diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 48c9e6358582ed47dc0b67124cc6b0c969441364..696f9fe9378e9df5e0836833958bc91adf51a912 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ project(simplecastengine)
 
 set(QT_MIN_VERSION "5.9.0")
 set(KF_MIN_VERSION "5.35.0")
+set (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
 
 find_package(ECM ${KF_MIN_VERSION} REQUIRED NO_MODULE)
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${ECM_MODULE_PATH})
diff --git a/plasmoid/package/contents/ui/main.qml b/plasmoid/package/contents/ui/main.qml
index 32d1400502cbfa75f0508f90c77c57559bb4ee67..80d57fc2fe43b54fed5e170964a28ece8c754cda 100644
--- a/plasmoid/package/contents/ui/main.qml
+++ b/plasmoid/package/contents/ui/main.qml
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ Item {
                     var loadTrack = service.operationDescription("addURLToPlaylist");
                     loadTrack.URL = url.text;
                     service.startOperationCall(loadTrack);
+                    url.text = "";
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/minimediaplayer.cpp b/src/minimediaplayer.cpp
index 111ba39332e69b91cdf8aadaa9ed60d9100a986e..75750dd512a40f37e37cc43e56bb421fd5d9612b 100644
--- a/src/minimediaplayer.cpp
+++ b/src/minimediaplayer.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <QProcess>
 #include <QJsonDocument>
 #include <QJsonObject>
+#include <QtConcurrent/QtConcurrentRun>
 
 MiniMediaPlayer::MiniMediaPlayer(QObject *parent) : QObject(parent)
 {
@@ -40,9 +41,12 @@ bool MiniMediaPlayer::nextTrack()
     if(playlist.size() > 1)
     {
         playlist.pop_front();
-        m_player->stop();
-        m_player->setMedia(getStreamUrlFromUrl(playlist.first().second));
-        emit playlistChanged(getTrackNames());
+        m_player->pause();
+        m_player->setPosition(0);
+        QtConcurrent::run([this]() {
+            m_player->setMedia(getStreamUrlFromUrl(playlist.first().second));
+            emit playlistChanged(getTrackNames());
+        });
         return true;
     }
     else if(playlist.size() == 1)
@@ -98,25 +102,25 @@ void MiniMediaPlayer::positionChanged(qint64 position)
     emit trackPositionChanged(position);
 }
 
-bool MiniMediaPlayer::addURLToPlaylist(QUrl mediaUrl)
+void MiniMediaPlayer::addURLToPlaylist(QUrl mediaUrl)
 {
-    if(isValidMediaUrl(mediaUrl))
-    {
-        bool shouldStartPlaying = false;
-        if(playlist.size() == 0) shouldStartPlaying = true;
-        QList<QPair<QString,QUrl>> tracks = getStreamTitlesAndUrlsFromUrl(mediaUrl);
-        playlist.append(tracks);
-        emit playlistChanged(getTrackNames());
-        if(shouldStartPlaying && playlist.size() > 0)
+    QtConcurrent::run([this,mediaUrl](){
+        if(isValidMediaUrl(mediaUrl))
         {
-            m_player->setMedia(getStreamUrlFromUrl(playlist.first().second));
-        }
-        if(tracks.size() > 0)
-        {
-            return true;
+            bool shouldStartPlaying = false;
+            if(playlist.size() == 0) shouldStartPlaying = true;
+            QList<QPair<QString,QUrl>> tracks = getStreamTitlesAndUrlsFromUrl(mediaUrl);
+            if(tracks.size() > 0)
+            {
+                playlist.append(tracks);
+                emit playlistChanged(getTrackNames());
+            }
+            if(shouldStartPlaying && playlist.size() > 0)
+            {
+                m_player->setMedia(getStreamUrlFromUrl(playlist.first().second));
+            }
         }
-    }
-    return false;
+    });
 }
 
 QUrl MiniMediaPlayer::getStreamUrlFromUrl(QUrl mediaUrl)
diff --git a/src/minimediaplayer.h b/src/minimediaplayer.h
index 6c5b1b53e47d2d4afc2249a0b393f97843c6eb04..5ca360979ab3014998ca787d984fea65f42ad7a4 100644
--- a/src/minimediaplayer.h
+++ b/src/minimediaplayer.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class MiniMediaPlayer : public QObject
 public:
     MiniMediaPlayer(QObject *parent = 0);
     
-    bool addURLToPlaylist(QUrl mediaUrl);
+    void addURLToPlaylist(QUrl mediaUrl);
 
     QList<QString> getTrackNames();
     
diff --git a/src/simplecastservice.cpp b/src/simplecastservice.cpp
index 1abfefde7d849d4d727e33961826d66329da3905..82a0a729d2e41fbf28ad9f608e25602213a8c3d4 100644
--- a/src/simplecastservice.cpp
+++ b/src/simplecastservice.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ public:
         {
             if(paramaters.contains("URL"))
             {
-                setResult(player->addURLToPlaylist(paramaters["URL"].toUrl()));
+                player->addURLToPlaylist(paramaters["URL"].toUrl());
+                emitResult();
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/simplecasttcpservice.cpp b/src/simplecasttcpservice.cpp
index 7cf949c09fd64a40726a8a2c92d0edf16886f35e..6ddeedc52fc6a02a3e0000beb1dad348b00d761d 100644
--- a/src/simplecasttcpservice.cpp
+++ b/src/simplecasttcpservice.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ public:
             }
             else if(message.size() == 3 && message[1] == "addURLToPlaylist")
             {
-                openSocket.write(player->addURLToPlaylist(QUrl(message[2]))?"0":"1");
+                player->addURLToPlaylist(QUrl(message[2]));
+                openSocket.write("0");
             }
             else
             {