diff --git a/async_scraper.py b/async_scraper.py
index 5042d15..1caaa43 100644
--- a/async_scraper.py
+++ b/async_scraper.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 from datetime import datetime
 from tqdm.asyncio import tqdm
 from playwright.async_api import async_playwright  # <- Playwright fallback
+import rotate_vpn
+import subprocess
 
 # CONFIG
 INPUT_PATH = "data.csv"
@@ -16,9 +18,15 @@
 CHUNK_SIZE = 100
 RETRIES = 3
 HEADERS = {
-    "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64)"
+    "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64)",
+    "Accept-Language": "en-US,en;q=0.9",
+    "Accept-Encoding": "gzip, deflate, br",
+    "Accept": "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/webp,*/*;q=0.8",
+    "Connection": "keep-alive",
 }
 
+ROTATE_EVERY = 10
+
 def parse_view_count(text):
     try:
         text = text.upper().replace(",", "").strip()
@@ -114,7 +122,9 @@ async def run_scraper(urls, output_path):
     async with aiohttp.ClientSession(headers=HEADERS, connector=connector) as session:
         for i in range(0, len(urls), CHUNK_SIZE):
             batch = urls[i:i + CHUNK_SIZE]
-            print(f"\n▶ Processing batch {i // CHUNK_SIZE + 1} of {len(urls) // CHUNK_SIZE + 1}")
+            batch_num = i // CHUNK_SIZE + 1
+
+            print(f"\nProcessing batch {batch_num} of {len(urls) // CHUNK_SIZE + 1}")
 
             tasks = [get_data(session, url) for url in batch]
             results = []
@@ -130,9 +140,13 @@ async def run_scraper(urls, output_path):
 
             write_header = not os.path.exists(output_path)
             batch_df.to_csv(output_path, mode="a", header=write_header, index=False)
-            print(f"✔ Appended {len(batch_df)} rows to {output_path}")
+            print(f"Appended {len(batch_df)} rows to {output_path}")
+
+            if batch_num % ROTATE_EVERY == 0:
+                print("🔁 Rotating VPN...")
+                subprocess.run(["./rotate_vpn.sh"])
+                await asyncio.sleep(random.uniform(3.0, 5.0))  # give time for new IP to settle
 
-            await asyncio.sleep(random.uniform(0.8, 2.0))
 
 def get_unprocessed_urls():
     df = pd.read_csv(INPUT_PATH, delimiter='‽', encoding='utf-8', engine='python')
diff --git a/rotate_vpn.py b/rotate_vpn.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7525236
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rotate_vpn.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import subprocess
+
+def rotate_vpn():
+    subprocess.run(["bash", "rotate_vpn.sh"])
diff --git a/rotate_vpn.sh b/rotate_vpn.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..eee8f9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rotate_vpn.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Define a list of actual supported country names
+COUNTRIES=(
+    "United_States"
+    "United_Kingdom"
+    "Germany"
+    "Netherlands"
+    "Sweden"
+    "Switzerland"
+    "Canada"
+    "France"
+    "Australia"
+    "Singapore"
+)
+
+# Disconnect current VPN session
+echo "Disconnecting VPN..."
+nordvpn disconnect
+sleep 3
+
+# Pick a random country
+RANDOM_COUNTRY=${COUNTRIES[$RANDOM % ${#COUNTRIES[@]}]}
+echo "Connecting to $RANDOM_COUNTRY..."
+
+# Connect
+nordvpn connect "$RANDOM_COUNTRY"
+sleep 5