diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/instance/McClient.cpp b/launcher/ui/pages/instance/McClient.cpp
index 978eb9295..474490018 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/instance/McClient.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/instance/McClient.cpp
@@ -15,33 +15,21 @@
 
 McClient::McClient(QObject *parent, QString domain, QString ip, short port): QObject(parent), m_domain(domain), m_ip(ip), m_port(port) {}
 
-QJsonObject McClient::getStatusDataBlocking() {
+void McClient::getStatusData() {
     qDebug() << "Connecting to socket..";
-    m_socket.connectToHost(m_ip, m_port);
 
-    if (!m_socket.waitForConnected()) {
-        throw Exception("Failed to connect to socket");
-    }
-    qDebug() << "Connected to socket successfully";
-    sendRequest();
+    connect(&m_socket, &QTcpSocket::connected, this, [this]() {
+        qDebug() << "Connected to socket successfully";
+        sendRequest();
 
-    if (!m_socket.waitForReadyRead()) {
-        throw Exception("Socket didn't send anything to read");
-    }
-    return readResponse();
-}
-
-QFuture<int> McClient::getOnlinePlayers() {
-    return QtConcurrent::run([this]() {
-        try {
-            auto status = getStatusDataBlocking();
-            auto players = Json::requireObject(status, "players");
-            return Json::requireInteger(players, "online");
-        } catch (const Exception &e) {
-            qDebug() << "Error: " << e.what();
-            return -1;
-        }
+        connect(&m_socket, &QTcpSocket::readyRead, this, &McClient::readRawResponse);
     });
+
+    connect(&m_socket, &QTcpSocket::errorOccurred, this, [this]() {
+        emitFail("Socket disconnected");
+    });
+
+    m_socket.connectToHost(m_ip, m_port);
 }
 
 void McClient::sendRequest() {
@@ -58,32 +46,25 @@ void McClient::sendRequest() {
     writePacketToSocket(data); // send status packet
 }
 
-void McClient::readBytesExactFromSocket(QByteArray &resp, int bytesToRead) {
-    while (bytesToRead > 0) {
-        qDebug() << bytesToRead << " bytes left to read";
-        if (!m_socket.waitForReadyRead()) {
-            throw Exception("Read timeout or error");
+// Accumulate data until we have a full response, then call parseResponse()
+void McClient::readRawResponse() {
+    m_resp.append(m_socket.readAll());
+    if (m_wantedRespLength == 0 && m_resp.size() >= 5) {
+        m_wantedRespLength = readVarInt(m_resp);
+    }
+    
+    if (m_wantedRespLength != 0 && m_resp.size() >= m_wantedRespLength) {
+        if (m_resp.size() > m_wantedRespLength) {
+            qDebug() << "Warning: Packet length doesn't match actual packet size (" << m_wantedRespLength << " expected vs " << m_resp.size() << " received)";
         }
-
-        QByteArray chunk = m_socket.read(bytesToRead);
-        resp.append(chunk);
-        bytesToRead -= chunk.size();
+        parseResponse();
     }
 }
 
-QJsonObject McClient::readResponse() {
-    auto resp = m_socket.readAll();
-    int length = readVarInt(resp);
-
-    // finish ready response
-    readBytesExactFromSocket(resp, length-resp.size());
-
-    if (length != resp.size()) {
-        qDebug() << "Warning: Packet length doesn't match actual packet size (" << length << " expected vs " << resp.size() << " received)";
-    }
+void McClient::parseResponse() {
     qDebug() << "Received response successfully";
 
-    int packetID = readVarInt(resp);
+    int packetID = readVarInt(m_resp);
     if (packetID != 0x00) {
         throw Exception(
             QString("Packet ID doesn't match expected value (0x00 vs 0x%1)")
@@ -91,11 +72,11 @@ QJsonObject McClient::readResponse() {
         );
     }
 
-    Q_UNUSED(readVarInt(resp)); // json length
+    Q_UNUSED(readVarInt(m_resp)); // json length
 
     // 'resp' should now be the JSON string
-    QJsonDocument doc = QJsonDocument::fromJson(resp);
-    return doc.object();
+    QJsonDocument doc = QJsonDocument::fromJson(m_resp);
+    emitSucceed(doc.object());
 }
 
 // From https://wiki.vg/Protocol#VarInt_and_VarLong
@@ -164,3 +145,15 @@ void McClient::writePacketToSocket(QByteArray &data) {
 
     data.clear();
 }
+
+
+void McClient::emitFail(QString error) {
+    qDebug() << "Minecraft server ping for status error:" << error;
+    emit failed();
+    emit finished();
+}
+
+void McClient::emitSucceed(QJsonObject data) {
+    emit succeeded(data);
+    emit finished();
+}
diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/instance/McClient.h b/launcher/ui/pages/instance/McClient.h
index 4e54bf27e..820ce255b 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/instance/McClient.h
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/instance/McClient.h
@@ -15,14 +15,16 @@ class McClient : public QObject {
     short m_port;
     QTcpSocket m_socket;
 
+    unsigned m_wantedRespLength = 0;
+    QByteArray m_resp;
+
 public:
     explicit McClient(QObject *parent, QString domain, QString ip, short port);
-    QFuture<int> getOnlinePlayers();
+    void getStatusData();
 private:
-    QJsonObject getStatusDataBlocking();
     void sendRequest();
-    QJsonObject readResponse();
-    void readBytesExactFromSocket(QByteArray &resp, int bytesToRead);
+    void readRawResponse();
+    void parseResponse();
 
     void writeVarInt(QByteArray &data, int value);
     int readVarInt(QByteArray &data);
@@ -32,4 +34,12 @@ private:
     void writeString(QByteArray &data, const std::string &value);
 
     void writePacketToSocket(QByteArray &data);
+
+    void emitFail(QString error);
+    void emitSucceed(QJsonObject data);
+
+signals:
+    void succeeded(QJsonObject data);
+    void failed();
+    void finished();
 };
diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/instance/ServerPingTask.cpp b/launcher/ui/pages/instance/ServerPingTask.cpp
index 260405dc0..0574dfca1 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/instance/ServerPingTask.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/instance/ServerPingTask.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 #include "ServerPingTask.h"
 #include "McResolver.h"
 #include "McClient.h"
+#include <Json.h>
+
+unsigned getOnlinePlayers(QJsonObject data) {
+    return Json::requireInteger(Json::requireObject(data, "players"), "online");
+}
 
 void ServerPingTask::executeTask() {
     qDebug() << "Querying status of " << QString("%1:%2").arg(m_domain).arg(m_port);
@@ -14,26 +19,21 @@ void ServerPingTask::executeTask() {
 
         // Now that we have the IP and port, query the server
         McClient *client = new McClient(nullptr, m_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, [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_outputOnlinePlayers = online;
-                emitSucceeded();
-            }
+        QObject::connect(client, &McClient::succeeded, this, [this](QJsonObject data) {
+            m_outputOnlinePlayers = getOnlinePlayers(data);
+            qDebug() << "Online players: " << m_outputOnlinePlayers;
+            emitSucceeded();
         });
-        watcher->setFuture(onlineFuture);
+        QObject::connect(client, &McClient::failed, this, [this]() {
+            emitFailed();
+        });
+
+        // Delete McClient object when done
+        QObject::connect(client, &McClient::finished, this, [this, client]() {
+            client->deleteLater();
+        });
+        client->getStatusData();
     });
 
     // Delete McResolver object when done