diff --git a/recipes/nytimes_sub.recipe b/recipes/nytimes_sub.recipe
index 07a4c1bb57..96d67567d4 100644
--- a/recipes/nytimes_sub.recipe
+++ b/recipes/nytimes_sub.recipe
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class NewYorkTimes(BasicNewsRecipe):
         if use_wayback_machine and not skip_wayback:
             from calibre import browser
             return self.nyt_parser.download_url(url, browser())
-        return self.index_to_soup(url)
+        return self.index_to_soup(url, raw=True)
 
     def preprocess_raw_html(self, raw_html, url):
         if '/interactive/' in url: