diff --git a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/RunPfamSearchThread.java b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/RunPfamSearchThread.java
index 9dd070df73a6bbf8b38864f9a7548b9a69ec2025..364fc19532272e5e4ff582c9d8346184b92a9f0d 100644
--- a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/RunPfamSearchThread.java
+++ b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/RunPfamSearchThread.java
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ import uk.ac.sanger.artemis.editor.BrowserControl;
  */
 public class RunPfamSearchThread extends Thread
 {
-  protected static String pfamUrl = "http://pfam.sanger.ac.uk/search/sequence";
-  protected static String rfamUrl = "http://rfam.sanger.ac.uk/search/sequence";
+  protected static String pfamUrl = "http://pfam.xfam.org/search/sequence";
+  protected static String rfamUrl = "http://rfam.xfam.org/search/sequence";
   private String searchURL = pfamUrl;
   
   private String residues;