diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 72a74b8..5601c50 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "3rdparty/QHotkey"]
 	path = 3rdparty/QHotkey
 	url = https://github.com/Skycoder42/QHotkey.git
+[submodule "3rdparty/cpp-httplib"]
+	path = 3rdparty/cpp-httplib
+	url = https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib.git
diff --git a/3rdparty/cpp-httplib b/3rdparty/cpp-httplib
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..9b5f76f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/3rdparty/cpp-httplib
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 9b5f76f8337d54c8f6a0920df2232ac74eff613b
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7321c0f..b6a165d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ else ()
     list(APPEND NKR_EXTERNAL_TARGETS qhotkey)
 endif ()
 
+# if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
+#     include_directories(3rdparty/cpp-httplib)
+# endif()
+
 #### debug print ####
 
 if (DBG_CMAKE)
@@ -126,6 +130,7 @@ set(PROJECT_SOURCES
         main/NekoGui.cpp
         main/NekoGui_Utils.cpp
         main/HTTPRequestHelper.cpp
+        main/SimpleHttpClient.cpp
 
         3rdparty/base64.cpp
         3rdparty/qrcodegen.cpp
diff --git a/main/HTTPRequestHelper.cpp b/main/HTTPRequestHelper.cpp
index 62c8cd2..01b5e0f 100644
--- a/main/HTTPRequestHelper.cpp
+++ b/main/HTTPRequestHelper.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <QTimer>
 
 #include "main/NekoGui.hpp"
+#include "main/SimpleHttpClient.h"
 
 namespace NekoGui_network {
 
@@ -44,6 +45,15 @@ namespace NekoGui_network {
             c.setPeerVerifyMode(QSslSocket::PeerVerifyMode::VerifyNone);
             request.setSslConfiguration(c);
         }
+
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+        {
+            QNetworkAccessManagerAlternative::HttpClient syncClient;
+            auto res = syncClient.executeGetRequest(request, accessManager);
+            return NekoHTTPResponse{res.success ? "" : res.error,
+                                    res.body.toLocal8Bit(), res.headers};
+        }
+#else
         //
         auto _reply = accessManager.get(request);
         connect(_reply, &QNetworkReply::sslErrors, _reply, [](const QList<QSslError> &errors) {
@@ -73,6 +83,7 @@ namespace NekoGui_network {
                                        _reply->readAll(), _reply->rawHeaderPairs()};
         _reply->deleteLater();
         return result;
+#endif
     }
 
     QString NetworkRequestHelper::GetHeader(const QList<QPair<QByteArray, QByteArray>> &header, const QString &name) {
diff --git a/main/SimpleHttpClient.cpp b/main/SimpleHttpClient.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d65d7de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/SimpleHttpClient.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#include "SimpleHttpClient.h"
+#include "3rdparty/cpp-httplib/httplib.h"
+#include <QNetworkProxy>
+
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+
+QNetworkAccessManagerAlternative::HttpResult QNetworkAccessManagerAlternative::HttpClient::executeGetRequest(const QNetworkRequest &request, QNetworkAccessManager &manager) {
+    HttpResult result;
+    result.success = false;
+    result.statusCode = -1;
+
+    QUrl url = request.url();
+    if (!url.isValid() || (url.scheme() != "http" && url.scheme() != "https")) {
+        result.error = "Unsupported or invalid URL scheme";
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    // bool isHttps = (url.scheme() == "https");
+
+    QString host = url.host();
+    // int port = (url.port() == -1) ? (isHttps ? 443 : 80) : url.port();
+
+    // httplib::Client client(host.toStdString(), port);
+    httplib::Client client(host.toStdString());
+
+#ifdef CPPHTTPLIB_OPENSSL_SUPPORT
+    if (isHttps) {
+        client.enable_server_certificate_verification(false); // Skip SSL verification for demo
+    }
+#endif
+
+    QNetworkProxy proxy = manager.proxy();
+    if (proxy.type() != QNetworkProxy::NoProxy) {
+        client.set_proxy(
+            proxy.hostName().toStdString(),
+            static_cast<int>(proxy.port())
+            );
+        if(!proxy.user().isEmpty())
+            client.set_proxy_basic_auth(
+                proxy.user().toStdString(),
+                proxy.password().toStdString()
+                );
+    }
+
+    httplib::Headers headers;
+    QList<QByteArray> headerList = request.rawHeaderList();
+    for (const QByteArray &header : headerList) {
+        headers.insert(std::pair{header.toStdString(), request.rawHeader(header).toStdString()});
+    }
+
+    auto const pathURL = url.path();
+    auto res = client.Get(pathURL.toStdString());
+
+    if (res) {
+        result.statusCode = res->status;
+        for (const auto &header : res->headers) {
+            result.headers.append(qMakePair(QByteArray(header.first.c_str()),
+                                            QByteArray(header.second.c_str())));
+        }
+        if (res->status == 200) {
+            result.success = true;
+            result.body = QString::fromStdString(res->body);
+        } else {
+            result.error = QString("HTTP Error: %1").arg(res->status);
+        }
+    } else {
+        result.error = QString::fromStdString(httplib::to_string(res.error()));
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/main/SimpleHttpClient.h b/main/SimpleHttpClient.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d394435
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/SimpleHttpClient.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#ifndef SIMPLEHTTPCLIENT_H
+#define SIMPLEHTTPCLIENT_H
+
+#include <QNetworkRequest>
+#include <QUrl>
+#include <QByteArray>
+#include <QList>
+#include <QPair>
+#include <QString>
+#include <QNetworkAccessManager>
+
+
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+namespace QNetworkAccessManagerAlternative{
+    struct HttpResult {
+        bool success;                                  // Success flag
+        QString body;                                  // Response body
+        QList<QPair<QByteArray, QByteArray>> headers;  // Raw headers as key-value pairs
+        QString error;                                 // Error message if not successful
+        int statusCode;                                // HTTP status code
+    };
+
+    class HttpClient {
+    public:
+        static HttpResult executeGetRequest(const QNetworkRequest &request, QNetworkAccessManager &manager);
+    };
+
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif // SIMPLEHTTPCLIENT_H