diff --git a/hls-player.js b/hls-player.js
index ad708db..f3779ad 100644
--- a/hls-player.js
+++ b/hls-player.js
@@ -9,23 +9,17 @@ class PlaylistLoader {
 		this.fetch_playlist();
 	}
 
-	fetch_playlist() {
-		var xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
-		xmlHttp.onreadystatechange = ( function() {
-			if (xmlHttp.readyState == 4 && xmlHttp.status == 200) {
-				this.parse_playlist(xmlHttp.responseText);
-				setTimeout(this.fetch_playlist.bind(this), this.refresh_interval * 1000);
-			}
-		} ).bind(this)
-		xmlHttp.open("GET", this.playlist_src, true);
-		xmlHttp.send(null);
+	async fetch_playlist() {
+		const response = await fetch(this.playlist_src);
+		this.parse_playlist(await response.text());
+		setTimeout(this.fetch_playlist.bind(this), this.refresh_interval * 1000);
 	}
 
 	parse_playlist(playlist_content) {
-		var lines = playlist_content.split('\n');
-		var segments = [];
-		var segment_block_flag = this.last_segment === null ? false : true;
-		for (var i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
+		let lines = playlist_content.split('\n');
+		let segments = [];
+		let segment_block_flag = this.last_segment === null ? false : true;
+		for (let i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
 			if (lines[i].startsWith("#")) {
 				if (lines[i].startsWith("EXT-X-TARGETDURATION", 1)) {
 					this.refresh_interval = parseFloat(lines[i].split(':')[1]);
@@ -45,4 +39,4 @@ class PlaylistLoader {
 	}
 }
 
-var test = new PlaylistLoader();
+let test = new PlaylistLoader();