diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/audio/AudioEngine.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/audio/AudioEngine.cpp
index b42f757fd..87aa12839 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/audio/AudioEngine.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/audio/AudioEngine.cpp
@@ -639,8 +639,7 @@ AudioEngine::loadTrack( const Tomahawk::result_ptr& result )
 
     setCurrentTrack( result );
 
-    if ( !TomahawkUtils::isHttpResult( d->currentTrack->url() ) &&
-         !TomahawkUtils::isLocalResult( d->currentTrack->url() ) )
+    if ( !TomahawkUtils::isLocalResult( d->currentTrack->url() ) )
     {
         boost::function< void ( QSharedPointer< QIODevice >& ) > callback =
                 boost::bind( &AudioEngine::performLoadTrack, this, result, _1 );
@@ -661,9 +660,7 @@ AudioEngine::performLoadTrack( const Tomahawk::result_ptr& result, QSharedPointe
 
     bool err = false;
     {
-        if ( !TomahawkUtils::isHttpResult( d->currentTrack->url() ) &&
-             !TomahawkUtils::isLocalResult( d->currentTrack->url() ) &&
-             ( !io || io.isNull() ) )
+        if ( !TomahawkUtils::isLocalResult( d->currentTrack->url() ) && ( !io || io.isNull() ) )
         {
             tLog() << "Error getting iodevice for" << result->url();
             err = true;
@@ -675,8 +672,7 @@ AudioEngine::performLoadTrack( const Tomahawk::result_ptr& result, QSharedPointe
             d->state = Loading;
             emit loading( d->currentTrack );
 
-            if ( !TomahawkUtils::isHttpResult( d->currentTrack->url() ) &&
-                 !TomahawkUtils::isLocalResult( d->currentTrack->url() ) )
+            if ( !TomahawkUtils::isLocalResult( d->currentTrack->url() ) )
             {
                 if ( QNetworkReply* qnr_io = qobject_cast< QNetworkReply* >( io.data() ) )
                     d->mediaObject->setCurrentSource( new QNR_IODeviceStream( qnr_io, this ) );
@@ -686,6 +682,9 @@ AudioEngine::performLoadTrack( const Tomahawk::result_ptr& result, QSharedPointe
             }
             else
             {
+                /*
+                 * TODO: Do we need this anymore as we now do HTTP streaming ourselves?
+                 * Maybe this can be useful for letting phonon do other protocols?
                 if ( !TomahawkUtils::isLocalResult( d->currentTrack->url() ) )
                 {
                     QUrl furl = d->currentTrack->url();
@@ -698,7 +697,7 @@ AudioEngine::performLoadTrack( const Tomahawk::result_ptr& result, QSharedPointe
                     tLog( LOGVERBOSE ) << "Passing to Phonon:" << furl;
                     d->mediaObject->setCurrentSource( furl );
                 }
-                else
+                else*/
                 {
                     QString furl = d->currentTrack->url();
                     if ( furl.startsWith( "file://" ) )
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/network/Servent.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/network/Servent.cpp
index 26d231975..2769a8957 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/network/Servent.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/network/Servent.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include "utils/TomahawkUtils.h"
 #include "utils/Logger.h"
 #include "utils/NetworkAccessManager.h"
+#include "utils/NetworkReply.h"
 
 #include "Connection.h"
 #include "ControlConnection.h"
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ Q_DECLARE_METATYPE( QList< SipInfo > )
 Q_DECLARE_METATYPE( Connection* )
 Q_DECLARE_METATYPE( QTcpSocketExtra* )
 Q_DECLARE_METATYPE( Tomahawk::peerinfo_ptr )
+Q_DECLARE_METATYPE( IODeviceCallback )
 
 using namespace Tomahawk;
 
@@ -1402,10 +1404,20 @@ Servent::httpIODeviceFactory( const Tomahawk::result_ptr& result,
                               boost::function< void ( QSharedPointer< QIODevice >& ) > callback )
 {
     QNetworkRequest req( result->url() );
-    QNetworkReply* reply = Tomahawk::Utils::nam()->get( req );
+    // Follow HTTP Redirects
+    NetworkReply* reply = new NetworkReply( Tomahawk::Utils::nam()->get( req ) );
+    qRegisterMetaType<NetworkReply*>("NetworkReply*");
+    qRegisterMetaType<IODeviceCallback>("IODeviceCallback");
+    NewClosure( reply, SIGNAL( finished() ),
+                this, SLOT( httpIODeviceReady( NetworkReply*, IODeviceCallback ) ),
+                reply, callback );
+}
 
+void
+Servent::httpIODeviceReady( NetworkReply* reply, IODeviceCallback callback )
+{
     //boost::functions cannot accept temporaries as parameters
-    QSharedPointer< QIODevice > sp = QSharedPointer< QIODevice >( reply, &QObject::deleteLater );
+    QSharedPointer< QIODevice > sp = QSharedPointer< QIODevice >( reply->reply(), &QObject::deleteLater );
     callback( sp );
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/network/Servent.h b/src/libtomahawk/network/Servent.h
index c20c81925..49eb32459 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/network/Servent.h
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/network/Servent.h
@@ -36,13 +36,14 @@
 class Connection;
 class Connector;
 class ControlConnection;
-class StreamConnection;
+class NetworkReply;
+class PeerInfo;
+class PortFwdThread;
 class ProxyConnection;
 class QTcpSocketExtra;
 class RemoteCollectionConnection;
-class PortFwdThread;
-class PeerInfo;
 class SipInfo;
+class StreamConnection;
 
 namespace boost
 {
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ namespace boost
 
 typedef boost::function< void( const Tomahawk::result_ptr&,
                                boost::function< void( QSharedPointer< QIODevice >& ) > )> IODeviceFactoryFunc;
+typedef boost::function< void ( QSharedPointer< QIODevice >& ) > IODeviceCallback;
 
 class ServentPrivate;
 
@@ -162,6 +164,7 @@ public slots:
     void triggerDBSync();
 
     void onSipInfoChanged();
+    void httpIODeviceReady( NetworkReply* reply, IODeviceCallback callback );
 
 private slots:
     void deleteLazyOffer( const QString& key );
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/utils/NetworkReply.h b/src/libtomahawk/utils/NetworkReply.h
index 7ee0cf21f..e9892d31d 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/utils/NetworkReply.h
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/utils/NetworkReply.h
@@ -61,4 +61,6 @@ private:
     QUrl m_url;
 };
 
+Q_DECLARE_METATYPE( QSharedPointer<NetworkReply> )
+
 #endif // NETWORKREPLY_H