diff --git a/scripts/overview.php b/scripts/overview.php
index c2f62bd..56cf40b 100644
--- a/scripts/overview.php
+++ b/scripts/overview.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 error_reporting(E_ERROR);
 ini_set('display_errors',1);
 ini_set('session.gc_maxlifetime', 7200);
+ini_set('user_agent', 'PHP_Flickr/1.0');
 session_set_cookie_params(7200);
 session_start();
 $myDate = date('Y-m-d');
diff --git a/scripts/stats.php b/scripts/stats.php
index 8a47cba..9b6da18 100644
--- a/scripts/stats.php
+++ b/scripts/stats.php
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?php
+ini_set('user_agent', 'PHP_Flickr/1.0');
 error_reporting(0);
 ini_set('display_errors', 0);
 
diff --git a/scripts/todays_detections.php b/scripts/todays_detections.php
index 2a91ba2..c08ba5c 100644
--- a/scripts/todays_detections.php
+++ b/scripts/todays_detections.php
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 ini_set('session.gc_maxlifetime', 7200);
+ini_set('user_agent', 'PHP_Flickr/1.0');
 session_set_cookie_params(7200);
 session_start();
 error_reporting(E_ERROR);
diff --git a/scripts/utils/notifications.py b/scripts/utils/notifications.py
index 2ef9251..efa1f44 100644
--- a/scripts/utils/notifications.py
+++ b/scripts/utils/notifications.py
@@ -77,8 +77,9 @@ def sendAppriseNotifications(species, confidence, path, date, time, week, latitu
             if not comName in flickr_images:
                 try:
                     # TODO: Make this work with non-english comnames. Implement the "// convert sci name to English name" logic from overview.php here
+                    headers = {'User-Agent': 'Python_Flickr/1.0'}
                     url = 'https://www.flickr.com/services/rest/?method=flickr.photos.search&api_key='+str(settings_dict.get('FLICKR_API_KEY'))+'&text='+str(comName)+' bird&sort=relevance&per_page=5&media=photos&format=json&license=2%2C3%2C4%2C5%2C6%2C9&nojsoncallback=1'
-                    resp = requests.get(url=url)
+                    resp = requests.get(url=url, headers=headers)
                     resp.encoding = "utf-8"
                     data = resp.json()["photos"]["photo"][0]