diff --git a/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Http/Http.cs b/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Http/Http.cs
index b7d274205..1d5f240e1 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Http/Http.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure/Http/Http.cs
@@ -66,18 +66,12 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.Http
             response = response.NonNull();
             var stream = response.GetResponseStream().NonNull();
 
-            using (var reader = new StreamReader(stream, Encoding.GetEncoding(encoding)))
-            {
-                var content = await reader.ReadToEndAsync();
-                if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK)
-                {
-                    return content;
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    throw new HttpRequestException($"Error code <{response.StatusCode}> with content <{content}> returned from <{url}>");
-                }
-            }
+            using var reader = new StreamReader(stream, Encoding.GetEncoding(encoding));
+            var content = await reader.ReadToEndAsync();
+            if (response.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.OK)
+                throw new HttpRequestException($"Error code <{response.StatusCode}> with content <{content}> returned from <{url}>");
+            
+            return content;
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginsManager/Models/PluginsManifest.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginsManager/Models/PluginsManifest.cs
index 134ad7bd0..290221710 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginsManager/Models/PluginsManifest.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginsManager/Models/PluginsManifest.cs
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ using Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.Logger;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Net;
-using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginsManager.Models
 {
@@ -12,24 +11,30 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.PluginsManager.Models
     {
         internal List<UserPlugin> UserPlugins { get; private set; }
         internal PluginsManifest()
+        {
+            DownloadManifest();
+        }
+
+        private void DownloadManifest()
         {
             var json = string.Empty;
-
-            using (var wc = new WebClient { Proxy = Http.WebProxy() })
+            try
             {
-                try
-                {
-                    json = wc.DownloadString("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher.PluginsManifest/main/plugins.json");
-                }
-                catch (Exception e)
-                {
-                    Log.Exception("|PluginManagement.GetManifest|Encountered error trying to download plugins manifest", e);
+                var t = Task.Run(
+                            async () => 
+                                json = await Http.Get("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher.PluginsManifest/main/plugins.json"));
 
-                    UserPlugins = new List<UserPlugin>();
-                }
+                t.Wait();
+
+                UserPlugins = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<UserPlugin>>(json);
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                Log.Exception("|PluginManagement.GetManifest|Encountered error trying to download plugins manifest", e);
+
+                UserPlugins = new List<UserPlugin>();
             }
 
-            UserPlugins = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(json) ? JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<UserPlugin>>(json) : new List<UserPlugin>();
         }
     }
 }