diff --git a/examples/babi_memnn.py b/examples/babi_memnn.py
index ae541fe9e..d852e568a 100644
--- a/examples/babi_memnn.py
+++ b/examples/babi_memnn.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def vectorize_stories(data, word_idx, story_maxlen, query_maxlen):
 
 
 try:
-    path = get_file('babi-tasks-v1-2.tar.gz', origin='http://www.thespermwhale.com/jaseweston/babi/tasks_1-20_v1-2.tar.gz')
+    path = get_file('babi-tasks-v1-2.tar.gz', origin='https://s3.amazonaws.com/text-datasets/babi_tasks_1-20_v1-2.tar.gz')
 except:
     print('Error downloading dataset, please download it manually:\n'
           '$ wget http://www.thespermwhale.com/jaseweston/babi/tasks_1-20_v1-2.tar.gz\n'
diff --git a/examples/babi_rnn.py b/examples/babi_rnn.py
index 61d8d31f8..7051543d6 100644
--- a/examples/babi_rnn.py
+++ b/examples/babi_rnn.py
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ EPOCHS = 40
 print('RNN / Embed / Sent / Query = {}, {}, {}, {}'.format(RNN, EMBED_HIDDEN_SIZE, SENT_HIDDEN_SIZE, QUERY_HIDDEN_SIZE))
 
 try:
-    path = get_file('babi-tasks-v1-2.tar.gz', origin='http://www.thespermwhale.com/jaseweston/babi/tasks_1-20_v1-2.tar.gz')
+    path = get_file('babi-tasks-v1-2.tar.gz', origin='https://s3.amazonaws.com/text-datasets/babi_tasks_1-20_v1-2.tar.gz')
 except:
     print('Error downloading dataset, please download it manually:\n'
           '$ wget http://www.thespermwhale.com/jaseweston/babi/tasks_1-20_v1-2.tar.gz\n'