diff --git a/pypath/inputs/homologene.py b/pypath/inputs/homologene.py
index d23f69876..a1a8cd34b 100644
--- a/pypath/inputs/homologene.py
+++ b/pypath/inputs/homologene.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def get_homologene():
     Returns file pointer.
     """
 
-    url = urls.urls['homologene']['url']
+    url = urls.urls['homologene']['url_rescued']
 
     c = curl.Curl(
         url = url,
diff --git a/pypath/resources/urls.py b/pypath/resources/urls.py
index 3d5ed3350..2ff29110f 100644
--- a/pypath/resources/urls.py
+++ b/pypath/resources/urls.py
@@ -981,8 +981,9 @@
     },
     'homologene': {
         'label': 'NCBI HomoloGene data, recent release',
-        'url': 'https://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/pub/HomoloGene/'
+        'url_original': 'https://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/pub/HomoloGene/'
             'current/homologene.data',
+        'url_rescued': 'https://rescued.omnipathdb.org/homologene.data',
     },
     'mirbase' : {
         'label': 'miRBase: miRNA main reference database',