diff --git a/src/common/NetworkPrivate.cpp b/src/common/NetworkPrivate.cpp
index 9709ba98..764f12d1 100644
--- a/src/common/NetworkPrivate.cpp
+++ b/src/common/NetworkPrivate.cpp
@@ -16,12 +16,17 @@
 namespace chatterino {
 
 NetworkData::NetworkData()
+    : timer_(new QTimer())
 {
+    timer_->setSingleShot(true);
+
     DebugCount::increase("NetworkData");
 }
 
 NetworkData::~NetworkData()
 {
+    this->timer_->deleteLater();
+
     DebugCount::decrease("NetworkData");
 }
 
@@ -75,8 +80,8 @@ void loadUncached(const std::shared_ptr<NetworkData> &data)
 
     if (data->hasTimeout_)
     {
-        data->timer_.setSingleShot(true);
-        data->timer_.start();
+        data->timer_->setSingleShot(true);
+        data->timer_->start();
     }
 
     auto onUrlRequested = [data, worker]() mutable {
@@ -106,9 +111,9 @@ void loadUncached(const std::shared_ptr<NetworkData> &data)
             return;
         }
 
-        if (data->timer_.isActive())
+        if (data->timer_->isActive())
         {
-            QObject::connect(&data->timer_, &QTimer::timeout, worker,
+            QObject::connect(data->timer_, &QTimer::timeout, worker,
                              [reply, data]() {
                                  log("Aborted!");
                                  reply->abort();
@@ -228,7 +233,7 @@ void loadCached(const std::shared_ptr<NetworkData> &data)
                 });
             }
         }
-    }  // namespace chatterino
+    }
 }
 
 void load(const std::shared_ptr<NetworkData> &data)
diff --git a/src/common/NetworkPrivate.hpp b/src/common/NetworkPrivate.hpp
index a9c31516..e951108a 100644
--- a/src/common/NetworkPrivate.hpp
+++ b/src/common/NetworkPrivate.hpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ struct NetworkData {
     // to enable the timer, the "setTimeout" function needs to be called before
     // execute is called
     bool hasTimeout_{};
-    QTimer timer_;
+    QTimer *timer_;
 
     QString getHash();
 
diff --git a/src/common/NetworkRequest.cpp b/src/common/NetworkRequest.cpp
index 90163525..d9ba3c3e 100644
--- a/src/common/NetworkRequest.cpp
+++ b/src/common/NetworkRequest.cpp
@@ -50,11 +50,14 @@ NetworkRequest NetworkRequest::type(NetworkRequestType newRequestType) &&
 
 NetworkRequest NetworkRequest::caller(const QObject *caller) &&
 {
-    // Caller must be in gui thread
-    assert(caller->thread() == qApp->thread());
+    if (caller)
+    {
+        // Caller must be in gui thread
+        assert(caller->thread() == qApp->thread());
 
-    this->data->caller_ = const_cast<QObject *>(caller);
-    this->data->hasCaller_ = true;
+        this->data->caller_ = const_cast<QObject *>(caller);
+        this->data->hasCaller_ = true;
+    }
     return std::move(*this);
 }
 
@@ -100,7 +103,7 @@ NetworkRequest NetworkRequest::header(const char *headerName,
 NetworkRequest NetworkRequest::timeout(int ms) &&
 {
     this->data->hasTimeout_ = true;
-    this->data->timer_.setInterval(ms);
+    this->data->timer_->setInterval(ms);
     return std::move(*this);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/controllers/notifications/NotificationController.cpp b/src/controllers/notifications/NotificationController.cpp
index f86bf3db..40643aa8 100644
--- a/src/controllers/notifications/NotificationController.cpp
+++ b/src/controllers/notifications/NotificationController.cpp
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ void NotificationController::getFakeTwitchChannelLiveStatus(
 
         QString url("https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/streams/" + roomID);
         NetworkRequest::twitchRequest(url)
-            .caller(QThread::currentThread())
             .onSuccess([this, channelName](auto result) -> Outcome {
                 rapidjson::Document document = result.parseRapidJson();
                 if (!document.IsObject())
diff --git a/src/messages/MessageBuilder.cpp b/src/messages/MessageBuilder.cpp
index 96a2d25c..c38bf024 100644
--- a/src/messages/MessageBuilder.cpp
+++ b/src/messages/MessageBuilder.cpp
@@ -387,26 +387,27 @@ void MessageBuilder::addLink(const QString &origLink,
                                    textColor)
             ->setLink(linkElement);
 
-    LinkResolver::getLinkInfo(matchedLink, [weakMessage = this->weakOf(),
-                                            linkMELowercase, linkMEOriginal,
-                                            matchedLink](QString tooltipText,
-                                                         Link originalLink) {
-        auto shared = weakMessage.lock();
-        if (!shared)
-        {
-            return;
-        }
-        if (!tooltipText.isEmpty())
-        {
-            linkMELowercase->setTooltip(tooltipText);
-            linkMEOriginal->setTooltip(tooltipText);
-        }
-        if (originalLink.value != matchedLink && !originalLink.value.isEmpty())
-        {
-            linkMELowercase->setLink(originalLink)->updateLink();
-            linkMEOriginal->setLink(originalLink)->updateLink();
-        }
-    });
+    LinkResolver::getLinkInfo(
+        matchedLink, nullptr,
+        [weakMessage = this->weakOf(), linkMELowercase, linkMEOriginal,
+         matchedLink](QString tooltipText, Link originalLink) {
+            auto shared = weakMessage.lock();
+            if (!shared)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+            if (!tooltipText.isEmpty())
+            {
+                linkMELowercase->setTooltip(tooltipText);
+                linkMEOriginal->setTooltip(tooltipText);
+            }
+            if (originalLink.value != matchedLink &&
+                !originalLink.value.isEmpty())
+            {
+                linkMELowercase->setLink(originalLink)->updateLink();
+                linkMEOriginal->setLink(originalLink)->updateLink();
+            }
+        });
 }
 
 }  // namespace chatterino
diff --git a/src/providers/LinkResolver.cpp b/src/providers/LinkResolver.cpp
index 0de15157..ee4cee69 100644
--- a/src/providers/LinkResolver.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/LinkResolver.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 namespace chatterino {
 
 void LinkResolver::getLinkInfo(
-    const QString url, std::function<void(QString, Link)> successCallback)
+    const QString url, QObject *caller,
+    std::function<void(QString, Link)> successCallback)
 {
     if (!getSettings()->linkInfoTooltip)
     {
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ void LinkResolver::getLinkInfo(
     // QTimer::singleShot(3000, [=]() {
     NetworkRequest(Env::get().linkResolverUrl.arg(QString::fromUtf8(
                        QUrl::toPercentEncoding(url, "", "/:"))))
-        .caller(QThread::currentThread())
+        .caller(caller)
         .timeout(30000)
         .onSuccess([successCallback, url](auto result) mutable -> Outcome {
             auto root = result.parseJson();
diff --git a/src/providers/LinkResolver.hpp b/src/providers/LinkResolver.hpp
index 9905bfed..d4e9804f 100644
--- a/src/providers/LinkResolver.hpp
+++ b/src/providers/LinkResolver.hpp
@@ -10,10 +10,8 @@ namespace chatterino {
 class LinkResolver
 {
 public:
-    static void getLinkInfo(const QString url,
+    static void getLinkInfo(const QString url, QObject *caller,
                             std::function<void(QString, Link)> callback);
-
-private:
 };
 
 }  // namespace chatterino
diff --git a/src/providers/bttv/BttvEmotes.cpp b/src/providers/bttv/BttvEmotes.cpp
index 4b2602e4..ef3ebfb0 100644
--- a/src/providers/bttv/BttvEmotes.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/bttv/BttvEmotes.cpp
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ boost::optional<EmotePtr> BttvEmotes::emote(const EmoteName &name) const
 void BttvEmotes::loadEmotes()
 {
     NetworkRequest(QString(globalEmoteApiUrl))
-        .caller(QThread::currentThread())
         .timeout(30000)
         .onSuccess([this](auto result) -> Outcome {
             auto emotes = this->global_.get();
@@ -130,7 +129,6 @@ void BttvEmotes::loadChannel(const QString &channelName,
                              std::function<void(EmoteMap &&)> callback)
 {
     NetworkRequest(QString(bttvChannelEmoteApiUrl) + channelName)
-        .caller(QThread::currentThread())
         .timeout(3000)
         .onSuccess([callback = std::move(callback)](auto result) -> Outcome {
             auto pair = parseChannelEmotes(result.parseJson());
diff --git a/src/providers/chatterino/ChatterinoBadges.cpp b/src/providers/chatterino/ChatterinoBadges.cpp
index 5efde5da..ac40b4f1 100644
--- a/src/providers/chatterino/ChatterinoBadges.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/chatterino/ChatterinoBadges.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ void ChatterinoBadges::loadChatterinoBadges()
     static QUrl url("https://fourtf.com/chatterino/badges.json");
 
     NetworkRequest(url)
-        .caller(QThread::currentThread())
+    
         .onSuccess([this](auto result) -> Outcome {
             auto jsonRoot = result.parseJson();
             int index = 0;
diff --git a/src/providers/ffz/FfzEmotes.cpp b/src/providers/ffz/FfzEmotes.cpp
index b7d3825e..e25f2600 100644
--- a/src/providers/ffz/FfzEmotes.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/ffz/FfzEmotes.cpp
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ void FfzEmotes::loadEmotes()
     QString url("https://api.frankerfacez.com/v1/set/global");
 
     NetworkRequest(url)
-        .caller(QThread::currentThread())
+    
         .timeout(30000)
         .onSuccess([this](auto result) -> Outcome {
             auto emotes = this->emotes();
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ void FfzEmotes::loadChannel(const QString &channelName,
     log("[FFZEmotes] Reload FFZ Channel Emotes for channel {}\n", channelName);
 
     NetworkRequest("https://api.frankerfacez.com/v1/room/" + channelName)
-        .caller(QThread::currentThread())
+    
         .timeout(20000)
         .onSuccess([callback = std::move(callback)](auto result) -> Outcome {
             auto pair = parseChannelEmotes(result.parseJson());
diff --git a/src/providers/ffz/FfzModBadge.cpp b/src/providers/ffz/FfzModBadge.cpp
index 2d29e95d..a41442c1 100644
--- a/src/providers/ffz/FfzModBadge.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/ffz/FfzModBadge.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ void FfzModBadge::loadCustomModBadge()
 
     QString url = partialUrl + channelName_ + "/1";
     NetworkRequest(url)
-        .caller(QThread::currentThread())
+    
         .onSuccess([this, url](auto result) -> Outcome {
             auto data = result.getData();
 
diff --git a/src/providers/twitch/TwitchAccount.cpp b/src/providers/twitch/TwitchAccount.cpp
index 88be4685..2f1255a6 100644
--- a/src/providers/twitch/TwitchAccount.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/twitch/TwitchAccount.cpp
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ void TwitchAccount::loadIgnores()
                 "/blocks");
 
     NetworkRequest(url)
-        .caller(QThread::currentThread())
+    
         .authorizeTwitchV5(this->getOAuthClient(), this->getOAuthToken())
         .onSuccess([=](auto result) -> Outcome {
             auto document = result.parseRapidJson();
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ void TwitchAccount::ignoreByID(
                 "/blocks/" + targetUserID);
 
     NetworkRequest(url, NetworkRequestType::Put)
-        .caller(QThread::currentThread())
+    
         .authorizeTwitchV5(this->getOAuthClient(), this->getOAuthToken())
         .onError([=](int errorCode) {
             onFinished(IgnoreResult_Failed,
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ void TwitchAccount::unignoreByID(
                 "/blocks/" + targetUserID);
 
     NetworkRequest(url, NetworkRequestType::Delete)
-        .caller(QThread::currentThread())
+    
         .authorizeTwitchV5(this->getOAuthClient(), this->getOAuthToken())
         .onError([=](int errorCode) {
             onFinished(
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ void TwitchAccount::checkFollow(const QString targetUserID,
                 "/follows/channels/" + targetUserID);
 
     NetworkRequest(url)
-        .caller(QThread::currentThread())
+    
         .authorizeTwitchV5(this->getOAuthClient(), this->getOAuthToken())
         .onError([=](int errorCode) {
             if (errorCode == 203)
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ void TwitchAccount::followUser(const QString userID,
                     "/follows/channels/" + userID);
 
     NetworkRequest(requestUrl, NetworkRequestType::Put)
-        .caller(QThread::currentThread())
+    
         .authorizeTwitchV5(this->getOAuthClient(), this->getOAuthToken())
         .onSuccess([successCallback](auto result) -> Outcome {
             // TODO: Properly check result of follow request
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ void TwitchAccount::unfollowUser(const QString userID,
                     "/follows/channels/" + userID);
 
     NetworkRequest(requestUrl, NetworkRequestType::Delete)
-        .caller(QThread::currentThread())
+    
         .authorizeTwitchV5(this->getOAuthClient(), this->getOAuthToken())
         .onError([successCallback](int code) {
             if (code >= 200 && code <= 299)
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ void TwitchAccount::loadEmotes()
                 "/emotes");
 
     NetworkRequest(url)
-        .caller(QThread::currentThread())
+    
         .authorizeTwitchV5(this->getOAuthClient(), this->getOAuthToken())
         .onError([=](int errorCode) {
             log("[TwitchAccount::loadEmotes] Error {}", errorCode);
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ void TwitchAccount::autoModAllow(const QString msgID)
         .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
         .header("Content-Length", QByteArray::number(qba.size()))
         .payload(qba)
-        .caller(QThread::currentThread())
+    
         .authorizeTwitchV5(this->getOAuthClient(), this->getOAuthToken())
         .onError([=](int errorCode) {
             log("[TwitchAccounts::autoModAllow] Error {}", errorCode);
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ void TwitchAccount::autoModDeny(const QString msgID)
         .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
         .header("Content-Length", QByteArray::number(qba.size()))
         .payload(qba)
-        .caller(QThread::currentThread())
+    
         .authorizeTwitchV5(this->getOAuthClient(), this->getOAuthToken())
         .onError([=](int errorCode) {
             log("[TwitchAccounts::autoModDeny] Error {}", errorCode);
diff --git a/src/providers/twitch/TwitchApi.cpp b/src/providers/twitch/TwitchApi.cpp
index c80e9dd1..957e9132 100644
--- a/src/providers/twitch/TwitchApi.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/twitch/TwitchApi.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ void TwitchApi::findUserId(const QString user,
     QString requestUrl("https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/users?login=" + user);
 
     NetworkRequest(requestUrl)
-        .caller(QThread::currentThread())
+    
         .authorizeTwitchV5(getDefaultClientID())
         .timeout(30000)
         .onSuccess([successCallback](auto result) mutable -> Outcome {
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ void TwitchApi::findUserName(const QString userid,
     QString requestUrl("https://api.twitch.tv/kraken/users/" + userid);
 
     NetworkRequest(requestUrl)
-        .caller(QThread::currentThread())
+    
         .authorizeTwitchV5(getDefaultClientID())
         .timeout(30000)
         .onSuccess([successCallback](auto result) mutable -> Outcome {
diff --git a/src/providers/twitch/TwitchBadges.cpp b/src/providers/twitch/TwitchBadges.cpp
index 4de38ec9..7fecbc91 100644
--- a/src/providers/twitch/TwitchBadges.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/twitch/TwitchBadges.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ void TwitchBadges::loadTwitchBadges()
         "https://badges.twitch.tv/v1/badges/global/display?language=en");
 
     NetworkRequest(url)
-        .caller(QThread::currentThread())
+    
         .onSuccess([this](auto result) -> Outcome {
             auto root = result.parseJson();
             auto badgeSets = this->badgeSets_.access();
diff --git a/src/providers/twitch/TwitchChannel.cpp b/src/providers/twitch/TwitchChannel.cpp
index 5034caa1..d6fb6a6b 100644
--- a/src/providers/twitch/TwitchChannel.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/twitch/TwitchChannel.cpp
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ void TwitchChannel::refreshLiveStatus()
 
     //    auto request = makeGetStreamRequest(roomID, QThread::currentThread());
     NetworkRequest::twitchRequest(url)
-        .caller(QThread::currentThread())
+
         .onSuccess(
             [this, weak = weakOf<Channel>(this)](auto result) -> Outcome {
                 ChannelPtr shared = weak.lock();
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ void TwitchChannel::refreshChatters()
     // get viewer list
     NetworkRequest("https://tmi.twitch.tv/group/user/" + this->getName() +
                    "/chatters")
-        .caller(QThread::currentThread())
+
         .onSuccess(
             [this, weak = weakOf<Channel>(this)](auto result) -> Outcome {
                 // channel still exists?
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ void TwitchChannel::refreshBadges()
     auto url = Url{"https://badges.twitch.tv/v1/badges/channels/" +
                    this->roomId() + "/display?language=en"};
     NetworkRequest(url.string)
-        .caller(QThread::currentThread())
+
         .onSuccess([this,
                     weak = weakOf<Channel>(this)](auto result) -> Outcome {
             auto shared = weak.lock();
diff --git a/src/singletons/Toasts.cpp b/src/singletons/Toasts.cpp
index 813bf9e6..94e12a06 100644
--- a/src/singletons/Toasts.cpp
+++ b/src/singletons/Toasts.cpp
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ void Toasts::fetchChannelAvatar(const QString channelName,
                        channelName);
 
     NetworkRequest(requestUrl)
-        .caller(QThread::currentThread())
+    
         .authorizeTwitchV5(getDefaultClientID())
         .timeout(30000)
         .onSuccess([successCallback](auto result) mutable -> Outcome {