diff --git a/searx/engines/duckduckgo_definitions.py b/searx/engines/duckduckgo_definitions.py
index 2b180d0f..2d97f815 100644
--- a/searx/engines/duckduckgo_definitions.py
+++ b/searx/engines/duckduckgo_definitions.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import json
 from urllib import urlencode
 
-url = 'http://api.duckduckgo.com/?{query}&format=json&pretty=0'
+url = 'http://api.duckduckgo.com/?{query}&format=json&pretty=0&no_redirect=1'
 
 def request(query, params):
     params['url'] =  url.format(query=urlencode({'q': query}))
diff --git a/searx/engines/flickr.py b/searx/engines/flickr.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
diff --git a/searx/engines/google_images.py b/searx/engines/google_images.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644