diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dd09ff7a..c82da253 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
 ## 1.6.1 - 2018-11-28
 - Added support for:
   - `joyreactor` - http://joyreactor.cc/ ([#114](https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/issues/114))
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/gfycat.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/gfycat.py
index 56211b92..6ac18dc6 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/gfycat.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/gfycat.py
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 """Extract images from https://gfycat.com/"""
 
 from .common import Extractor, Message
-from .. import text
-import json
 
 
 class GfycatExtractor(Extractor):
@@ -34,10 +32,8 @@ class GfycatExtractor(Extractor):
         return ""
 
     def _get_info(self, gfycat_id):
-        url = "{}/ifr/{}".format(self.root, gfycat_id)
-        page = self.request(url).text
-        data = json.loads(text.extract(page, '___INITIAL_STATE__=', ';')[0])
-        return data["cache"]["gifs"][gfycat_id.lower()]
+        url = "https://api.gfycat.com/v1/gfycats/" + gfycat_id
+        return self.request(url).json()["gfyItem"]
 
 
 class GfycatImageExtractor(GfycatExtractor):
diff --git a/gallery_dl/version.py b/gallery_dl/version.py
index c60adcbe..0c80109c 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/version.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/version.py
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
 # published by the Free Software Foundation.
 
-__version__ = "1.6.1"
+__version__ = "1.6.2-dev"