diff --git a/htdocs/application/controllers/main.php b/htdocs/application/controllers/main.php
index cd92a6e..ef44825 100644
--- a/htdocs/application/controllers/main.php
+++ b/htdocs/application/controllers/main.php
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class Main extends CI_Controller
 		parent::__construct();
 		$this->output->enable_profiler(false);
 		$this->load->model('languages');
+		$this->load->library('curl'); 
 		
 		if (config_item('require_auth')) 
 		{
@@ -696,17 +697,30 @@ class Main extends CI_Controller
 	
 	function _valid_recaptcha() 
 	{
-		
-		if ($this->input->post('recaptcha_response_field')) 
+
+		if ($this->recaptcha_privatekey == null || $this->recaptcha_privatekey == '') {
+			die ("To use reCAPTCHA you must get an API key from <a href='https://www.google.com/recaptcha/admin/create'>https://www.google.com/recaptcha/admin/create</a>");
+		}
+
+		if ($this->input->post('g-recaptcha-response')) 
 		{
 			$pk = $this->recaptcha_privatekey;
 			$ra = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
-			$cf = $this->input->post('recaptcha_challenge_field');
-			$rf = $this->input->post('recaptcha_response_field');
+			$rf = trim($this->input->post('g-recaptcha-response'));
 
-			//check
-			$resp = recaptcha_check_answer($pk, $ra, $cf, $rf);
-			return $resp->is_valid;
+			$url="https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify?secret=".$pk."&response;=".$rf."&remoteip;=".$ra;
+		  	$response = $this->curl->simple_get($url);
+			$status= json_decode($response, true);
+
+			if($status['success'])
+			{
+				$recaptcha_response->is_valid = true;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				$recaptcha_response->is_valid = false;
+			}
+			return $recaptcha_response;
 		}
 		else
 		{
diff --git a/htdocs/application/helpers/recaptcha_helper.php b/htdocs/application/helpers/recaptcha_helper.php
index 32c4f4d..3aafda8 100644
--- a/htdocs/application/helpers/recaptcha_helper.php
+++ b/htdocs/application/helpers/recaptcha_helper.php
@@ -119,13 +119,17 @@ function recaptcha_get_html ($pubkey, $error = null, $use_ssl = false)
         if ($error) {
            $errorpart = "&amp;error=" . $error;
         }
-        return '<script type="text/javascript" src="'. $server . '/challenge?k=' . $pubkey . $errorpart . '"></script>
+	return '<script src=\'https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js\'></script>
+		<div class="g-recaptcha" data-sitekey="' . $pubkey . '"></div>';
+
+
+        /*return '<script type="text/javascript" src="'. $server . '/challenge?k=' . $pubkey . $errorpart . '"></script>
 
 	<noscript>
   		<iframe src="'. $server . '/noscript?k=' . $pubkey . $errorpart . '" height="300" width="500" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/>
   		<textarea name="recaptcha_challenge_field" rows="3" cols="40"></textarea>
   		<input type="hidden" name="recaptcha_response_field" value="manual_challenge"/>
-	</noscript>';
+	</noscript>';*/
 }