diff --git a/include/llmr/platform/platform.hpp b/include/llmr/platform/platform.hpp
index e4d3231f6..2f0de333f 100644
--- a/include/llmr/platform/platform.hpp
+++ b/include/llmr/platform/platform.hpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ struct Response {
 };
 
 void request_http(std::string url, std::function<void(Response&)> func);
+void request_http(std::string url, std::function<void(Response&)> func, std::function<void()> cb);
 
 void async(std::function<void()> fn, std::function<void()> cb);
 
diff --git a/macosx/main.mm b/macosx/main.mm
index 68ebeedc5..f1b02dabf 100644
--- a/macosx/main.mm
+++ b/macosx/main.mm
@@ -248,6 +248,29 @@ void request_http(std::string url, std::function<void(Response&)> func) {
     }];
 }
 
+void request_http(std::string url, std::function<void(Response&)> func, std::function<void()> cb) {
+        NSMutableURLRequest *urlRequest = [NSMutableURLRequest
+                                       requestWithURL:[NSURL
+                                               URLWithString:[NSString
+                                                       stringWithUTF8String:url.c_str()]]];
+
+    [NSURLConnection
+     sendAsynchronousRequest:urlRequest
+     queue:[NSOperationQueue mainQueue]
+     completionHandler: ^ (NSURLResponse* response, NSData* data, NSError* error) {
+        Response res;
+        if (error == nil) {
+            NSHTTPURLResponse *httpResponse = (NSHTTPURLResponse *)response;
+            res.code = [httpResponse statusCode];
+            res.body = { (const char *)[data bytes], [data length] };
+        }
+
+        func(res);
+        dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^ {
+            cb();
+        });
+    }];
+}
 
 
 double time() {
diff --git a/src/map/tile.cpp b/src/map/tile.cpp
index 475d83593..dc5c4122f 100644
--- a/src/map/tile.cpp
+++ b/src/map/tile.cpp
@@ -77,16 +77,13 @@ void Tile::request() {
     platform::request_http(url, [=](platform::Response& res) {
         if (res.code == 200) {
             tile->data.swap(res.body);
-
-            platform::async([tile]() {
-                tile->parse();
-            }, []() {
-                // TODO: Make sure this gets passed the correct map ID/pointer.
-                platform::restart(NULL);
-            });
+            tile->parse();
         } else {
             fprintf(stderr, "tile loading failed\n");
         }
+    }, []() {
+        // TODO: Make sure this gets passed the correct map ID/pointer.
+        platform::restart(NULL);
     });
 }