diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/instance/McClient.cpp b/launcher/ui/pages/instance/McClient.cpp
index 3259feed5..ac0c62242 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/instance/McClient.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/instance/McClient.cpp
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@
 
 #include <Exception.h>
 #include "McClient.h"
+#include <qtconcurrentrun.h>
 
 #define SEGMENT_BITS 0x7F
 #define CONTINUE_BIT 0x80
 
 McClient::McClient(QObject *parent, QString domain, QString ip, short port): QObject(parent), domain(domain), ip(ip), port(port) {}
 
-QJsonObject McClient::getStatusData() {
+QJsonObject McClient::getStatusDataBlocking() {
     qDebug() << "Connecting to socket..";
     socket.connectToHost(ip, port);
 
@@ -27,9 +28,17 @@ QJsonObject McClient::getStatusData() {
     return readResponse();
 }
 
-int McClient::getOnlinePlayers() {
-    auto status = getStatusData();
-    return status.value("players").toObject().value("online").toInt();
+QFuture<int> McClient::getOnlinePlayers() {
+    return QtConcurrent::run([this]() {
+        try {
+            auto status = getStatusDataBlocking();
+            int onlinePlayers = status.value("players").toObject().value("online").toInt();
+            return onlinePlayers;
+        } catch (const Exception &e) {
+            qDebug() << "Error: " << e.what();
+            return -1;
+        }
+    });
 }
 
 void McClient::sendRequest() {
diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/instance/McClient.h b/launcher/ui/pages/instance/McClient.h
index e3da1fbcf..f9334de6d 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/instance/McClient.h
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/instance/McClient.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <QTcpSocket>
 #include <QJsonDocument>
 #include <QJsonObject>
+#include <QFuture>
 
 #include <Exception.h>
 
@@ -19,8 +20,8 @@ class McClient : public QObject {
 
 public:
     explicit McClient(QObject *parent, QString domain, QString ip, short port);
-    QJsonObject getStatusData();
-    int getOnlinePlayers();
+    QJsonObject getStatusDataBlocking();
+    QFuture<int> getOnlinePlayers();
     void sendRequest();
     void readBytesExactFromSocket(QByteArray &resp, int bytesToRead);
     QJsonObject readResponse();
diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/instance/ServersPage.cpp b/launcher/ui/pages/instance/ServersPage.cpp
index 875d63869..08ac7573e 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/instance/ServersPage.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/instance/ServersPage.cpp
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 #include <QFileSystemWatcher>
 #include <QMenu>
 #include <QTimer>
+#include <QFutureWatcher>
 #include <tasks/ConcurrentTask.h>
 
 static const int COLUMN_COUNT = 3;  // 3 , TBD: latency and other nice things.
@@ -147,16 +148,27 @@ class ServerPingTask : public Task {
             qDebug() << "Resolved Address for" << domain << ": " << ip << ":" << port;
 
             // Now that we have the IP and port, query the server
-            McClient client(nullptr, domain, ip, port);
-            try {
-                int online = client.getOnlinePlayers();
-                qDebug() << "Online players: " << online;
-                m_server.m_currentPlayers = online;
-                emitSucceeded();
-            } catch(const Exception& e) {
-                qDebug() << "Failed to get online players: " << e.cause();
-                emitFailed(e.cause());
-            }
+            McClient *client = new McClient(nullptr, domain, ip, port);
+            auto onlineFuture = client->getOnlinePlayers();
+
+            // Wait for query to finish
+            QFutureWatcher<int> *watcher = new QFutureWatcher<int>();
+            QObject::connect(watcher, &QFutureWatcher<int>::finished, [this, client, onlineFuture, watcher]() {
+                client->deleteLater();
+                watcher->deleteLater();
+
+                int online = onlineFuture.result();
+                if (online == -1) {
+                    qDebug() << "Failed to get online players";
+                    emitFailed();
+                    return;
+                } else {
+                    qDebug() << "Online players: " << online;
+                    m_server.m_currentPlayers = online;
+                    emitSucceeded();
+                }
+            });
+            watcher->setFuture(onlineFuture);
         });
 
         // Delete McResolver object when done