diff --git a/src/libtomahawk-playdarapi/Api_v1.cpp b/src/libtomahawk-playdarapi/Api_v1.cpp
index 28622e777..ee8d310d2 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk-playdarapi/Api_v1.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk-playdarapi/Api_v1.cpp
@@ -39,11 +39,61 @@
 using namespace Tomahawk;
 using namespace TomahawkUtils;
 
-Api_v1::Api_v1(QxtAbstractWebSessionManager* sm, QObject* parent)
+QPointer< Api_v1 > Api_v1::s_instance = NULL;
+QPointer< QxtHttpServerConnector > Api_v1::s_connector;
+QPointer< QxtHttpSessionManager > Api_v1::s_session;
+
+
+Api_v1::Api_v1( QxtAbstractWebSessionManager* sm, QObject* parent )
     : QxtWebSlotService(sm, parent)
 {
 }
 
+Api_v1*
+Api_v1::startInstance( QHostAddress interface, qint16 port )
+{
+    if ( !s_session.isNull() )
+    {
+        tLog() << "HTTPd session already exists, returning";
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    s_session = QPointer< QxtHttpSessionManager >( new QxtHttpSessionManager() );
+    s_connector = QPointer< QxtHttpServerConnector >( new QxtHttpServerConnector );
+    if ( s_session.isNull() || s_connector.isNull() )
+    {
+        if ( !s_session.isNull() )
+            delete s_session.data();
+        if ( !s_connector.isNull() )
+            delete s_connector.data();
+        tLog() << "Failed to start HTTPd, could not create object";
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    s_session->setListenInterface( interface );
+    s_session->setPort( port );
+    s_session->setConnector( s_connector.data() );
+
+    s_instance = new Api_v1( s_session.data() );
+    s_session->setStaticContentService( s_instance );
+
+    tLog() << "Starting HTTPd on" << s_session->listenInterface().toString() << s_session->port();
+    s_session->start();
+    return s_instance;
+}
+
+
+void
+Api_v1::stopInstance()
+{
+    if ( !s_connector.isNull() )
+        delete s_connector.data();
+    if ( !s_session.isNull() )
+        delete s_session.data();
+    if ( !s_instance.isNull() )
+        delete s_instance;
+}
+
 
 void
 Api_v1::auth_1( QxtWebRequestEvent* event, QString arg )
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk-playdarapi/Api_v1.h b/src/libtomahawk-playdarapi/Api_v1.h
index 87f3d2989..06b5b2ce0 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk-playdarapi/Api_v1.h
+++ b/src/libtomahawk-playdarapi/Api_v1.h
@@ -50,9 +50,26 @@ class TOMAHAWK_PLAYDARAPI_EXPORT Api_v1 : public QxtWebSlotService
 Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
-
     Api_v1( QxtAbstractWebSessionManager* sm, QObject* parent = 0 );
 
+    /**
+     * Get the current running instance instaniated by the singleton helper
+     * functions.
+     */
+    static Api_v1* instance();
+
+    /**
+     * Start a singleton instance of the playdar API. Though you are not
+     * limited to use one instance of this class, this helper function takes
+     * care of all related Qxt classes that need to be instantiated to run the API.
+     */
+    static Api_v1* startInstance( QHostAddress interface, qint16 port );
+
+    /**
+     * Stop the singleton instance and release its resources.
+     */
+    static void stopInstance();
+
 public slots:
     // authenticating uses /auth_1
     // we redirect to /auth_2 for the callback
@@ -83,6 +100,12 @@ private:
 
     QxtWebRequestEvent* m_storedEvent;
     QSharedPointer< QIODevice > m_ioDevice;
+
+    // Static variables for the singleton instance.
+    static QPointer< Api_v1 > s_instance;
+    static QPointer< QxtHttpServerConnector > s_connector;
+    static QPointer< QxtHttpSessionManager > s_session;
+
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/tomahawk/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tomahawk/CMakeLists.txt
index 1256db3b8..3791bfed1 100644
--- a/src/tomahawk/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/tomahawk/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES( tomahawk_bin
     ${QT_LIBRARIES}
     ${MAC_EXTRA_LIBS}
     ${ECHONEST_LIBRARIES}
-    ${QXTWEB_LIBRARIES}
     ${QJSON_LIBRARIES}
     ${TAGLIB_LIBRARIES}
 )
diff --git a/src/tomahawk/TomahawkApp.cpp b/src/tomahawk/TomahawkApp.cpp
index a351f7922..be10d9997 100644
--- a/src/tomahawk/TomahawkApp.cpp
+++ b/src/tomahawk/TomahawkApp.cpp
@@ -285,11 +285,6 @@ TomahawkApp::~TomahawkApp()
 {
     tDebug( LOGVERBOSE ) << "Shutting down Tomahawk...";
 
-    if ( !m_httpv1_session.isNull() )
-        delete m_httpv1_session.data();
-    if ( !m_httpv1_connector.isNull() )
-        delete m_httpv1_connector.data();
-
     if ( Pipeline::instance() )
         Pipeline::instance()->stop();
 
@@ -482,43 +477,14 @@ TomahawkApp::initDatabase()
 void
 TomahawkApp::initHTTP()
 {
-    if ( !TomahawkSettings::instance()->httpEnabled() )
+    if ( TomahawkSettings::instance()->httpEnabled() )
     {
-        tLog() << "Stopping HTTPd, not enabled";
-        if ( !m_httpv1_session.isNull() )
-            delete m_httpv1_session.data();
-        if ( !m_httpv1_connector.isNull() )
-            delete m_httpv1_connector.data();
-        return;
+        Api_v1::startInstance( QHostAddress::LocalHost, 60210 ); // TODO: Config
     }
-
-    if ( m_httpv1_session )
+    else
     {
-        tLog() << "HTTPd session already exists, returning";
-        return;
+        Api_v1::stopInstance();
     }
-
-    m_httpv1_session = QPointer< QxtHttpSessionManager >( new QxtHttpSessionManager() );
-    m_httpv1_connector = QPointer< QxtHttpServerConnector >( new QxtHttpServerConnector );
-    if ( m_httpv1_session.isNull() || m_httpv1_connector.isNull() )
-    {
-        if ( !m_httpv1_session.isNull() )
-            delete m_httpv1_session.data();
-        if ( !m_httpv1_connector.isNull() )
-            delete m_httpv1_connector.data();
-        tLog() << "Failed to start HTTPd, could not create object";
-        return;
-    }
-
-    m_httpv1_session->setPort( 60210 ); //TODO config
-    m_httpv1_session->setListenInterface( QHostAddress::LocalHost );
-    m_httpv1_session->setConnector( m_httpv1_connector.data() );
-
-    Api_v1* api = new Api_v1( m_httpv1_session.data() );
-    m_httpv1_session->setStaticContentService( api );
-
-    tLog() << "Starting HTTPd on" << m_httpv1_session->listenInterface().toString() << m_httpv1_session->port();
-    m_httpv1_session->start();
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/tomahawk/TomahawkApp.h b/src/tomahawk/TomahawkApp.h
index 2d9ab6f2d..2a9ae0897 100644
--- a/src/tomahawk/TomahawkApp.h
+++ b/src/tomahawk/TomahawkApp.h
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@
 #include "HeadlessCheck.h"
 #include "config.h"
 
-#include <QxtWeb/QxtHttpServerConnector>
-#include <QxtWeb/HttpSessionManager>
-
 #include <QRegExp>
 #include <QFile>
 #include <QSettings>
@@ -147,9 +144,6 @@ private:
 #endif
 
     bool m_headless;
-
-    QPointer< QxtHttpServerConnector > m_httpv1_connector;
-    QPointer< QxtHttpSessionManager > m_httpv1_session;
 };
 
 Q_DECLARE_METATYPE( PairList )