diff --git a/http/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/http/HttpClient.java b/http/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/http/HttpClient.java
index 9dd1b5a28..5fe1fbbac 100644
--- a/http/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/http/HttpClient.java
+++ b/http/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/http/HttpClient.java
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ package net.md_5.bungee.http;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import io.netty.bootstrap.Bootstrap;
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelFuture;
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelFutureListener;
 import io.netty.channel.EventLoopGroup;
+import io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoopGroup;
 import io.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioSocketChannel;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.DefaultHttpRequest;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpHeaders;
@@ -10,7 +13,6 @@ import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpMethod;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpRequest;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpVersion;
 import java.net.URI;
-import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 
 @RequiredArgsConstructor
@@ -19,20 +21,18 @@ public class HttpClient
 
     private final EventLoopGroup eventLoop;
 
+    public static void main(String[] args)
+    {
+        new HttpClient( new NioEventLoopGroup( 1 ) ).get( "https://session.minecraft.net/" );
+    }
+
     public void get(String url)
     {
-        URI uri = null;
-        try
-        {
-            uri = new URI( url );
-        } catch ( URISyntaxException ex )
-        {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException( "Could not parse url " + url, ex );
-        }
+        final URI uri = URI.create( url );
 
         Preconditions.checkNotNull( uri.getScheme(), "scheme" );
         Preconditions.checkNotNull( uri.getHost(), "host" );
-        boolean ssl = false;
+        boolean ssl = uri.getScheme().equals( "https" );
         int port = uri.getPort();
         if ( port == -1 )
         {
@@ -49,9 +49,23 @@ public class HttpClient
             }
         }
 
-        new Bootstrap().channel( NioSocketChannel.class ).group( eventLoop ).handler( new HttpInitializer( url, port, ssl ) ).remoteAddress( uri.getHost(), port ).connect();
+        ChannelFutureListener future = new ChannelFutureListener()
+        {
+            @Override
+            public void operationComplete(ChannelFuture future) throws Exception
+            {
+                if ( future.isSuccess() )
+                {
+                    HttpRequest request = new DefaultHttpRequest( HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1, HttpMethod.GET, uri.getRawPath() );
+                    request.headers().set( HttpHeaders.Names.HOST, uri.getHost() );
 
-        HttpRequest request = new DefaultHttpRequest( HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1, HttpMethod.GET, uri.getRawPath() );
-        request.headers().set( HttpHeaders.Names.HOST, uri.getHost() );
+                    future.channel().write( request );
+                } else
+                {
+                }
+            }
+        };
+
+        new Bootstrap().channel( NioSocketChannel.class ).group( eventLoop ).handler( new HttpInitializer( url, port, ssl ) ).remoteAddress( uri.getHost(), port ).connect().addListener( future );
     }
 }
diff --git a/http/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/http/HttpHandler.java b/http/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/http/HttpHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dba073b43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/http/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/http/HttpHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package net.md_5.bungee.http;
+
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
+import io.netty.channel.SimpleChannelInboundHandler;
+import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpContent;
+import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpObject;
+import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpResponse;
+import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpResponseStatus;
+import io.netty.handler.codec.http.LastHttpContent;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+
+public class HttpHandler extends SimpleChannelInboundHandler<HttpObject>
+{
+
+    @Override
+    protected void messageReceived(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, HttpObject msg) throws Exception
+    {
+        if ( msg instanceof HttpResponse )
+        {
+            HttpResponse response = (HttpResponse) msg;
+            if ( response.getStatus() != HttpResponseStatus.OK )
+            {
+            }
+        }
+        if ( msg instanceof HttpContent )
+        {
+            HttpContent content = (HttpContent) msg;
+            String s = content.content().toString( Charset.forName( "UTF-8" ) );
+
+            if ( msg instanceof LastHttpContent )
+            {
+                ctx.channel().close();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/http/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/http/HttpInitializer.java b/http/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/http/HttpInitializer.java
index c2a09a492..2ff7e6edf 100644
--- a/http/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/http/HttpInitializer.java
+++ b/http/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/http/HttpInitializer.java
@@ -26,5 +26,6 @@ public class HttpInitializer extends ChannelInitializer<Channel>
             ch.pipeline().addLast( "ssl", new SslHandler( engine ) );
         }
         ch.pipeline().addLast( "http", new HttpClientCodec() );
+        ch.pipeline().addLast( "handler", new HttpHandler() );
     }
 }