diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 20691cd76..6ff427ad5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1884,6 +1884,7 @@ set_src(ENGINE_INTERFACE GLOB src/engine
   friends.h
   ghost.h
   graphics.h
+  http.h
   input.h
   kernel.h
   keys.h
diff --git a/ddnet-libs b/ddnet-libs
index 59d64dbb3..4d796ea11 160000
--- a/ddnet-libs
+++ b/ddnet-libs
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 59d64dbb36ade02607ad20a7f3a45605ab1de80d
+Subproject commit 4d796ea119b52c8901286e14ab96faf7353a5d59
diff --git a/src/base/system.h b/src/base/system.h
index 50f08e5de..7c9386170 100644
--- a/src/base/system.h
+++ b/src/base/system.h
@@ -2539,9 +2539,9 @@ int kill_process(PROCESS process);
 
 /**
  * Checks if a process is alive.
- * 
+ *
  * @param process Handle/PID of the process.
- * 
+ *
  * @return bool Returns true if the process is currently running, false if the process is not running (dead).
  */
 bool is_process_alive(PROCESS process);
diff --git a/src/engine/client/client.cpp b/src/engine/client/client.cpp
index b8aafb21b..475e0a4a6 100644
--- a/src/engine/client/client.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/client/client.cpp
@@ -1442,7 +1442,7 @@ void CClient::ProcessServerPacket(CNetChunk *pPacket, int Conn, bool Dummy)
 					m_pMapdownloadTask->Timeout(CTimeout{g_Config.m_ClMapDownloadConnectTimeoutMs, 0, g_Config.m_ClMapDownloadLowSpeedLimit, g_Config.m_ClMapDownloadLowSpeedTime});
 					m_pMapdownloadTask->MaxResponseSize(1024 * 1024 * 1024); // 1 GiB
 					m_pMapdownloadTask->ExpectSha256(*pMapSha256);
-					Engine()->AddJob(m_pMapdownloadTask);
+					Http()->Run(m_pMapdownloadTask);
 				}
 				else
 				{
@@ -2659,6 +2659,7 @@ void CClient::RegisterInterfaces()
 #endif
 	Kernel()->RegisterInterface(static_cast<IFriends *>(&m_Friends), false);
 	Kernel()->ReregisterInterface(static_cast<IFriends *>(&m_Foes));
+	Kernel()->RegisterInterface(static_cast<IHttp *>(&m_Http), false);
 }
 
 void CClient::InitInterfaces()
@@ -2683,12 +2684,12 @@ void CClient::InitInterfaces()
 
 	m_DemoEditor.Init(m_pGameClient->NetVersion(), &m_SnapshotDelta, m_pConsole, m_pStorage);
 
+	m_Http.Init(std::chrono::seconds{1});
+
 	m_ServerBrowser.SetBaseInfo(&m_aNetClient[CONN_CONTACT], m_pGameClient->NetVersion());
 
-	HttpInit(m_pStorage);
-
 #if defined(CONF_AUTOUPDATE)
-	m_Updater.Init();
+	m_Updater.Init(&m_Http);
 #endif
 
 	m_pConfigManager->RegisterCallback(IFavorites::ConfigSaveCallback, m_pFavorites);
@@ -4568,6 +4569,9 @@ bool CClient::RaceRecord_IsRecording()
 
 void CClient::RequestDDNetInfo()
 {
+	if(m_pDDNetInfoTask && !m_pDDNetInfoTask->Done())
+		return;
+
 	char aUrl[256];
 	str_copy(aUrl, DDNET_INFO_URL);
 
@@ -4583,7 +4587,7 @@ void CClient::RequestDDNetInfo()
 	m_pDDNetInfoTask = HttpGetFile(aUrl, Storage(), m_aDDNetInfoTmp, IStorage::TYPE_SAVE);
 	m_pDDNetInfoTask->Timeout(CTimeout{10000, 0, 500, 10});
 	m_pDDNetInfoTask->IpResolve(IPRESOLVE::V4);
-	Engine()->AddJob(m_pDDNetInfoTask);
+	Http()->Run(m_pDDNetInfoTask);
 }
 
 int CClient::GetPredictionTime()
diff --git a/src/engine/client/client.h b/src/engine/client/client.h
index 48cfca823..e4f9c3a20 100644
--- a/src/engine/client/client.h
+++ b/src/engine/client/client.h
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ class CClient : public IClient, public CDemoPlayer::IListener
 	IStorage *m_pStorage = nullptr;
 	IEngineTextRender *m_pTextRender = nullptr;
 	IUpdater *m_pUpdater = nullptr;
+	CHttp m_Http;
 
 	CNetClient m_aNetClient[NUM_CONNS];
 	CDemoPlayer m_DemoPlayer;
@@ -266,6 +267,7 @@ public:
 	IStorage *Storage() { return m_pStorage; }
 	IEngineTextRender *TextRender() { return m_pTextRender; }
 	IUpdater *Updater() { return m_pUpdater; }
+	IHttp *Http() { return &m_Http; }
 
 	CClient();
 
diff --git a/src/engine/client/serverbrowser.cpp b/src/engine/client/serverbrowser.cpp
index 8f0c827af..07fb671f7 100644
--- a/src/engine/client/serverbrowser.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/client/serverbrowser.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <engine/engine.h>
 #include <engine/favorites.h>
 #include <engine/friends.h>
+#include <engine/http.h>
 #include <engine/storage.h>
 
 class CSortWrap
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ void CServerBrowser::SetBaseInfo(class CNetClient *pClient, const char *pNetVers
 	m_pFavorites = Kernel()->RequestInterface<IFavorites>();
 	m_pFriends = Kernel()->RequestInterface<IFriends>();
 	m_pStorage = Kernel()->RequestInterface<IStorage>();
+	m_pHttpClient = Kernel()->RequestInterface<IHttp>();
 	m_pPingCache = CreateServerBrowserPingCache(m_pConsole, m_pStorage);
 
 	RegisterCommands();
@@ -101,7 +103,7 @@ void CServerBrowser::SetBaseInfo(class CNetClient *pClient, const char *pNetVers
 
 void CServerBrowser::OnInit()
 {
-	m_pHttp = CreateServerBrowserHttp(m_pEngine, m_pConsole, m_pStorage, g_Config.m_BrCachedBestServerinfoUrl);
+	m_pHttp = CreateServerBrowserHttp(m_pEngine, m_pConsole, m_pStorage, m_pHttpClient, g_Config.m_BrCachedBestServerinfoUrl);
 }
 
 void CServerBrowser::RegisterCommands()
diff --git a/src/engine/client/serverbrowser.h b/src/engine/client/serverbrowser.h
index 1920b6c74..a8df4ec97 100644
--- a/src/engine/client/serverbrowser.h
+++ b/src/engine/client/serverbrowser.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class IFriends;
 class IServerBrowserHttp;
 class IServerBrowserPingCache;
 class IStorage;
+class IHttp;
 
 class CCommunityServer
 {
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ private:
 	IFriends *m_pFriends = nullptr;
 	IFavorites *m_pFavorites = nullptr;
 	IStorage *m_pStorage = nullptr;
+	IHttp *m_pHttpClient = nullptr;
 	char m_aNetVersion[128];
 
 	bool m_RefreshingHttp = false;
diff --git a/src/engine/client/serverbrowser_http.cpp b/src/engine/client/serverbrowser_http.cpp
index df9221292..817428dc5 100644
--- a/src/engine/client/serverbrowser_http.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/client/serverbrowser_http.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public:
 	{
 		MAX_URLS = 16,
 	};
-	CChooseMaster(IEngine *pEngine, VALIDATOR pfnValidator, const char **ppUrls, int NumUrls, int PreviousBestIndex);
+	CChooseMaster(IEngine *pEngine, IHttp *pHttp, VALIDATOR pfnValidator, const char **ppUrls, int NumUrls, int PreviousBestIndex);
 	virtual ~CChooseMaster();
 
 	bool GetBestUrl(const char **pBestUrl) const;
@@ -51,26 +51,29 @@ private:
 	};
 	class CJob : public IJob
 	{
+		CChooseMaster *m_pParent;
 		CLock m_Lock;
 		std::shared_ptr<CData> m_pData;
-		std::unique_ptr<CHttpRequest> m_pHead PT_GUARDED_BY(m_Lock);
-		std::unique_ptr<CHttpRequest> m_pGet PT_GUARDED_BY(m_Lock);
+		std::shared_ptr<CHttpRequest> m_pHead;
+		std::shared_ptr<CHttpRequest> m_pGet;
 		void Run() override REQUIRES(!m_Lock);
 
 	public:
-		CJob(std::shared_ptr<CData> pData) :
-			m_pData(std::move(pData)) {}
+		CJob(CChooseMaster *pParent, std::shared_ptr<CData> pData) :
+			m_pParent(pParent), m_pData(std::move(pData)) {}
 		void Abort() REQUIRES(!m_Lock);
 	};
 
 	IEngine *m_pEngine;
+	IHttp *m_pHttp;
 	int m_PreviousBestIndex;
 	std::shared_ptr<CData> m_pData;
 	std::shared_ptr<CJob> m_pJob;
 };
 
-CChooseMaster::CChooseMaster(IEngine *pEngine, VALIDATOR pfnValidator, const char **ppUrls, int NumUrls, int PreviousBestIndex) :
+CChooseMaster::CChooseMaster(IEngine *pEngine, IHttp *pHttp, VALIDATOR pfnValidator, const char **ppUrls, int NumUrls, int PreviousBestIndex) :
 	m_pEngine(pEngine),
+	m_pHttp(pHttp),
 	m_PreviousBestIndex(PreviousBestIndex)
 {
 	dbg_assert(NumUrls >= 0, "no master URLs");
@@ -128,7 +131,7 @@ void CChooseMaster::Reset()
 void CChooseMaster::Refresh()
 {
 	if(m_pJob == nullptr || m_pJob->Status() == IJob::STATE_DONE)
-		m_pEngine->AddJob(m_pJob = std::make_shared<CJob>(m_pData));
+		m_pEngine->AddJob(m_pJob = std::make_shared<CJob>(this, m_pData));
 }
 
 void CChooseMaster::CJob::Abort()
@@ -171,14 +174,16 @@ void CChooseMaster::CJob::Run()
 	{
 		aTimeMs[i] = -1;
 		const char *pUrl = m_pData->m_aaUrls[aRandomized[i]];
-		CHttpRequest *pHead = HttpHead(pUrl).release();
+		std::shared_ptr<CHttpRequest> pHead = HttpHead(pUrl);
 		pHead->Timeout(Timeout);
 		pHead->LogProgress(HTTPLOG::FAILURE);
 		{
 			CLockScope ls(m_Lock);
-			m_pHead = std::unique_ptr<CHttpRequest>(pHead);
+			m_pHead = pHead;
 		}
-		IEngine::RunJobBlocking(pHead);
+
+		m_pParent->m_pHttp->Run(pHead);
+		pHead->Wait();
 		if(pHead->State() == HTTP_ABORTED)
 		{
 			dbg_msg("serverbrowse_http", "master chooser aborted");
@@ -188,15 +193,19 @@ void CChooseMaster::CJob::Run()
 		{
 			continue;
 		}
+
 		auto StartTime = time_get_nanoseconds();
-		CHttpRequest *pGet = HttpGet(pUrl).release();
+		std::shared_ptr<CHttpRequest> pGet = HttpGet(pUrl);
 		pGet->Timeout(Timeout);
 		pGet->LogProgress(HTTPLOG::FAILURE);
 		{
 			CLockScope ls(m_Lock);
-			m_pGet = std::unique_ptr<CHttpRequest>(pGet);
+			m_pGet = pGet;
 		}
-		IEngine::RunJobBlocking(pGet);
+
+		m_pParent->m_pHttp->Run(pGet);
+		pGet->Wait();
+
 		auto Time = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(time_get_nanoseconds() - StartTime);
 		if(pHead->State() == HTTP_ABORTED)
 		{
@@ -212,6 +221,7 @@ void CChooseMaster::CJob::Run()
 		{
 			continue;
 		}
+
 		bool ParseFailure = m_pData->m_pfnValidator(pJson);
 		json_value_free(pJson);
 		if(ParseFailure)
@@ -221,6 +231,7 @@ void CChooseMaster::CJob::Run()
 		dbg_msg("serverbrowse_http", "found master, url='%s' time=%dms", pUrl, (int)Time.count());
 		aTimeMs[i] = Time.count();
 	}
+
 	// Determine index of the minimum time.
 	int BestIndex = -1;
 	int BestTime = 0;
@@ -241,6 +252,7 @@ void CChooseMaster::CJob::Run()
 		dbg_msg("serverbrowse_http", "WARNING: no usable masters found");
 		return;
 	}
+
 	dbg_msg("serverbrowse_http", "determined best master, url='%s' time=%dms", m_pData->m_aaUrls[BestIndex], BestTime);
 	m_pData->m_BestIndex.store(BestIndex);
 }
@@ -248,7 +260,7 @@ void CChooseMaster::CJob::Run()
 class CServerBrowserHttp : public IServerBrowserHttp
 {
 public:
-	CServerBrowserHttp(IEngine *pEngine, IConsole *pConsole, const char **ppUrls, int NumUrls, int PreviousBestIndex);
+	CServerBrowserHttp(IEngine *pEngine, IConsole *pConsole, IHttp *pHttp, const char **ppUrls, int NumUrls, int PreviousBestIndex);
 	~CServerBrowserHttp() override;
 	void Update() override;
 	bool IsRefreshing() override { return m_State != STATE_DONE; }
@@ -284,8 +296,8 @@ private:
 	static bool Validate(json_value *pJson);
 	static bool Parse(json_value *pJson, std::vector<CServerInfo> *pvServers, std::vector<NETADDR> *pvLegacyServers);
 
-	IEngine *m_pEngine;
 	IConsole *m_pConsole;
+	IHttp *m_pHttp;
 
 	int m_State = STATE_DONE;
 	std::shared_ptr<CHttpRequest> m_pGetServers;
@@ -295,10 +307,10 @@ private:
 	std::vector<NETADDR> m_vLegacyServers;
 };
 
-CServerBrowserHttp::CServerBrowserHttp(IEngine *pEngine, IConsole *pConsole, const char **ppUrls, int NumUrls, int PreviousBestIndex) :
-	m_pEngine(pEngine),
+CServerBrowserHttp::CServerBrowserHttp(IEngine *pEngine, IConsole *pConsole, IHttp *pHttp, const char **ppUrls, int NumUrls, int PreviousBestIndex) :
 	m_pConsole(pConsole),
-	m_pChooseMaster(new CChooseMaster(pEngine, Validate, ppUrls, NumUrls, PreviousBestIndex))
+	m_pHttp(pHttp),
+	m_pChooseMaster(new CChooseMaster(pEngine, pHttp, Validate, ppUrls, NumUrls, PreviousBestIndex))
 {
 	m_pChooseMaster->Refresh();
 }
@@ -328,7 +340,7 @@ void CServerBrowserHttp::Update()
 		m_pGetServers = HttpGet(pBestUrl);
 		// 10 seconds connection timeout, lower than 8KB/s for 10 seconds to fail.
 		m_pGetServers->Timeout(CTimeout{10000, 0, 8000, 10});
-		m_pEngine->AddJob(m_pGetServers);
+		m_pHttp->Run(m_pGetServers);
 		m_State = STATE_REFRESHING;
 	}
 	else if(m_State == STATE_REFRESHING)
@@ -469,7 +481,7 @@ static const char *DEFAULT_SERVERLIST_URLS[] = {
 	"https://master4.ddnet.org/ddnet/15/servers.json",
 };
 
-IServerBrowserHttp *CreateServerBrowserHttp(IEngine *pEngine, IConsole *pConsole, IStorage *pStorage, const char *pPreviousBestUrl)
+IServerBrowserHttp *CreateServerBrowserHttp(IEngine *pEngine, IConsole *pConsole, IStorage *pStorage, IHttp *pHttp, const char *pPreviousBestUrl)
 {
 	char aaUrls[CChooseMaster::MAX_URLS][256];
 	const char *apUrls[CChooseMaster::MAX_URLS] = {0};
@@ -506,5 +518,5 @@ IServerBrowserHttp *CreateServerBrowserHttp(IEngine *pEngine, IConsole *pConsole
 			break;
 		}
 	}
-	return new CServerBrowserHttp(pEngine, pConsole, ppUrls, NumUrls, PreviousBestIndex);
+	return new CServerBrowserHttp(pEngine, pConsole, pHttp, ppUrls, NumUrls, PreviousBestIndex);
 }
diff --git a/src/engine/client/serverbrowser_http.h b/src/engine/client/serverbrowser_http.h
index b6884f869..64c83d8a6 100644
--- a/src/engine/client/serverbrowser_http.h
+++ b/src/engine/client/serverbrowser_http.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ class CServerInfo;
 class IConsole;
 class IEngine;
 class IStorage;
+class IHttp;
 
 class IServerBrowserHttp
 {
@@ -25,5 +26,5 @@ public:
 	virtual const NETADDR &LegacyServer(int Index) const = 0;
 };
 
-IServerBrowserHttp *CreateServerBrowserHttp(IEngine *pEngine, IConsole *pConsole, IStorage *pStorage, const char *pPreviousBestUrl);
+IServerBrowserHttp *CreateServerBrowserHttp(IEngine *pEngine, IConsole *pConsole, IStorage *pStorage, IHttp *pHttp, const char *pPreviousBestUrl);
 #endif // ENGINE_CLIENT_SERVERBROWSER_HTTP_H
diff --git a/src/engine/client/updater.cpp b/src/engine/client/updater.cpp
index 3a6b6e389..3d1487e8f 100644
--- a/src/engine/client/updater.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/client/updater.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
 #include <cstdlib> // system
 
-using std::map;
 using std::string;
 
 class CUpdaterFetchTask : public CHttpRequest
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ class CUpdaterFetchTask : public CHttpRequest
 	void OnProgress() override;
 
 protected:
-	int OnCompletion(int State) override;
+	void OnCompletion() override;
 
 public:
 	CUpdaterFetchTask(CUpdater *pUpdater, const char *pFile, const char *pDestPath);
@@ -57,14 +56,11 @@ CUpdaterFetchTask::CUpdaterFetchTask(CUpdater *pUpdater, const char *pFile, cons
 void CUpdaterFetchTask::OnProgress()
 {
 	CLockScope ls(m_pUpdater->m_Lock);
-	str_copy(m_pUpdater->m_aStatus, Dest());
 	m_pUpdater->m_Percent = Progress();
 }
 
-int CUpdaterFetchTask::OnCompletion(int State)
+void CUpdaterFetchTask::OnCompletion()
 {
-	State = CHttpRequest::OnCompletion(State);
-
 	const char *pFileName = 0;
 	for(const char *pPath = Dest(); *pPath; pPath++)
 		if(*pPath == '/')
@@ -72,39 +68,33 @@ int CUpdaterFetchTask::OnCompletion(int State)
 	pFileName = pFileName ? pFileName : Dest();
 	if(!str_comp(pFileName, "update.json"))
 	{
-		if(State == HTTP_DONE)
+		if(State() == HTTP_DONE)
 			m_pUpdater->SetCurrentState(IUpdater::GOT_MANIFEST);
-		else if(State == HTTP_ERROR)
+		else if(State() == HTTP_ERROR)
 			m_pUpdater->SetCurrentState(IUpdater::FAIL);
 	}
-	else if(!str_comp(pFileName, m_pUpdater->m_aLastFile))
-	{
-		if(State == HTTP_DONE)
-			m_pUpdater->SetCurrentState(IUpdater::MOVE_FILES);
-		else if(State == HTTP_ERROR)
-			m_pUpdater->SetCurrentState(IUpdater::FAIL);
-	}
-
-	return State;
 }
 
 CUpdater::CUpdater()
 {
-	m_pClient = NULL;
-	m_pStorage = NULL;
-	m_pEngine = NULL;
+	m_pClient = nullptr;
+	m_pStorage = nullptr;
+	m_pEngine = nullptr;
+	m_pHttp = nullptr;
 	m_State = CLEAN;
 	m_Percent = 0;
+	m_pCurrentTask = nullptr;
 
 	IStorage::FormatTmpPath(m_aClientExecTmp, sizeof(m_aClientExecTmp), CLIENT_EXEC);
 	IStorage::FormatTmpPath(m_aServerExecTmp, sizeof(m_aServerExecTmp), SERVER_EXEC);
 }
 
-void CUpdater::Init()
+void CUpdater::Init(CHttp *pHttp)
 {
 	m_pClient = Kernel()->RequestInterface<IClient>();
 	m_pStorage = Kernel()->RequestInterface<IStorage>();
 	m_pEngine = Kernel()->RequestInterface<IEngine>();
+	m_pHttp = pHttp;
 }
 
 void CUpdater::SetCurrentState(int NewState)
@@ -133,7 +123,10 @@ int CUpdater::GetCurrentPercent()
 
 void CUpdater::FetchFile(const char *pFile, const char *pDestPath)
 {
-	m_pEngine->AddJob(std::make_shared<CUpdaterFetchTask>(this, pFile, pDestPath));
+	CLockScope ls(m_Lock);
+	m_pCurrentTask = std::make_shared<CUpdaterFetchTask>(this, pFile, pDestPath);
+	str_copy(m_aStatus, m_pCurrentTask->Dest());
+	m_pHttp->Run(m_pCurrentTask);
 }
 
 bool CUpdater::MoveFile(const char *pFile)
@@ -170,11 +163,15 @@ bool CUpdater::MoveFile(const char *pFile)
 
 void CUpdater::Update()
 {
-	switch(m_State)
+	auto State = GetCurrentState();
+	switch(State)
 	{
 	case IUpdater::GOT_MANIFEST:
 		PerformUpdate();
 		break;
+	case IUpdater::DOWNLOADING:
+		RunningUpdate();
+		break;
 	case IUpdater::MOVE_FILES:
 		CommitUpdate();
 		break;
@@ -185,7 +182,7 @@ void CUpdater::Update()
 
 void CUpdater::AddFileJob(const char *pFile, bool Job)
 {
-	m_FileJobs[string(pFile)] = Job;
+	m_FileJobs.emplace_front(std::make_pair(pFile, Job));
 }
 
 bool CUpdater::ReplaceClient()
@@ -274,37 +271,44 @@ void CUpdater::ParseUpdate()
 				break;
 		}
 	}
+	json_value_free(pVersions);
 }
 
 void CUpdater::InitiateUpdate()
 {
-	m_State = GETTING_MANIFEST;
+	SetCurrentState(IUpdater::GETTING_MANIFEST);
 	FetchFile("update.json");
 }
 
 void CUpdater::PerformUpdate()
 {
-	m_State = PARSING_UPDATE;
+	SetCurrentState(IUpdater::PARSING_UPDATE);
 	dbg_msg("updater", "parsing update.json");
 	ParseUpdate();
-	m_State = DOWNLOADING;
+	m_CurrentJob = m_FileJobs.begin();
+	SetCurrentState(IUpdater::DOWNLOADING);
+}
 
-	const char *pLastFile;
-	pLastFile = "";
-	for(map<string, bool>::reverse_iterator it = m_FileJobs.rbegin(); it != m_FileJobs.rend(); ++it)
+void CUpdater::RunningUpdate()
+{
+	if(m_pCurrentTask)
 	{
-		if(it->second)
+		if(!m_pCurrentTask->Done())
 		{
-			pLastFile = it->first.c_str();
-			break;
+			return;
+		}
+		else if(m_pCurrentTask->State() == HTTP_ERROR || m_pCurrentTask->State() == HTTP_ABORTED)
+		{
+			SetCurrentState(IUpdater::FAIL);
 		}
 	}
 
-	for(auto &FileJob : m_FileJobs)
+	if(m_CurrentJob != m_FileJobs.end())
 	{
-		if(FileJob.second)
+		auto &Job = *m_CurrentJob;
+		if(Job.second)
 		{
-			const char *pFile = FileJob.first.c_str();
+			const char *pFile = Job.first.c_str();
 			size_t len = str_length(pFile);
 			if(!str_comp_nocase(pFile + len - 4, ".dll"))
 			{
@@ -332,24 +336,32 @@ void CUpdater::PerformUpdate()
 			{
 				FetchFile(pFile);
 			}
-			pLastFile = pFile;
 		}
 		else
-			m_pStorage->RemoveBinaryFile(FileJob.first.c_str());
-	}
+		{
+			m_pStorage->RemoveBinaryFile(Job.first.c_str());
+		}
 
-	if(m_ServerUpdate)
-	{
-		FetchFile(PLAT_SERVER_DOWN, m_aServerExecTmp);
-		pLastFile = m_aServerExecTmp;
+		m_CurrentJob++;
 	}
-	if(m_ClientUpdate)
+	else
 	{
-		FetchFile(PLAT_CLIENT_DOWN, m_aClientExecTmp);
-		pLastFile = m_aClientExecTmp;
-	}
+		if(m_ServerUpdate)
+		{
+			FetchFile(PLAT_SERVER_DOWN, m_aServerExecTmp);
+			m_ServerUpdate = false;
+			return;
+		}
 
-	str_copy(m_aLastFile, pLastFile);
+		if(m_ClientUpdate)
+		{
+			FetchFile(PLAT_SERVER_DOWN, m_aServerExecTmp);
+			m_ClientUpdate = false;
+			return;
+		}
+
+		SetCurrentState(IUpdater::MOVE_FILES);
+	}
 }
 
 void CUpdater::CommitUpdate()
@@ -365,9 +377,9 @@ void CUpdater::CommitUpdate()
 	if(m_ServerUpdate)
 		Success &= ReplaceServer();
 	if(!Success)
-		m_State = FAIL;
+		SetCurrentState(IUpdater::FAIL);
 	else if(m_pClient->State() == IClient::STATE_ONLINE || m_pClient->EditorHasUnsavedData())
-		m_State = NEED_RESTART;
+		SetCurrentState(IUpdater::NEED_RESTART);
 	else
 	{
 		m_pClient->Restart();
diff --git a/src/engine/client/updater.h b/src/engine/client/updater.h
index 0b5c71c1d..68148f161 100644
--- a/src/engine/client/updater.h
+++ b/src/engine/client/updater.h
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 
 #include <engine/updater.h>
 
-#include <map>
+#include <forward_list>
+#include <memory>
 #include <string>
 
 #define CLIENT_EXEC "DDNet"
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@
 #define PLAT_CLIENT_EXEC CLIENT_EXEC PLAT_EXT
 #define PLAT_SERVER_EXEC SERVER_EXEC PLAT_EXT
 
+class CUpdaterFetchTask;
+
 class CUpdater : public IUpdater
 {
 	friend class CUpdaterFetchTask;
@@ -41,28 +44,31 @@ class CUpdater : public IUpdater
 	class IClient *m_pClient;
 	class IStorage *m_pStorage;
 	class IEngine *m_pEngine;
+	class CHttp *m_pHttp;
 
 	CLock m_Lock;
 
-	int m_State;
+	int m_State GUARDED_BY(m_Lock);
 	char m_aStatus[256] GUARDED_BY(m_Lock);
 	int m_Percent GUARDED_BY(m_Lock);
-	char m_aLastFile[256];
 	char m_aClientExecTmp[64];
 	char m_aServerExecTmp[64];
 
+	std::forward_list<std::pair<std::string, bool>> m_FileJobs;
+	std::shared_ptr<CUpdaterFetchTask> m_pCurrentTask;
+	decltype(m_FileJobs)::iterator m_CurrentJob;
+
 	bool m_ClientUpdate;
 	bool m_ServerUpdate;
 
-	std::map<std::string, bool> m_FileJobs;
-
 	void AddFileJob(const char *pFile, bool Job);
-	void FetchFile(const char *pFile, const char *pDestPath = nullptr);
+	void FetchFile(const char *pFile, const char *pDestPath = nullptr) REQUIRES(!m_Lock);
 	bool MoveFile(const char *pFile);
 
-	void ParseUpdate();
-	void PerformUpdate();
-	void CommitUpdate();
+	void ParseUpdate() REQUIRES(!m_Lock);
+	void PerformUpdate() REQUIRES(!m_Lock);
+	void RunningUpdate() REQUIRES(!m_Lock);
+	void CommitUpdate() REQUIRES(!m_Lock);
 
 	bool ReplaceClient();
 	bool ReplaceServer();
@@ -76,9 +82,9 @@ public:
 	void GetCurrentFile(char *pBuf, int BufSize) override REQUIRES(!m_Lock);
 	int GetCurrentPercent() override REQUIRES(!m_Lock);
 
-	void InitiateUpdate() override;
-	void Init();
-	void Update() override;
+	void InitiateUpdate() REQUIRES(!m_Lock) override;
+	void Init(CHttp *pHttp);
+	void Update() REQUIRES(!m_Lock) override;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/engine/http.h b/src/engine/http.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..18738e2d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/engine/http.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#ifndef ENGINE_HTTP_H
+#define ENGINE_HTTP_H
+
+#include "kernel.h"
+
+class IHttpRequest
+{
+};
+
+class IHttp : public IInterface
+{
+	MACRO_INTERFACE("http")
+
+public:
+	virtual void Run(std::shared_ptr<IHttpRequest> pRequest) = 0;
+};
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/engine/server/register.cpp b/src/engine/server/register.cpp
index 34acda919..85a30d864 100644
--- a/src/engine/server/register.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/server/register.cpp
@@ -70,17 +70,19 @@ class CRegister : public IRegister
 			int m_Index;
 			int m_InfoSerial;
 			std::shared_ptr<CShared> m_pShared;
-			std::unique_ptr<CHttpRequest> m_pRegister;
+			std::shared_ptr<CHttpRequest> m_pRegister;
+			IHttp *m_pHttp;
 			void Run() override;
 
 		public:
-			CJob(int Protocol, int ServerPort, int Index, int InfoSerial, std::shared_ptr<CShared> pShared, std::unique_ptr<CHttpRequest> &&pRegister) :
+			CJob(int Protocol, int ServerPort, int Index, int InfoSerial, std::shared_ptr<CShared> pShared, std::shared_ptr<CHttpRequest> &&pRegister, IHttp *pHttp) :
 				m_Protocol(Protocol),
 				m_ServerPort(ServerPort),
 				m_Index(Index),
 				m_InfoSerial(InfoSerial),
 				m_pShared(std::move(pShared)),
-				m_pRegister(std::move(pRegister))
+				m_pRegister(std::move(pRegister)),
+				m_pHttp(pHttp)
 			{
 			}
 			~CJob() override = default;
@@ -110,6 +112,8 @@ class CRegister : public IRegister
 	CConfig *m_pConfig;
 	IConsole *m_pConsole;
 	IEngine *m_pEngine;
+	IHttp *m_pHttp;
+
 	// Don't start sending registers before the server has initialized
 	// completely.
 	bool m_GotFirstUpdateCall = false;
@@ -130,7 +134,7 @@ class CRegister : public IRegister
 	char m_aServerInfo[16384];
 
 public:
-	CRegister(CConfig *pConfig, IConsole *pConsole, IEngine *pEngine, int ServerPort, unsigned SixupSecurityToken);
+	CRegister(CConfig *pConfig, IConsole *pConsole, IEngine *pEngine, IHttp *pHttp, int ServerPort, unsigned SixupSecurityToken);
 	void Update() override;
 	void OnConfigChange() override;
 	bool OnPacket(const CNetChunk *pPacket) override;
@@ -309,7 +313,7 @@ void CRegister::CProtocol::SendRegister()
 		RequestIndex = m_pShared->m_NumTotalRequests;
 		m_pShared->m_NumTotalRequests += 1;
 	}
-	m_pParent->m_pEngine->AddJob(std::make_shared<CJob>(m_Protocol, m_pParent->m_ServerPort, RequestIndex, InfoSerial, m_pShared, std::move(pRegister)));
+	m_pParent->m_pEngine->AddJob(std::make_shared<CJob>(m_Protocol, m_pParent->m_ServerPort, RequestIndex, InfoSerial, m_pShared, std::move(pRegister), m_pParent->m_pHttp));
 	m_NewChallengeToken = false;
 
 	m_PrevRegister = Now;
@@ -332,7 +336,7 @@ void CRegister::CProtocol::SendDeleteIfRegistered(bool Shutdown)
 	char aSecret[UUID_MAXSTRSIZE];
 	FormatUuid(m_pParent->m_Secret, aSecret, sizeof(aSecret));
 
-	std::unique_ptr<CHttpRequest> pDelete = HttpPost(m_pParent->m_pConfig->m_SvRegisterUrl, (const unsigned char *)"", 0);
+	std::shared_ptr<CHttpRequest> pDelete = HttpPost(m_pParent->m_pConfig->m_SvRegisterUrl, (const unsigned char *)"", 0);
 	pDelete->HeaderString("Action", "delete");
 	pDelete->HeaderString("Address", aAddress);
 	pDelete->HeaderString("Secret", aSecret);
@@ -348,7 +352,7 @@ void CRegister::CProtocol::SendDeleteIfRegistered(bool Shutdown)
 		pDelete->Timeout(CTimeout{1000, 1000, 0, 0});
 	}
 	log_info(ProtocolToSystem(m_Protocol), "deleting...");
-	m_pParent->m_pEngine->AddJob(std::move(pDelete));
+	m_pParent->m_pHttp->Run(pDelete);
 }
 
 CRegister::CProtocol::CProtocol(CRegister *pParent, int Protocol) :
@@ -405,7 +409,8 @@ void CRegister::CProtocol::OnToken(const char *pToken)
 
 void CRegister::CProtocol::CJob::Run()
 {
-	IEngine::RunJobBlocking(m_pRegister.get());
+	m_pHttp->Run(m_pRegister);
+	m_pRegister->Wait();
 	if(m_pRegister->State() != HTTP_DONE)
 	{
 		// TODO: log the error response content from master
@@ -471,10 +476,11 @@ void CRegister::CProtocol::CJob::Run()
 	}
 }
 
-CRegister::CRegister(CConfig *pConfig, IConsole *pConsole, IEngine *pEngine, int ServerPort, unsigned SixupSecurityToken) :
+CRegister::CRegister(CConfig *pConfig, IConsole *pConsole, IEngine *pEngine, IHttp *pHttp, int ServerPort, unsigned SixupSecurityToken) :
 	m_pConfig(pConfig),
 	m_pConsole(pConsole),
 	m_pEngine(pEngine),
+	m_pHttp(pHttp),
 	m_ServerPort(ServerPort),
 	m_aProtocols{
 		CProtocol(this, PROTOCOL_TW6_IPV6),
@@ -749,7 +755,7 @@ void CRegister::OnShutdown()
 	}
 }
 
-IRegister *CreateRegister(CConfig *pConfig, IConsole *pConsole, IEngine *pEngine, int ServerPort, unsigned SixupSecurityToken)
+IRegister *CreateRegister(CConfig *pConfig, IConsole *pConsole, IEngine *pEngine, IHttp *pHttp, int ServerPort, unsigned SixupSecurityToken)
 {
-	return new CRegister(pConfig, pConsole, pEngine, ServerPort, SixupSecurityToken);
+	return new CRegister(pConfig, pConsole, pEngine, pHttp, ServerPort, SixupSecurityToken);
 }
diff --git a/src/engine/server/register.h b/src/engine/server/register.h
index 85bdf7a64..1fbfc3c56 100644
--- a/src/engine/server/register.h
+++ b/src/engine/server/register.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 class CConfig;
 class IConsole;
 class IEngine;
+class IHttp;
 struct CNetChunk;
 
 class IRegister
@@ -23,6 +24,6 @@ public:
 	virtual void OnShutdown() = 0;
 };
 
-IRegister *CreateRegister(CConfig *pConfig, IConsole *pConsole, IEngine *pEngine, int ServerPort, unsigned SixupSecurityToken);
+IRegister *CreateRegister(CConfig *pConfig, IConsole *pConsole, IEngine *pEngine, IHttp *pHttp, int ServerPort, unsigned SixupSecurityToken);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/engine/server/server.cpp b/src/engine/server/server.cpp
index 7370f976e..8a3d3f1c0 100644
--- a/src/engine/server/server.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/server/server.cpp
@@ -2792,7 +2792,8 @@ int CServer::Run()
 #endif
 
 	IEngine *pEngine = Kernel()->RequestInterface<IEngine>();
-	m_pRegister = CreateRegister(&g_Config, m_pConsole, pEngine, this->Port(), m_NetServer.GetGlobalToken());
+	IHttp *pHttp = Kernel()->RequestInterface<IHttp>();
+	m_pRegister = CreateRegister(&g_Config, m_pConsole, pEngine, pHttp, this->Port(), m_NetServer.GetGlobalToken());
 
 	m_NetServer.SetCallbacks(NewClientCallback, NewClientNoAuthCallback, ClientRejoinCallback, DelClientCallback, this);
 
@@ -3840,7 +3841,8 @@ void CServer::RegisterCommands()
 	m_pStorage = Kernel()->RequestInterface<IStorage>();
 	m_pAntibot = Kernel()->RequestInterface<IEngineAntibot>();
 
-	HttpInit(m_pStorage);
+	m_Http.Init(std::chrono::seconds{2});
+	Kernel()->RegisterInterface(static_cast<IHttp *>(&m_Http), false);
 
 	// register console commands
 	Console()->Register("kick", "i[id] ?r[reason]", CFGFLAG_SERVER, ConKick, this, "Kick player with specified id for any reason");
diff --git a/src/engine/server/server.h b/src/engine/server/server.h
index 0819551d7..cb6890915 100644
--- a/src/engine/server/server.h
+++ b/src/engine/server/server.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <engine/shared/demo.h>
 #include <engine/shared/econ.h>
 #include <engine/shared/fifo.h>
+#include <engine/shared/http.h>
 #include <engine/shared/netban.h>
 #include <engine/shared/network.h>
 #include <engine/shared/protocol.h>
@@ -238,6 +239,7 @@ public:
 	CEcon m_Econ;
 	CFifo m_Fifo;
 	CServerBan m_ServerBan;
+	CHttp m_Http;
 
 	IEngineMap *m_pMap;
 
diff --git a/src/engine/shared/http.cpp b/src/engine/shared/http.cpp
index 259ff8d04..9e5bf8bfb 100644
--- a/src/engine/shared/http.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/shared/http.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 #include <engine/storage.h>
 #include <game/version.h>
 
+#include <limits>
+#include <thread>
+
 #if !defined(CONF_FAMILY_WINDOWS)
 #include <csignal>
 #endif
@@ -15,34 +18,10 @@
 #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
 #include <curl/curl.h>
 
-// TODO: Non-global pls?
-static CURLSH *gs_pShare;
-static CLock gs_aLocks[CURL_LOCK_DATA_LAST + 1];
-static bool gs_Initialized = false;
-
-static int GetLockIndex(int Data)
-{
-	if(!(0 <= Data && Data < CURL_LOCK_DATA_LAST))
-	{
-		Data = CURL_LOCK_DATA_LAST;
-	}
-	return Data;
-}
-
-static void CurlLock(CURL *pHandle, curl_lock_data Data, curl_lock_access Access, void *pUser) ACQUIRE(gs_aLocks[GetLockIndex(Data)])
-{
-	(void)pHandle;
-	(void)Access;
-	(void)pUser;
-	gs_aLocks[GetLockIndex(Data)].lock();
-}
-
-static void CurlUnlock(CURL *pHandle, curl_lock_data Data, void *pUser) RELEASE(gs_aLocks[GetLockIndex(Data)])
-{
-	(void)pHandle;
-	(void)pUser;
-	gs_aLocks[GetLockIndex(Data)].unlock();
-}
+// There is a stray constant on Windows/MSVC...
+#ifdef ERROR
+#undef ERROR
+#endif
 
 int CurlDebug(CURL *pHandle, curl_infotype Type, char *pData, size_t DataSize, void *pUser)
 {
@@ -71,39 +50,6 @@ int CurlDebug(CURL *pHandle, curl_infotype Type, char *pData, size_t DataSize, v
 	return 0;
 }
 
-bool HttpInit(IStorage *pStorage)
-{
-	if(curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_DEFAULT))
-	{
-		return true;
-	}
-	gs_pShare = curl_share_init();
-	if(!gs_pShare)
-	{
-		return true;
-	}
-	// print curl version
-	{
-		curl_version_info_data *pVersion = curl_version_info(CURLVERSION_NOW);
-		dbg_msg("http", "libcurl version %s (compiled = " LIBCURL_VERSION ")", pVersion->version);
-	}
-
-	curl_share_setopt(gs_pShare, CURLSHOPT_SHARE, CURL_LOCK_DATA_DNS);
-	curl_share_setopt(gs_pShare, CURLSHOPT_SHARE, CURL_LOCK_DATA_SSL_SESSION);
-	curl_share_setopt(gs_pShare, CURLSHOPT_LOCKFUNC, CurlLock);
-	curl_share_setopt(gs_pShare, CURLSHOPT_UNLOCKFUNC, CurlUnlock);
-
-#if !defined(CONF_FAMILY_WINDOWS)
-	// As a multithreaded application we have to tell curl to not install signal
-	// handlers and instead ignore SIGPIPE from OpenSSL ourselves.
-	signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
-#endif
-
-	gs_Initialized = true;
-
-	return false;
-}
-
 void EscapeUrl(char *pBuf, int Size, const char *pStr)
 {
 	char *pEsc = curl_easy_escape(0, pStr, 0);
@@ -143,24 +89,6 @@ CHttpRequest::~CHttpRequest()
 	}
 }
 
-void CHttpRequest::Run()
-{
-	dbg_assert(gs_Initialized, "must initialize HTTP before running HTTP requests");
-	int FinalState;
-	if(!BeforeInit())
-	{
-		FinalState = HTTP_ERROR;
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		CURL *pHandle = curl_easy_init();
-		FinalState = RunImpl(pHandle);
-		curl_easy_cleanup(pHandle);
-	}
-
-	m_State = OnCompletion(FinalState);
-}
-
 bool CHttpRequest::BeforeInit()
 {
 	if(m_WriteToFile)
@@ -181,80 +109,79 @@ bool CHttpRequest::BeforeInit()
 	return true;
 }
 
-int CHttpRequest::RunImpl(CURL *pUser)
+bool CHttpRequest::ConfigureHandle(void *pHandle)
 {
-	CURL *pHandle = (CURL *)pUser;
-	if(!pHandle)
+	CURL *pH = (CURL *)pHandle;
+	if(!BeforeInit())
 	{
-		return HTTP_ERROR;
+		return false;
 	}
 
 	if(g_Config.m_DbgCurl)
 	{
-		curl_easy_setopt(pHandle, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1L);
-		curl_easy_setopt(pHandle, CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION, CurlDebug);
+		curl_easy_setopt(pH, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1L);
+		curl_easy_setopt(pH, CURLOPT_DEBUGFUNCTION, CurlDebug);
 	}
 	long Protocols = CURLPROTO_HTTPS;
 	if(g_Config.m_HttpAllowInsecure)
 	{
 		Protocols |= CURLPROTO_HTTP;
 	}
-	char aErr[CURL_ERROR_SIZE];
-	curl_easy_setopt(pHandle, CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER, aErr);
 
-	curl_easy_setopt(pHandle, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT_MS, m_Timeout.ConnectTimeoutMs);
-	curl_easy_setopt(pHandle, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS, m_Timeout.TimeoutMs);
-	curl_easy_setopt(pHandle, CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT, m_Timeout.LowSpeedLimit);
-	curl_easy_setopt(pHandle, CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME, m_Timeout.LowSpeedTime);
+	curl_easy_setopt(pH, CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER, m_aErr);
+
+	curl_easy_setopt(pH, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT_MS, m_Timeout.ConnectTimeoutMs);
+	curl_easy_setopt(pH, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS, m_Timeout.TimeoutMs);
+	curl_easy_setopt(pH, CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT, m_Timeout.LowSpeedLimit);
+	curl_easy_setopt(pH, CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME, m_Timeout.LowSpeedTime);
 	if(m_MaxResponseSize >= 0)
 	{
-		curl_easy_setopt(pHandle, CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE_LARGE, (curl_off_t)m_MaxResponseSize);
+		curl_easy_setopt(pH, CURLOPT_MAXFILESIZE_LARGE, (curl_off_t)m_MaxResponseSize);
 	}
 
-	curl_easy_setopt(pHandle, CURLOPT_SHARE, gs_pShare);
 	// ‘CURLOPT_PROTOCOLS’ is deprecated: since 7.85.0. Use CURLOPT_PROTOCOLS_STR
 	// Wait until all platforms have 7.85.0
 #ifdef __GNUC__
 #pragma GCC diagnostic push
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
 #endif
-	curl_easy_setopt(pHandle, CURLOPT_PROTOCOLS, Protocols);
+	curl_easy_setopt(pH, CURLOPT_PROTOCOLS, Protocols);
 #ifdef __GNUC__
 #pragma GCC diagnostic pop
 #endif
-	curl_easy_setopt(pHandle, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
-	curl_easy_setopt(pHandle, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, 4L);
-	curl_easy_setopt(pHandle, CURLOPT_FAILONERROR, 1L);
-	curl_easy_setopt(pHandle, CURLOPT_URL, m_aUrl);
-	curl_easy_setopt(pHandle, CURLOPT_NOSIGNAL, 1L);
-	curl_easy_setopt(pHandle, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, GAME_NAME " " GAME_RELEASE_VERSION " (" CONF_PLATFORM_STRING "; " CONF_ARCH_STRING ")");
-	curl_easy_setopt(pHandle, CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING, ""); // Use any compression algorithm supported by libcurl.
+	curl_easy_setopt(pH, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
+	curl_easy_setopt(pH, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, 4L);
+	curl_easy_setopt(pH, CURLOPT_FAILONERROR, 1L);
+	curl_easy_setopt(pH, CURLOPT_URL, m_aUrl);
+	curl_easy_setopt(pH, CURLOPT_NOSIGNAL, 1L);
+	curl_easy_setopt(pH, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, GAME_NAME " " GAME_RELEASE_VERSION " (" CONF_PLATFORM_STRING "; " CONF_ARCH_STRING ")");
+	curl_easy_setopt(pH, CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING, ""); // Use any compression algorithm supported by libcurl.
 
-	curl_easy_setopt(pHandle, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, this);
-	curl_easy_setopt(pHandle, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, WriteCallback);
-	curl_easy_setopt(pHandle, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 0L);
-	curl_easy_setopt(pHandle, CURLOPT_PROGRESSDATA, this);
+	curl_easy_setopt(pH, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, this);
+	curl_easy_setopt(pH, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, WriteCallback);
+	curl_easy_setopt(pH, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 0L);
+	curl_easy_setopt(pH, CURLOPT_PROGRESSDATA, this);
 	// ‘CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION’ is deprecated: since 7.32.0. Use CURLOPT_XFERINFOFUNCTION
 	// See problems with curl_off_t type in header file in https://github.com/ddnet/ddnet/pull/6185/
 #ifdef __GNUC__
 #pragma GCC diagnostic push
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
 #endif
-	curl_easy_setopt(pHandle, CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION, ProgressCallback);
+	curl_easy_setopt(pH, CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION, ProgressCallback);
 #ifdef __GNUC__
 #pragma GCC diagnostic pop
 #endif
-	curl_easy_setopt(pHandle, CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE, m_IpResolve == IPRESOLVE::V4 ? CURL_IPRESOLVE_V4 : m_IpResolve == IPRESOLVE::V6 ? CURL_IPRESOLVE_V6 : CURL_IPRESOLVE_WHATEVER);
+	curl_easy_setopt(pH, CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE, m_IpResolve == IPRESOLVE::V4 ? CURL_IPRESOLVE_V4 : m_IpResolve == IPRESOLVE::V6 ? CURL_IPRESOLVE_V6 : CURL_IPRESOLVE_WHATEVER);
 	if(g_Config.m_Bindaddr[0] != '\0')
 	{
-		curl_easy_setopt(pHandle, CURLOPT_INTERFACE, g_Config.m_Bindaddr);
+		curl_easy_setopt(pH, CURLOPT_INTERFACE, g_Config.m_Bindaddr);
 	}
 
 	if(curl_version_info(CURLVERSION_NOW)->version_num < 0x074400)
 	{
 		// Causes crashes, see https://github.com/ddnet/ddnet/issues/4342.
 		// No longer a problem in curl 7.68 and above, and 0x44 = 68.
-		curl_easy_setopt(pHandle, CURLOPT_FORBID_REUSE, 1L);
+		curl_easy_setopt(pH, CURLOPT_FORBID_REUSE, 1L);
 	}
 
 #ifdef CONF_PLATFORM_ANDROID
@@ -266,7 +193,7 @@ int CHttpRequest::RunImpl(CURL *pUser)
 	case REQUEST::GET:
 		break;
 	case REQUEST::HEAD:
-		curl_easy_setopt(pHandle, CURLOPT_NOBODY, 1L);
+		curl_easy_setopt(pH, CURLOPT_NOBODY, 1L);
 		break;
 	case REQUEST::POST:
 	case REQUEST::POST_JSON:
@@ -278,29 +205,14 @@ int CHttpRequest::RunImpl(CURL *pUser)
 		{
 			Header("Content-Type:");
 		}
-		curl_easy_setopt(pHandle, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, m_pBody);
-		curl_easy_setopt(pHandle, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE, m_BodyLength);
+		curl_easy_setopt(pH, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, m_pBody);
+		curl_easy_setopt(pH, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE, m_BodyLength);
 		break;
 	}
 
-	curl_easy_setopt(pHandle, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, m_pHeaders);
+	curl_easy_setopt(pH, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, m_pHeaders);
 
-	if(g_Config.m_DbgCurl || m_LogProgress >= HTTPLOG::ALL)
-		dbg_msg("http", "fetching %s", m_aUrl);
-	m_State = HTTP_RUNNING;
-	int Ret = curl_easy_perform(pHandle);
-	if(Ret != CURLE_OK)
-	{
-		if(g_Config.m_DbgCurl || m_LogProgress >= HTTPLOG::FAILURE)
-			dbg_msg("http", "%s failed. libcurl error (%d): %s", m_aUrl, (int)Ret, aErr);
-		return (Ret == CURLE_ABORTED_BY_CALLBACK) ? HTTP_ABORTED : HTTP_ERROR;
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		if(g_Config.m_DbgCurl || m_LogProgress >= HTTPLOG::ALL)
-			dbg_msg("http", "task done %s", m_aUrl);
-		return HTTP_DONE;
-	}
+	return true;
 }
 
 size_t CHttpRequest::OnData(char *pData, size_t DataSize)
@@ -356,10 +268,30 @@ int CHttpRequest::ProgressCallback(void *pUser, double DlTotal, double DlCurr, d
 	return pTask->m_Abort ? -1 : 0;
 }
 
-int CHttpRequest::OnCompletion(int State)
+void CHttpRequest::OnCompletionInternal(std::optional<unsigned int> Result)
 {
-	if(m_Abort)
-		State = HTTP_ABORTED;
+	int State;
+	if(Result.has_value())
+	{
+		CURLcode Code = static_cast<CURLcode>(Result.value());
+		if(Code != CURLE_OK)
+		{
+			if(g_Config.m_DbgCurl || m_LogProgress >= HTTPLOG::FAILURE)
+				dbg_msg("http", "%s failed. libcurl error (%u): %s", m_aUrl, Code, m_aErr);
+			State = (Code == CURLE_ABORTED_BY_CALLBACK) ? HTTP_ABORTED : HTTP_ERROR;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			if(g_Config.m_DbgCurl || m_LogProgress >= HTTPLOG::ALL)
+				dbg_msg("http", "task done: %s", m_aUrl);
+			State = HTTP_DONE;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		dbg_msg("http", "%s failed. internal error: %s", m_aUrl, m_aErr);
+		State = HTTP_ERROR;
+	}
 
 	if(State == HTTP_DONE && m_ExpectedSha256 != SHA256_ZEROED)
 	{
@@ -391,7 +323,9 @@ int CHttpRequest::OnCompletion(int State)
 			fs_remove(m_aDestAbsolute);
 		}
 	}
-	return State;
+
+	m_State = State;
+	OnCompletion();
 }
 
 void CHttpRequest::WriteToFile(IStorage *pStorage, const char *pDest, int StorageType)
@@ -413,6 +347,22 @@ void CHttpRequest::Header(const char *pNameColonValue)
 	m_pHeaders = curl_slist_append((curl_slist *)m_pHeaders, pNameColonValue);
 }
 
+void CHttpRequest::Wait()
+{
+	using namespace std::chrono_literals;
+
+	// This is so uncommon that polling just might work
+	for(;;)
+	{
+		int State = m_State.load(std::memory_order_seq_cst);
+		if(State != HTTP_QUEUED && State != HTTP_RUNNING)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+		std::this_thread::sleep_for(10ms);
+	}
+}
+
 void CHttpRequest::Result(unsigned char **ppResult, size_t *pResultLength) const
 {
 	if(m_WriteToFile || State() != HTTP_DONE)
@@ -436,3 +386,215 @@ json_value *CHttpRequest::ResultJson() const
 	}
 	return json_parse((char *)pResult, ResultLength);
 }
+
+bool CHttp::Init(std::chrono::milliseconds ShutdownDelay)
+{
+	m_ShutdownDelay = ShutdownDelay;
+
+#if !defined(CONF_FAMILY_WINDOWS)
+	// As a multithreaded application we have to tell curl to not install signal
+	// handlers and instead ignore SIGPIPE from OpenSSL ourselves.
+	signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
+#endif
+	m_pThread = thread_init(CHttp::ThreadMain, this, "http");
+
+	std::unique_lock Lock(m_Lock);
+	m_Cv.wait(Lock, [this]() { return m_State != CHttp::UNINITIALIZED; });
+	if(m_State != CHttp::RUNNING)
+	{
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+void CHttp::ThreadMain(void *pUser)
+{
+	CHttp *pHttp = static_cast<CHttp *>(pUser);
+	pHttp->RunLoop();
+}
+
+void CHttp::RunLoop()
+{
+	std::unique_lock Lock(m_Lock);
+	if(curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_DEFAULT))
+	{
+		dbg_msg("http", "curl_global_init failed");
+		m_State = CHttp::ERROR;
+		m_Cv.notify_all();
+		return;
+	}
+
+	m_pMultiH = curl_multi_init();
+	if(!m_pMultiH)
+	{
+		dbg_msg("http", "curl_multi_init failed");
+		m_State = CHttp::ERROR;
+		m_Cv.notify_all();
+		return;
+	}
+
+	// print curl version
+	{
+		curl_version_info_data *pVersion = curl_version_info(CURLVERSION_NOW);
+		dbg_msg("http", "libcurl version %s (compiled = " LIBCURL_VERSION ")", pVersion->version);
+	}
+
+	m_State = CHttp::RUNNING;
+	m_Cv.notify_all();
+	dbg_msg("http", "running");
+	Lock.unlock();
+
+	while(m_State == CHttp::RUNNING)
+	{
+		static int NextTimeout = std::numeric_limits<int>::max();
+		int Events = 0;
+		CURLMcode mc = curl_multi_poll(m_pMultiH, NULL, 0, NextTimeout, &Events);
+
+		// We may have been woken up for a shutdown
+		if(m_Shutdown)
+		{
+			auto Now = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
+			if(!m_ShutdownTime.has_value())
+			{
+				m_ShutdownTime = Now + m_ShutdownDelay;
+				NextTimeout = m_ShutdownDelay.count();
+			}
+			else if(m_ShutdownTime < Now || m_RunningRequests.empty())
+			{
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if(mc != CURLM_OK)
+		{
+			Lock.lock();
+			dbg_msg("http", "Failed multi wait: %s", curl_multi_strerror(mc));
+			m_State = CHttp::ERROR;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		mc = curl_multi_perform(m_pMultiH, &Events);
+		if(mc != CURLM_OK)
+		{
+			Lock.lock();
+			dbg_msg("http", "Failed multi perform: %s", curl_multi_strerror(mc));
+			m_State = CHttp::ERROR;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		struct CURLMsg *m;
+		while((m = curl_multi_info_read(m_pMultiH, &Events)))
+		{
+			if(m->msg == CURLMSG_DONE)
+			{
+				auto RequestIt = m_RunningRequests.find(m->easy_handle);
+				dbg_assert(RequestIt != m_RunningRequests.end(), "Running handle not added to map");
+				auto pRequest = std::move(RequestIt->second);
+				m_RunningRequests.erase(RequestIt);
+
+				pRequest->OnCompletionInternal(m->data.result);
+				curl_multi_remove_handle(m_pMultiH, m->easy_handle);
+				curl_easy_cleanup(m->easy_handle);
+			}
+		}
+
+		decltype(m_PendingRequests) NewRequests = {};
+		Lock.lock();
+		std::swap(m_PendingRequests, NewRequests);
+		Lock.unlock();
+
+		while(!NewRequests.empty())
+		{
+			auto &pRequest = NewRequests.front();
+			dbg_msg("http", "task: %s %s", CHttpRequest::GetRequestType(pRequest->m_Type), pRequest->m_aUrl);
+
+			CURL *pEH = curl_easy_init();
+			if(!pEH)
+				goto error_init;
+
+			if(!pRequest->ConfigureHandle(pEH))
+				goto error_configure;
+
+			mc = curl_multi_add_handle(m_pMultiH, pEH);
+			if(mc != CURLM_OK)
+				goto error_configure;
+
+			m_RunningRequests.emplace(pEH, std::move(pRequest));
+			NewRequests.pop_front();
+
+			continue;
+
+		error_configure:
+			curl_easy_cleanup(pEH);
+		error_init:
+			dbg_msg("http", "failed to start new request");
+			Lock.lock();
+			m_State = CHttp::ERROR;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		// Only happens if m_State == ERROR, thus we already hold the lock
+		if(!NewRequests.empty())
+		{
+			m_PendingRequests.insert(m_PendingRequests.end(), std::make_move_iterator(NewRequests.begin()), std::make_move_iterator(NewRequests.end()));
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if(!Lock.owns_lock())
+		Lock.lock();
+
+	bool Cleanup = m_State != CHttp::ERROR;
+	for(auto &pRequest : m_PendingRequests)
+	{
+		str_copy(pRequest->m_aErr, "Shutting down");
+		pRequest->OnCompletionInternal(std::nullopt);
+	}
+
+	for(auto &ReqPair : m_RunningRequests)
+	{
+		auto &[pHandle, pRequest] = ReqPair;
+		if(Cleanup)
+		{
+			curl_multi_remove_handle(m_pMultiH, pHandle);
+			curl_easy_cleanup(pHandle);
+		}
+
+		str_copy(pRequest->m_aErr, "Shutting down");
+		pRequest->OnCompletionInternal(std::nullopt);
+	}
+
+	if(Cleanup)
+	{
+		curl_multi_cleanup(m_pMultiH);
+		curl_global_cleanup();
+	}
+}
+
+void CHttp::Run(std::shared_ptr<IHttpRequest> pRequest)
+{
+	std::unique_lock Lock(m_Lock);
+	m_Cv.wait(Lock, [this]() { return m_State != CHttp::UNINITIALIZED; });
+	m_PendingRequests.emplace_back(std::static_pointer_cast<CHttpRequest>(pRequest));
+	curl_multi_wakeup(m_pMultiH);
+}
+
+void CHttp::Shutdown()
+{
+	std::unique_lock Lock(m_Lock);
+	if(m_Shutdown || m_State != CHttp::RUNNING)
+		return;
+
+	m_Shutdown = true;
+	curl_multi_wakeup(m_pMultiH);
+}
+
+CHttp::~CHttp()
+{
+	if(!m_pThread)
+		return;
+
+	Shutdown();
+	thread_wait(m_pThread);
+}
diff --git a/src/engine/shared/http.h b/src/engine/shared/http.h
index eb90fcaf1..e2e6604af 100644
--- a/src/engine/shared/http.h
+++ b/src/engine/shared/http.h
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <atomic>
+#include <condition_variable>
+#include <deque>
+#include <mutex>
+#include <optional>
+#include <unordered_map>
+
+#include <engine/http.h>
 
 typedef struct _json_value json_value;
 class IStorage;
@@ -42,8 +49,10 @@ struct CTimeout
 	long LowSpeedTime;
 };
 
-class CHttpRequest : public IJob
+class CHttpRequest : public IHttpRequest
 {
+	friend class CHttp;
+
 	enum class REQUEST
 	{
 		GET = 0,
@@ -51,6 +60,24 @@ class CHttpRequest : public IJob
 		POST,
 		POST_JSON,
 	};
+
+	static constexpr const char *GetRequestType(REQUEST Type)
+	{
+		switch(Type)
+		{
+		case REQUEST::GET:
+			return "GET";
+		case REQUEST::HEAD:
+			return "HEAD";
+		case REQUEST::POST:
+		case REQUEST::POST_JSON:
+			return "POST";
+		}
+
+		// Unreachable, maybe assert instead?
+		return "UNKNOWN";
+	}
+
 	char m_aUrl[256] = {0};
 
 	void *m_pHeaders = nullptr;
@@ -83,13 +110,14 @@ class CHttpRequest : public IJob
 	HTTPLOG m_LogProgress = HTTPLOG::ALL;
 	IPRESOLVE m_IpResolve = IPRESOLVE::WHATEVER;
 
+	char m_aErr[256]; // 256 == CURL_ERROR_SIZE
 	std::atomic<int> m_State{HTTP_QUEUED};
 	std::atomic<bool> m_Abort{false};
 
-	void Run() override;
 	// Abort the request with an error if `BeforeInit()` returns false.
 	bool BeforeInit();
-	int RunImpl(void *pUser);
+	bool ConfigureHandle(void *pHandle); // void * == CURL *
+	void OnCompletionInternal(std::optional<unsigned int> Result); // unsigned int == CURLcode
 
 	// Abort the request if `OnData()` returns something other than
 	// `DataSize`.
@@ -99,12 +127,13 @@ class CHttpRequest : public IJob
 	static size_t WriteCallback(char *pData, size_t Size, size_t Number, void *pUser);
 
 protected:
-	virtual void OnProgress() {}
-	virtual int OnCompletion(int State);
+	// These run on the curl thread now, DO NOT STALL THE THREAD
+	virtual void OnProgress(){};
+	virtual void OnCompletion(){};
 
 public:
 	CHttpRequest(const char *pUrl);
-	~CHttpRequest();
+	virtual ~CHttpRequest();
 
 	void Timeout(CTimeout Timeout) { m_Timeout = Timeout; }
 	void MaxResponseSize(int64_t MaxResponseSize) { m_MaxResponseSize = MaxResponseSize; }
@@ -157,8 +186,15 @@ public:
 	double Size() const { return m_Size.load(std::memory_order_relaxed); }
 	int Progress() const { return m_Progress.load(std::memory_order_relaxed); }
 	int State() const { return m_State; }
+	bool Done() const
+	{
+		int State = m_State;
+		return State != HTTP_QUEUED && State != HTTP_RUNNING;
+	}
 	void Abort() { m_Abort = true; }
 
+	void Wait();
+
 	void Result(unsigned char **ppResult, size_t *pResultLength) const;
 	json_value *ResultJson() const;
 };
@@ -199,7 +235,45 @@ inline std::unique_ptr<CHttpRequest> HttpPostJson(const char *pUrl, const char *
 	return pResult;
 }
 
-bool HttpInit(IStorage *pStorage);
 void EscapeUrl(char *pBuf, int Size, const char *pStr);
 bool HttpHasIpresolveBug();
+
+// In an ideal world this would be a kernel interface
+class CHttp : public IHttp
+{
+	enum EState
+	{
+		UNINITIALIZED,
+		RUNNING,
+		STOPPING,
+		ERROR,
+	};
+
+	void *m_pThread = nullptr;
+
+	std::mutex m_Lock{};
+	std::condition_variable m_Cv{};
+	std::atomic<EState> m_State = UNINITIALIZED;
+	std::deque<std::shared_ptr<CHttpRequest>> m_PendingRequests{};
+	std::unordered_map<void *, std::shared_ptr<CHttpRequest>> m_RunningRequests{}; // void * == CURL *
+	std::chrono::milliseconds m_ShutdownDelay{};
+	std::optional<std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::steady_clock>> m_ShutdownTime{};
+	std::atomic<bool> m_Shutdown = false;
+
+	// Only to be used with curl_multi_wakeup
+	void *m_pMultiH = nullptr; // void * == CURLM *
+
+	static void ThreadMain(void *pUser);
+	void RunLoop();
+
+public:
+	// Startup
+	bool Init(std::chrono::milliseconds ShutdownDelay);
+
+	// User
+	virtual void Run(std::shared_ptr<IHttpRequest> pRequest) override;
+	void Shutdown() override;
+	~CHttp();
+};
+
 #endif // ENGINE_SHARED_HTTP_H
diff --git a/src/game/client/component.cpp b/src/game/client/component.cpp
index 754aea48d..cabe1fae6 100644
--- a/src/game/client/component.cpp
+++ b/src/game/client/component.cpp
@@ -40,3 +40,5 @@ class IClient *CComponent::Client() const
 {
 	return m_pClient->Client();
 }
+
+class IHttp *CComponent::Http() const { return m_pClient->Http(); }
diff --git a/src/game/client/component.h b/src/game/client/component.h
index 8e754e7f3..edf2c6a70 100644
--- a/src/game/client/component.h
+++ b/src/game/client/component.h
@@ -128,6 +128,11 @@ protected:
 	 */
 	float LocalTime() const;
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the http interface
+	 */
+	class IHttp *Http() const;
+
 public:
 	/**
 	 * The component virtual destructor.
diff --git a/src/game/client/components/menus.h b/src/game/client/components/menus.h
index b6ccecd9f..4bd57ae4e 100644
--- a/src/game/client/components/menus.h
+++ b/src/game/client/components/menus.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <engine/serverbrowser.h>
 #include <engine/shared/config.h>
 #include <engine/shared/http.h>
+#include <engine/shared/jobs.h>
 #include <engine/shared/linereader.h>
 #include <engine/textrender.h>
 
@@ -512,34 +513,37 @@ protected:
 		char m_aPath[IO_MAX_PATH_LENGTH];
 		int m_StorageType;
 		bool m_Success = false;
-		CImageInfo m_ImageInfo;
 		SHA256_DIGEST m_Sha256;
 
 		CAbstractCommunityIconJob(CMenus *pMenus, const char *pCommunityId, int StorageType);
-		virtual ~CAbstractCommunityIconJob();
+		virtual ~CAbstractCommunityIconJob(){};
 
 	public:
 		const char *CommunityId() const { return m_aCommunityId; }
 		bool Success() const { return m_Success; }
-		CImageInfo &&ImageInfo() { return std::move(m_ImageInfo); }
 		SHA256_DIGEST &&Sha256() { return std::move(m_Sha256); }
 	};
+
 	class CCommunityIconLoadJob : public IJob, public CAbstractCommunityIconJob
 	{
+		CImageInfo m_ImageInfo;
+
 	protected:
 		void Run() override;
 
 	public:
 		CCommunityIconLoadJob(CMenus *pMenus, const char *pCommunityId, int StorageType);
+		~CCommunityIconLoadJob();
+
+		CImageInfo &&ImageInfo() { return std::move(m_ImageInfo); }
 	};
+
 	class CCommunityIconDownloadJob : public CHttpRequest, public CAbstractCommunityIconJob
 	{
-	protected:
-		int OnCompletion(int State) override;
-
 	public:
 		CCommunityIconDownloadJob(CMenus *pMenus, const char *pCommunityId, const char *pUrl, const SHA256_DIGEST &Sha256);
 	};
+
 	struct SCommunityIcon
 	{
 		char m_aCommunityId[CServerInfo::MAX_COMMUNITY_ID_LENGTH];
diff --git a/src/game/client/components/menus_browser.cpp b/src/game/client/components/menus_browser.cpp
index c89a44dc5..0cafda92e 100644
--- a/src/game/client/components/menus_browser.cpp
+++ b/src/game/client/components/menus_browser.cpp
@@ -1802,25 +1802,6 @@ CMenus::CAbstractCommunityIconJob::CAbstractCommunityIconJob(CMenus *pMenus, con
 	str_format(m_aPath, sizeof(m_aPath), "communityicons/%s.png", pCommunityId);
 }
 
-CMenus::CAbstractCommunityIconJob::~CAbstractCommunityIconJob()
-{
-	free(m_ImageInfo.m_pData);
-	m_ImageInfo.m_pData = nullptr;
-}
-
-int CMenus::CCommunityIconDownloadJob::OnCompletion(int State)
-{
-	State = CHttpRequest::OnCompletion(State);
-	if(State == HTTP_DONE)
-	{
-		if(m_pMenus->LoadCommunityIconFile(Dest(), IStorage::TYPE_SAVE, m_ImageInfo, m_Sha256))
-			m_Success = true;
-		else
-			State = HTTP_ERROR;
-	}
-	return State;
-}
-
 CMenus::CCommunityIconDownloadJob::CCommunityIconDownloadJob(CMenus *pMenus, const char *pCommunityId, const char *pUrl, const SHA256_DIGEST &Sha256) :
 	CHttpRequest(pUrl),
 	CAbstractCommunityIconJob(pMenus, pCommunityId, IStorage::TYPE_SAVE)
@@ -1841,6 +1822,12 @@ CMenus::CCommunityIconLoadJob::CCommunityIconLoadJob(CMenus *pMenus, const char
 {
 }
 
+CMenus::CCommunityIconLoadJob::~CCommunityIconLoadJob()
+{
+	free(m_ImageInfo.m_pData);
+	m_ImageInfo.m_pData = nullptr;
+}
+
 int CMenus::CommunityIconScan(const char *pName, int IsDir, int DirType, void *pUser)
 {
 	const char *pExtension = ".png";
@@ -1964,10 +1951,14 @@ void CMenus::UpdateCommunityIcons()
 	if(!m_CommunityIconDownloadJobs.empty())
 	{
 		std::shared_ptr<CCommunityIconDownloadJob> pJob = m_CommunityIconDownloadJobs.front();
-		if(pJob->Status() == IJob::STATE_DONE)
+		if(pJob->Done())
 		{
-			if(pJob->Success())
-				LoadCommunityIconFinish(pJob->CommunityId(), pJob->ImageInfo(), pJob->Sha256());
+			if(pJob->State() == HTTP_DONE)
+			{
+				std::shared_ptr<CCommunityIconLoadJob> pLoadJob = std::make_shared<CCommunityIconLoadJob>(this, pJob->CommunityId(), IStorage::TYPE_SAVE);
+				Engine()->AddJob(pLoadJob);
+				m_CommunityIconLoadJobs.emplace_back(std::move(pLoadJob));
+			}
 			m_CommunityIconDownloadJobs.pop_front();
 		}
 	}
@@ -2007,7 +1998,7 @@ void CMenus::UpdateCommunityIcons()
 		if(pExistingDownload == m_CommunityIconDownloadJobs.end() && (ExistingIcon == m_vCommunityIcons.end() || ExistingIcon->m_Sha256 != Community.IconSha256()))
 		{
 			std::shared_ptr<CCommunityIconDownloadJob> pJob = std::make_shared<CCommunityIconDownloadJob>(this, Community.Id(), Community.IconUrl(), Community.IconSha256());
-			Engine()->AddJob(pJob);
+			Http()->Run(pJob);
 			m_CommunityIconDownloadJobs.push_back(pJob);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/game/client/components/skins.cpp b/src/game/client/components/skins.cpp
index a400daf76..cbde46556 100644
--- a/src/game/client/components/skins.cpp
+++ b/src/game/client/components/skins.cpp
@@ -21,15 +21,13 @@ bool CSkins::IsVanillaSkin(const char *pName)
 	return std::any_of(std::begin(VANILLA_SKINS), std::end(VANILLA_SKINS), [pName](const char *pVanillaSkin) { return str_comp(pName, pVanillaSkin) == 0; });
 }
 
-int CSkins::CGetPngFile::OnCompletion(int State)
+void CSkins::CGetPngFile::OnCompletion()
 {
-	State = CHttpRequest::OnCompletion(State);
-
-	if(State != HTTP_ERROR && State != HTTP_ABORTED && !m_pSkins->LoadSkinPNG(m_Info, Dest(), Dest(), IStorage::TYPE_SAVE))
+	// Maybe this should start another thread to load the png in instead of stalling the curl thread
+	if(State() != HTTP_ERROR && State() != HTTP_ABORTED)
 	{
-		State = HTTP_ERROR;
+		m_pSkins->LoadSkinPNG(m_Info, Dest(), Dest(), IStorage::TYPE_SAVE);
 	}
-	return State;
 }
 
 CSkins::CGetPngFile::CGetPngFile(CSkins *pSkins, const char *pUrl, IStorage *pStorage, const char *pDest) :
@@ -436,12 +434,16 @@ const CSkin *CSkins::FindImpl(const char *pName)
 	char aEscapedName[256];
 	EscapeUrl(aEscapedName, sizeof(aEscapedName), pName);
 	str_format(aUrl, sizeof(aUrl), "%s%s.png", g_Config.m_ClDownloadCommunitySkins != 0 ? g_Config.m_ClSkinCommunityDownloadUrl : g_Config.m_ClSkinDownloadUrl, aEscapedName);
+
 	char aBuf[IO_MAX_PATH_LENGTH];
 	str_format(Skin.m_aPath, sizeof(Skin.m_aPath), "downloadedskins/%s", IStorage::FormatTmpPath(aBuf, sizeof(aBuf), pName));
+
 	Skin.m_pTask = std::make_shared<CGetPngFile>(this, aUrl, Storage(), Skin.m_aPath);
-	m_pClient->Engine()->AddJob(Skin.m_pTask);
+	Http()->Run(Skin.m_pTask);
+
 	auto &&pDownloadSkin = std::make_unique<CDownloadSkin>(std::move(Skin));
 	m_DownloadSkins.insert({pDownloadSkin->GetName(), std::move(pDownloadSkin)});
 	++m_DownloadingSkins;
+
 	return nullptr;
 }
diff --git a/src/game/client/components/skins.h b/src/game/client/components/skins.h
index 677350fca..6c42fd632 100644
--- a/src/game/client/components/skins.h
+++ b/src/game/client/components/skins.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public:
 		CSkins *m_pSkins;
 
 	protected:
-		virtual int OnCompletion(int State) override;
+		virtual void OnCompletion() override;
 
 	public:
 		CGetPngFile(CSkins *pSkins, const char *pUrl, IStorage *pStorage, const char *pDest);
diff --git a/src/game/client/gameclient.cpp b/src/game/client/gameclient.cpp
index 921ba63f6..27e8025d3 100644
--- a/src/game/client/gameclient.cpp
+++ b/src/game/client/gameclient.cpp
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ void CGameClient::OnConsoleInit()
 #if defined(CONF_AUTOUPDATE)
 	m_pUpdater = Kernel()->RequestInterface<IUpdater>();
 #endif
+	m_pHttp = Kernel()->RequestInterface<IHttp>();
 
 	m_Menus.SetMenuBackground(&m_MenuBackground);
 
diff --git a/src/game/client/gameclient.h b/src/game/client/gameclient.h
index 1e76b4cf4..ac1129edf 100644
--- a/src/game/client/gameclient.h
+++ b/src/game/client/gameclient.h
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ private:
 #if defined(CONF_AUTOUPDATE)
 	class IUpdater *m_pUpdater;
 #endif
+	class IHttp *m_pHttp;
 
 	CLayers m_Layers;
 	CCollision m_Collision;
@@ -251,6 +252,10 @@ public:
 		return m_pUpdater;
 	}
 #endif
+	class IHttp *Http()
+	{
+		return m_pHttp;
+	}
 
 	int NetobjNumCorrections()
 	{