diff --git a/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/resource/SkinThread.java b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/resource/ImageLoader.java
similarity index 56%
rename from src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/resource/SkinThread.java
rename to src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/resource/ImageLoader.java
index 1d5e55fa..bd449663 100644
--- a/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/resource/SkinThread.java
+++ b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/resource/ImageLoader.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package com.voxelmodpack.hdskins.resource;
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
@@ -15,20 +16,28 @@ import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
 import net.minecraft.client.renderer.texture.TextureUtil;
 import net.minecraft.util.ResourceLocation;
 
-public class SkinThread implements Runnable {
+public class ImageLoader implements Callable<ResourceLocation> {
 
-    private ResourceLocation original;
-    private ResourceLocation updated;
-    private BufferedImage image;
+    private Minecraft mc = Minecraft.getMinecraft();
 
-    public SkinThread(ResourceLocation loc) {
+    private final ResourceLocation original;
+
+    public ImageLoader(ResourceLocation loc) {
         this.original = loc;
-        new Thread(this).start();
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void run() {
-        image = new ImageBufferDownloadHD().parseUserSkin(getImage(original));
+    public ResourceLocation call() throws Exception {
+        BufferedImage image = getImage(original);
+        final BufferedImage updated = new ImageBufferDownloadHD().parseUserSkin(image);
+        return this.mc.addScheduledTask(new Callable<ResourceLocation>() {
+
+            @Override
+            public ResourceLocation call() throws Exception {
+                return loadSkin(updated);
+            }
+
+        }).get();
     }
 
     @Nullable
@@ -46,24 +55,11 @@ public class SkinThread implements Runnable {
         return null;
     }
 
-    public ResourceLocation getResource() {
-        return this.updated;
-    }
-
-    public void deleteTexture() {
-        Minecraft.getMinecraft().getTextureManager().deleteTexture(updated);
-    }
-
-    public boolean isReady() {
-        return image != null;
-    }
-
-    public void uploadSkin() {
+    private ResourceLocation loadSkin(BufferedImage image) {
 
         ResourceLocation conv = new ResourceLocation("hdskins-converted", original.getResourcePath());
-        Minecraft.getMinecraft().getTextureManager().loadTexture(conv, new DynamicTextureImage(image));
-        updated = conv;
-
-        image = null;
+        this.mc.getTextureManager().loadTexture(conv, new DynamicTextureImage(image));
+        return conv;
     }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/resource/SkinResourceManager.java b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/resource/SkinResourceManager.java
index 29c0f7b6..8154212f 100644
--- a/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/resource/SkinResourceManager.java
+++ b/src/hdskins/java/com/voxelmodpack/hdskins/resource/SkinResourceManager.java
@@ -5,18 +5,25 @@ import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListeningExecutorService;
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.MoreExecutors;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
 import com.mojang.authlib.GameProfile;
 import com.mojang.authlib.minecraft.MinecraftProfileTexture.Type;
 import com.mumfrey.liteloader.util.log.LiteLoaderLogger;
 
+import net.minecraft.client.Minecraft;
 import net.minecraft.client.resources.IResource;
 import net.minecraft.client.resources.IResourceManager;
 import net.minecraft.client.resources.IResourceManagerReloadListener;
@@ -24,17 +31,24 @@ import net.minecraft.util.ResourceLocation;
 
 public class SkinResourceManager implements IResourceManagerReloadListener {
 
+    private ListeningExecutorService executor = MoreExecutors.listeningDecorator(Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor());
+
     private Map<UUID, Skin> uuidSkins = Maps.newHashMap();
     private Map<String, Skin> namedSkins = Maps.newHashMap();
-    private Map<ResourceLocation, SkinThread> converted = Maps.newHashMap();
+    private Map<ResourceLocation, Future<ResourceLocation>> inProgress = Maps.newHashMap();
+    private Map<ResourceLocation, ResourceLocation> converted = Maps.newHashMap();
 
     @Override
     public void onResourceManagerReload(IResourceManager resourceManager) {
         try {
             uuidSkins.clear();
             namedSkins.clear();
-            for (SkinThread loc : converted.values()) {
-                loc.deleteTexture();
+            for (Future<ResourceLocation> loc : inProgress.values()) {
+                loc.cancel(true);
+            }
+            inProgress.clear();
+            for (ResourceLocation res : converted.values()) {
+                Minecraft.getMinecraft().getTextureManager().deleteTexture(res);
             }
             converted.clear();
             for (IResource res : resourceManager.getAllResources(new ResourceLocation("hdskins", "textures/skins/skins.json"))) {
@@ -74,19 +88,27 @@ public class SkinResourceManager implements IResourceManagerReloadListener {
 
         Skin skin = getSkin(profile);
         if (skin != null) {
-            ResourceLocation res = skin.getTexture();
+            final ResourceLocation res = skin.getTexture();
             if (res != null) {
-                SkinThread conv = this.converted.get(res);
-                if (conv == null) {
+                if (this.inProgress.get(res) == null) {
                     // read and convert in a new thread
-                    this.converted.put(res, conv = new SkinThread(res));
+                    final ListenableFuture<ResourceLocation> conv = executor.submit(new ImageLoader(res));
+                    conv.addListener(new Runnable() {
+                        @Override
+                        public void run() {
+                            try {
+                                converted.put(res, conv.get());
+                            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                                e.printStackTrace();
+                            } catch (ExecutionException e) {
+                                e.printStackTrace();
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }, executor);
+                    this.inProgress.put(res, conv);
                 }
-                // gotta stay in this thread to load it
-                if (conv.isReady()) {
-                    conv.uploadSkin();
-                }
-                return conv.getResource();
             }
+            return converted.get(res);
         }
         return null;
     }