"
-version = "0.5.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c711928715f1fe0fe509c53b43e993a9a557babc2d0a3567d0a3006f1ac931a0"
-dependencies = [
- "phf_generator",
- "phf_shared",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.11.1"
@@ -2331,17 +2055,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tendril"
-version = "0.4.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d24a120c5fc464a3458240ee02c299ebcb9d67b5249c8848b09d639dca8d7bb0"
-dependencies = [
- "futf",
- "mac",
- "utf-8",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "termion"
 version = "3.0.0"
@@ -2659,7 +2372,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "http",
  "httparse",
  "log",
- "rand 0.9.1",
+ "rand",
  "rustls",
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "sha1",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index bb36ae6..5f7ee87 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ rustyline = "13.0.0"
 config = { version = "0.15.11", default-features = false, features = ["toml", "ini"] }
 which = "6.0.3"
 tempfile = "3.9.0"
-scraper = { version = "0.23.1", default-features = false }
 avt = "0.15.1"
 axum = { version = "0.8.4", default-features = false, features = ["http1", "ws"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.44.2", features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/src/html.rs b/src/html.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c054fed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/html.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+pub fn extract_asciicast_link(html: &str) -> Option<String> {
+    let html_lc = html.to_ascii_lowercase();
+    let head_start = html_lc.find("<head")?;
+    let head_end = html_lc[head_start..].find("</head>")? + head_start;
+    let head = &html[head_start..head_end];
+    let head_lc = head.to_ascii_lowercase();
+    let mut head_offset = 0;
+
+    while let Some(link_pos) = head_lc[head_offset..].find("<link") {
+        let link_start = head_offset + link_pos;
+        let link_end = head[link_start..].find('>')? + link_start + 1;
+        let link = &head[link_start..link_end];
+        head_offset = link_end;
+
+        if let Some(rel) = attr(link, "rel") {
+            if rel
+                .split_whitespace()
+                .any(|t| t.eq_ignore_ascii_case("alternate"))
+            {
+                if let Some(t) = attr(link, "type") {
+                    if t.eq_ignore_ascii_case("application/x-asciicast")
+                        || t.eq_ignore_ascii_case("application/asciicast+json")
+                    {
+                        if let Some(href) = attr(link, "href") {
+                            return Some(href.to_string());
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    None
+}
+
+fn attr<'a>(tag: &'a str, name: &str) -> Option<&'a str> {
+    let tag_lc = tag.to_ascii_lowercase();
+    let prefix = format!("{}=", name.to_ascii_lowercase());
+    let mut i = tag_lc.find(&prefix)? + prefix.len();
+    let bytes = tag.as_bytes();
+
+    while i < bytes.len() && bytes[i].is_ascii_whitespace() {
+        i += 1;
+    }
+
+    if i >= bytes.len() {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    let quote = bytes[i];
+
+    if quote == b'\'' || quote == b'"' {
+        let start = i + 1;
+        let end = tag[start..].find(quote as char)? + start;
+
+        Some(&tag[start..end])
+    } else {
+        let start = i;
+        let mut end = i;
+
+        while end < bytes.len()
+            && !bytes[end].is_ascii_whitespace()
+            && bytes[end] != b'>'
+            && bytes[end] != b'/'
+        {
+            end += 1;
+        }
+
+        Some(&tag[start..end])
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index acef273..4d497ac 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ mod encoder;
 mod file_writer;
 mod forwarder;
 mod hash;
+mod html;
 mod io;
 mod leb128;
 mod locale;
diff --git a/src/util.rs b/src/util.rs
index d8bb787..f54d6c7 100644
--- a/src/util.rs
+++ b/src/util.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ use anyhow::{anyhow, bail, Result};
 use reqwest::Url;
 use tempfile::NamedTempFile;
 
+use crate::html;
+
 pub fn get_local_path(filename: &str) -> Result<Box<dyn AsRef<Path>>> {
     if filename.starts_with("https://") || filename.starts_with("http://") {
         match download_asciicast(filename) {
@@ -16,11 +18,8 @@ pub fn get_local_path(filename: &str) -> Result<Box<dyn AsRef<Path>>> {
     }
 }
 
-const LINK_REL_SELECTOR: &str = r#"link[rel="alternate"][type="application/x-asciicast"], link[rel="alternate"][type="application/asciicast+json"]"#;
-
 fn download_asciicast(url: &str) -> Result<NamedTempFile> {
     use reqwest::blocking::get;
-    use scraper::{Html, Selector};
 
     let mut response = get(Url::parse(url)?)?;
     response.error_for_status_ref()?;
@@ -33,12 +32,8 @@ fn download_asciicast(url: &str) -> Result<NamedTempFile> {
         .to_str()?;
 
     if content_type.starts_with("text/html") {
-        let document = Html::parse_document(&response.text()?);
-        let selector = Selector::parse(LINK_REL_SELECTOR).unwrap();
-        let mut elements = document.select(&selector);
-
-        if let Some(url) = elements.find_map(|e| e.value().attr("href")) {
-            let mut response = get(Url::parse(url)?)?;
+        if let Some(url) = html::extract_asciicast_link(&response.text()?) {
+            let mut response = get(Url::parse(&url)?)?;
             response.error_for_status_ref()?;
             io::copy(&mut response, &mut file)?;