diff --git a/src/app/components/ModalPermalink.jsx b/src/app/components/ModalPermalink.jsx
index ebc7f518..96d611e6 100644
--- a/src/app/components/ModalPermalink.jsx
+++ b/src/app/components/ModalPermalink.jsx
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ export default class ModalPermalink extends TranslatedComponent {
       <h3 >{translate('shortened')}</h3>
       <input value={this.state.shortenedUrl} readOnly size={25} onFocus={ (e) => e.target.select() }/>
       <br/><br/>
+      <p>s.orbis.zone is the new URL shortener domain, old eddp.co urls are considered end of life and could go down at any moment. Sorry for any inconvenience.</p>
       <button className={'r dismiss cap'} onClick={this.context.hideModal}>{translate('close')}</button>
     </div>;
   }
diff --git a/src/app/utils/ShortenUrl.js b/src/app/utils/ShortenUrl.js
index e2f59614..1dc5ff78 100644
--- a/src/app/utils/ShortenUrl.js
+++ b/src/app/utils/ShortenUrl.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import request from 'superagent';
  * @param  {function} error     Failure/Error callback
  */ 
 export default function shorternUrl(url, success, error) {
-  shortenUrlEddp(url, success, error);
+  shortenUrlOrbis(url, success, error);
 }
 
 const SHORTEN_API_GOOGLE = 'https://www.googleapis.com/urlshortener/v1/url?key=';
@@ -64,3 +64,32 @@ function shortenUrlEddp(url, success, error) {
     error('Not Online');
   }
 }
+
+const SHORTEN_API_ORBIS = 'https://s.orbis.zone/a';
+/**
+ * Shorten a URL using Orbis's URL shortener API
+ * @param  {string} url        The URL to shorten
+ * @param  {function} success   Success callback
+ * @param  {function} error     Failure/Error callback
+ */
+function shortenUrlOrbis(url, success, error) {
+  if (window.navigator.onLine) {
+    try {
+      request.post(SHORTEN_API_ORBIS)
+        .field('lsturl', url)
+        .field('format', 'json')
+        .end(function(err, response) {
+          if (err) {
+            error('Bad Request');
+          } else {
+            success(response.body.short);
+          }
+        });
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.log(e)
+      error(e.message ? e.message : e);
+    }
+  } else {
+    error('Not Online');
+  }
+}