diff --git a/proxstar/__init__.py b/proxstar/__init__.py
index 8979285..f770025 100644
--- a/proxstar/__init__.py
+++ b/proxstar/__init__.py
@@ -331,17 +331,11 @@ def vm_power(vmid, action):
 @auth.oidc_auth
 def vm_console(vmid):
     user = User(session['userinfo']['preferred_username'])
-    connect_proxmox()
+    proxmox = connect_proxmox()
     if user.rtp or int(vmid) in user.allowed_vms:
         # import pdb; pdb.set_trace()
         vm = VM(vmid)
-        vnc_ticket, vnc_port = open_vnc_session(
-            vmid,
-            vm.node,
-            app.config['PROXMOX_USER'],
-            app.config['PROXMOX_TOKEN_NAME'],
-            app.config['PROXMOX_TOKEN_VALUE'],
-        )
+        vnc_ticket, vnc_port = open_vnc_session(vmid, vm.node, proxmox)
         node = f'{vm.node}.csh.rit.edu'
         token = add_vnc_target(node, vnc_port)
         redis_conn.set(f'vnc_token|{vmid}', str(token))  # Store the VNC token in Redis.
diff --git a/proxstar/vnc.py b/proxstar/vnc.py
index a95c2ea..06df58e 100644
--- a/proxstar/vnc.py
+++ b/proxstar/vnc.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import subprocess
 import time
 import urllib.parse
 
-import requests
 from flask import current_app as app
 
 from proxstar import logging
@@ -74,25 +73,15 @@ def delete_vnc_target(node=None, port=None, token=None):
         raise LookupError('Target does not exist')
 
 
-def open_vnc_session(vmid, node, proxmox_user, proxmox_token_name, proxmox_token_value):
+def open_vnc_session(vmid, node, proxmox):
     """Pings the Proxmox API to request a VNC Proxy connection. Authenticates
     against the API using a Uname/Token, gets a few tokens back, then uses those
     tokens to  open the VNC Proxy. Use these to connect to the VM's host with
     websockify proxy.
     Returns: Ticket to use as the noVNC password, and a port.
     """
-    # Get Proxmox API ticket and CSRF_Prevention_Token
-    # TODO (willnilges): Use Proxmoxer to get this information
     # TODO (willnilges): Report errors
-    proxy_params = {'node': node, 'vmid': str(vmid), 'websocket': '1', 'generate-password': '0'}
-    vncproxy_response_data = requests.post(
-        f'https://{node}.csh.rit.edu:8006/api2/json/nodes/{node}/qemu/{vmid}/vncproxy',
-        verify=False,
-        timeout=5,
-        params=proxy_params,
-        headers={
-            'Authorization': f'PVEAPIToken={proxmox_user}!{proxmox_token_name}={proxmox_token_value}'
-        },
-    ).json()['data']
+    params = {'websocket': '1', 'generate-password': '0'}
+    vncproxy_response_data = proxmox.nodes(node).qemu(str(vmid)).vncproxy.post(**params)
 
     return urllib.parse.quote_plus(vncproxy_response_data['ticket']), vncproxy_response_data['port']