diff --git a/general.h b/general.h
index 9f9e854283..a212846dee 100644
--- a/general.h
+++ b/general.h
@@ -609,6 +609,12 @@ struct global
 #ifdef HAVE_NETWORKING
    struct
    {
+      struct
+      {
+         struct http_connection_t *handle;
+         transfer_cb_t  cb;
+         char elem1[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
+      } connection;
       msg_queue_t *msg_queue;
       struct http_t *handle;
       transfer_cb_t  cb;
diff --git a/net_http.c b/net_http.c
index ec00f5c0f4..773d2c9d24 100644
--- a/net_http.c
+++ b/net_http.c
@@ -53,42 +53,15 @@ struct http_t
 	char * data;
 };
 
-static bool net_http_parse_url(char *url, char **domain,
-      int *port, char **location)
+struct http_connection_t
 {
+   char *domain;
+   char *location;
+   char *urlcopy;
    char* scan;
+   int port;
+};
 
-   if (strncmp(url, "http://", strlen("http://")) != 0)
-      return false;
-
-   scan    = url + strlen("http://");
-   *domain = scan;
-
-   while (*scan != '/' && *scan != ':' && *scan != '\0')
-      scan++;
-
-   if (*scan == '\0')
-      return false;
-
-   *scan   = '\0';
-   *port   = 80;
-
-   if (*scan == ':')
-   {
-
-      if (!isdigit(scan[1]))
-         return false;
-
-      *port = strtoul(scan + 1, &scan, 10);
-
-      if (*scan != '/')
-         return false;
-   }
-
-   *location = scan + 1;
-
-   return true;
-}
 
 static int net_http_new_socket(const char * domain, int port)
 {
@@ -189,38 +162,118 @@ static ssize_t net_http_recv(int fd, bool *error,
    return -1;
 }
 
-struct http_t *net_http_new(const char * url)
+struct http_connection_t *net_http_connection_new(const char *url)
+{
+   char **domain = NULL;
+   struct http_connection_t *conn = (struct http_connection_t*)calloc(1, 
+         sizeof(struct http_connection_t));
+
+   if (!conn)
+      return NULL;
+
+   conn->urlcopy      = (char*)malloc(strlen(url) + 1);
+
+   if (!conn->urlcopy)
+      goto error;
+
+   strcpy(conn->urlcopy, url);
+
+   if (strncmp(url, "http://", strlen("http://")) != 0)
+      goto error;
+
+   conn->scan    = conn->urlcopy + strlen("http://");
+
+   domain        = &conn->domain;
+
+   *domain = conn->scan;
+
+   return conn;
+
+error:
+   if (conn->urlcopy)
+      free(conn->urlcopy);
+   conn->urlcopy = NULL;
+   if (conn)
+      free(conn);
+   return NULL;
+}
+
+bool net_http_connection_iterate(struct http_connection_t *conn)
+{
+   if (*conn->scan != '/' && *conn->scan != ':' && *conn->scan != '\0')
+   {
+      conn->scan++;
+      return false;
+   }
+   return true;
+}
+
+bool net_http_connection_done(struct http_connection_t *conn)
+{
+   char **location = NULL;
+
+   if (!conn)
+      return false;
+
+   location = &conn->location;
+
+   if (*conn->scan == '\0')
+      return false;
+
+   *conn->scan   = '\0';
+   conn->port   = 80;
+
+   if (*conn->scan == ':')
+   {
+
+      if (!isdigit(conn->scan[1]))
+         return false;
+
+      conn->port = strtoul(conn->scan + 1, &conn->scan, 10);
+
+      if (*conn->scan != '/')
+         return false;
+   }
+
+   *location = conn->scan + 1;
+
+   return true;
+}
+
+void net_http_connection_free(struct http_connection_t *conn)
+{
+   if (conn->urlcopy)
+      free(conn->urlcopy);
+}
+
+struct http_t *net_http_new(struct http_connection_t *conn)
 {
    bool error;
-   char *domain = NULL, *location = NULL;
-   int port = 0, fd = -1;
+   int fd = -1;
    struct http_t *state      = NULL;
-   char *urlcopy      =(char*)malloc(strlen(url)+1);
 
-   strcpy(urlcopy, url);
+   if (!conn)
+      goto error;
 
-   if (!net_http_parse_url(urlcopy, &domain, &port, &location))
-      goto fail;
-
-   fd = net_http_new_socket(domain, port);
+   fd = net_http_new_socket(conn->domain, conn->port);
    if (fd == -1)
-      goto fail;
+      goto error;
 
    error=false;
 
    /* This is a bit lazy, but it works. */
    net_http_send_str(fd, &error, "GET /");
-   net_http_send_str(fd, &error, location);
+   net_http_send_str(fd, &error, conn->location);
    net_http_send_str(fd, &error, " HTTP/1.1\r\n");
 
    net_http_send_str(fd, &error, "Host: ");
-   net_http_send_str(fd, &error, domain);
+   net_http_send_str(fd, &error, conn->domain);
 
-   if (port!=80)
+   if (conn->port != 80)
    {
       char portstr[16];
 
-      snprintf(portstr, sizeof(portstr), ":%i", port);
+      snprintf(portstr, sizeof(portstr), ":%i", conn->port);
       net_http_send_str(fd, &error, portstr);
    }
 
@@ -229,9 +282,7 @@ struct http_t *net_http_new(const char * url)
    net_http_send_str(fd, &error, "\r\n");
 
    if (error)
-      goto fail;
-
-   free(urlcopy);
+      goto error;
 
    state          = (struct http_t*)malloc(sizeof(struct http_t));
    state->fd      = fd;
@@ -246,14 +297,13 @@ struct http_t *net_http_new(const char * url)
    state->data    = (char*)malloc(state->buflen);
 
    if (!state->data)
-      goto fail;
+      goto error;
 
    return state;
 
-fail:
+error:
    if (fd != -1)
       socket_close(fd);
-   free(urlcopy);
    return NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/net_http.h b/net_http.h
index 4551083f07..b6b6b3a1e2 100644
--- a/net_http.h
+++ b/net_http.h
@@ -26,8 +26,17 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 struct http_t;
+struct http_connection_t;
 
-struct http_t *net_http_new(const char * url);
+struct http_connection_t *net_http_connection_new(const char *url);
+
+bool net_http_connection_iterate(struct http_connection_t *conn);
+
+bool net_http_connection_done(struct http_connection_t *conn);
+
+void net_http_connection_free(struct http_connection_t *conn);
+
+struct http_t *net_http_new(struct http_connection_t *conn);
 
 /* You can use this to call net_http_update 
  * only when something will happen; select() it for reading. */
diff --git a/runloop_data.c b/runloop_data.c
index f7761a2b72..ce4d4011ab 100644
--- a/runloop_data.c
+++ b/runloop_data.c
@@ -50,6 +50,28 @@ static int rarch_main_iterate_http_transfer(void)
    return 0;
 }
 
+static int rarch_main_iterate_http_conn_transfer(void)
+{
+   if (!net_http_connection_iterate(g_extern.http.connection.handle))
+      return -1;
+   return 0;
+}
+
+static int rarch_main_iterate_http_conn_parse(void)
+{
+   if (net_http_connection_done(g_extern.http.connection.handle))
+   {
+      if (g_extern.http.connection.handle && g_extern.http.connection.cb)
+         g_extern.http.connection.cb(g_extern.http.connection.handle, 0);
+   }
+   
+   net_http_connection_free(g_extern.http.connection.handle);
+
+   g_extern.http.connection.handle = NULL;
+
+   return 0;
+}
+
 static int rarch_main_iterate_http_parse(void)
 {
    size_t len;
@@ -66,6 +88,29 @@ static int rarch_main_iterate_http_parse(void)
    return 0;
 }
 
+static int cb_http_conn_default(void *data_, size_t len)
+{
+   g_extern.http.handle = net_http_new(g_extern.http.connection.handle);
+
+   if (!g_extern.http.handle)
+   {
+      RARCH_ERR("Could not create new HTTP session handle.\n");
+      return -1;
+   }
+
+   g_extern.http.cb     = NULL;
+
+   if (g_extern.http.connection.elem1[0] != '\0')
+   {
+      if (!strcmp(g_extern.http.connection.elem1, "cb_core_updater_download"))
+         g_extern.http.cb = &cb_core_updater_download;
+      if (!strcmp(g_extern.http.connection.elem1, "cb_core_updater_list"))
+         g_extern.http.cb = &cb_core_updater_list;
+   }
+
+   return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * rarch_main_iterate_http_transfer:
  *
@@ -81,7 +126,7 @@ static int rarch_main_iterate_http_parse(void)
  **/
 static int rarch_main_iterate_http_poll(void)
 {
-   char elem0[PATH_MAX_LENGTH], elem1[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
+   char elem0[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
    struct string_list *str_list = NULL;
    const char *url = msg_queue_pull(g_extern.http.msg_queue);
 
@@ -99,27 +144,18 @@ static int rarch_main_iterate_http_poll(void)
 
    if (str_list->size > 0)
       strlcpy(elem0, str_list->elems[0].data, sizeof(elem0));
-   if (str_list->size > 1)
-      strlcpy(elem1, str_list->elems[1].data, sizeof(elem1));
 
-   g_extern.http.handle = net_http_new(elem0);
+   g_extern.http.connection.handle = net_http_connection_new(elem0);
 
-   if (!g_extern.http.handle)
-   {
-      RARCH_ERR("Could not create new HTTP session handle.\n");
-      string_list_free(str_list);
+   if (!g_extern.http.connection.handle)
       return -1;
-   }
 
-   g_extern.http.cb     = NULL;
+   g_extern.http.connection.cb     = &cb_http_conn_default;
 
-   if (elem1[0] != '\0')
-   {
-      if (!strcmp(elem1, "cb_core_updater_download"))
-         g_extern.http.cb = &cb_core_updater_download;
-      if (!strcmp(elem1, "cb_core_updater_list"))
-         g_extern.http.cb = &cb_core_updater_list;
-   }
+   if (str_list->size > 1)
+      strlcpy(g_extern.http.connection.elem1,
+            str_list->elems[1].data,
+            sizeof(g_extern.http.connection.elem1));
 
    string_list_free(str_list);
    
@@ -500,6 +536,12 @@ void do_data_state_checks(void)
    do_data_nbio_state_checks(&g_extern.nbio);
 
 #ifdef HAVE_NETWORKING
+   if (g_extern.http.connection.handle)
+   {
+      if (!rarch_main_iterate_http_conn_transfer())
+         rarch_main_iterate_http_conn_parse();
+   }
+
    if (g_extern.http.handle)
    {
       if (!rarch_main_iterate_http_transfer())