diff --git a/helpers.lua b/helpers.lua
index 4e5ce1fa..c8342056 100644
--- a/helpers.lua
+++ b/helpers.lua
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ local io         = { lines = io.lines,
 local rawget     = rawget
 local table      = { sort  = table.sort }
 
+local Gio = require("lgi").Gio
+
 -- Lain helper functions for internal use
 -- lain.helpers
 local helpers = {}
@@ -134,6 +136,61 @@ end
 
 -- }}}
 
+
+-- {{{ Network functions
+
+-- Create a recieving buffer
+-- NOTE: Not sure whether to export this with helpers or not
+-- Probably just gonna leave it local for now
+function generate_buffer(buffer_length)
+    -- First, create an output buffer to recieve from
+    local recv_buffer = " "
+    -- We'll need to allocate `buffer_length` bytes to it
+    for i=1,buffer_length do
+        recv_buffer = recv_buffer .. " "
+    end
+
+    return recv_buffer
+end
+
+-- Wrapper function to send to any sort of address
+function helpers.send_to_address(host, port, data, buffer_length, callback)
+    -- Have a default buffer length of 1000
+    if not buffer_length then
+      buffer_length = 1000
+    end
+
+    -- Generate a buffer to store our result in
+    local recv_buffer = generate_buffer(buffer_length)
+
+    -- Check if we should be sending to a socket or an IP
+    local is_socket = (string.sub(host, 1, 1) == "/")
+
+    -- Create a client to listen and send with
+    local client = Gio.SocketClient()
+
+    local addr
+
+    if is_socket then
+        addr = Gio.UnixSocketAddress.new(host)
+    else
+        local inet_addr = gio.InetAddress.new_from_string(host)
+        addr = Gio.InetSocketAddress.new(inet_addr, port)
+    end
+
+    local conn = client:connect(addr)
+
+    local input_stream = conn:get_output_stream()
+    local output_stream = conn:get_input_stream()
+
+    input_stream:write(data)
+    output_stream:read(recv_buffer)
+    output_stream:read(recv_buffer)
+
+    callback(recv_buffer)
+end
+-- }}} 
+
 -- {{{ Misc
 
 -- check if an element exist on a table
diff --git a/widget/mpd.lua b/widget/mpd.lua
index d0b37d7d..f7d885f7 100644
--- a/widget/mpd.lua
+++ b/widget/mpd.lua
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ local wibox        = require("wibox")
 local os           = { getenv = os.getenv }
 local string       = { format = string.format,
                        gmatch = string.gmatch,
-                       match  = string.match }
+                       match  = string.match,
+                       sub    = string.sub }
 
 -- MPD infos
 -- lain.widget.mpd
@@ -36,16 +37,15 @@ local function factory(args)
     local followtag     = args.followtag or false
     local settings      = args.settings or function() end
 
-    local mpdh = string.format("telnet://%s:%s", host, port)
-    local echo = string.format("printf \"%sstatus\\ncurrentsong\\nclose\\n\"", password)
-    local cmd  = string.format("%s | curl --connect-timeout 1 -fsm 3 %s", echo, mpdh)
-
+    local mpdh          = ""
+    local cmd           = ""
+    local echo = string.format("%sstatus\ncurrentsong\nclose\n", password)
+   
     mpd_notification_preset = { title = "Now playing", timeout = 6 }
 
     helpers.set_map("current mpd track", nil)
-
     function mpd.update()
-        helpers.async({ shell, "-c", cmd }, function(f)
+        helpers.send_to_address(host, port, echo, 10000, function(f)
             mpd_now = {
                 random_mode  = false,
                 single_mode  = false,