diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index bd5370c..9a2b18d 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ gem 'haml-rails'
 
 # for using last.fm api
 gem 'httparty'
+gem 'typhoeus'
 
 # for converting json/xml to object
+gem 'json'
 gem 'hashie'
 
 # authentication, authorization, roles
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index cae9efb..13f436d 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ GEM
       activemodel (= 3.0.5)
       activesupport (= 3.0.5)
     activesupport (3.0.5)
-    arel (2.0.9)
+    arel (2.0.10)
     builder (2.1.2)
     crack (0.1.8)
     erubis (2.6.6)
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@ GEM
     httparty (0.7.7)
       crack (= 0.1.8)
     i18n (0.5.0)
-    jquery-rails (1.0)
-      rails (~> 3.0)
+    jquery-rails (1.0.5)
+      railties (~> 3.0)
       thor (~> 0.14)
+    json (1.5.1)
     mail (2.2.19)
       activesupport (>= 2.3.6)
       i18n (>= 0.4.0)
@@ -83,6 +84,9 @@ GEM
     thor (0.14.6)
     treetop (1.4.9)
       polyglot (>= 0.3.1)
+    typhoeus (0.2.4)
+      mime-types
+      mime-types
     tzinfo (0.3.27)
     youtube_it (1.4.2)
       builder
@@ -97,8 +101,10 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   hashie
   httparty
   jquery-rails (>= 0.2.6)
+  json
   rails (= 3.0.5)
   ruby_parser
   sqlite3
   sqlite3-ruby
+  typhoeus
   youtube_it
diff --git a/app/controllers/home_controller.rb b/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
index d4948a0..008d143 100644
--- a/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ class HomeController < ApplicationController
   def index
     @tracks = LastFM::Chart.getTopTracks 25
     @artists = LastFM::Chart.getTopArtists 10
+    
+    LastFM::LastFMRequest.run
   end
 
 end
diff --git a/app/views/home/index.html.haml b/app/views/home/index.html.haml
index c42cf94..613858e 100644
--- a/app/views/home/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/home/index.html.haml
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
         %a.right
     %ul.tracks.short{:count=>"5"}
       - @tracks.track.each_with_index do |track, i|
-        - id = @youtube_client.videos_by(:query => "#{track.name} #{track.artist.name} official", :page => 1, :per_page => 1, :order_by => "relevance")
+        -# id = @youtube_client.videos_by(:query => "#{track.name} #{track.artist.name} official", :page => 1, :per_page => 1, :order_by => "relevance")
         %li
-          = image_tag "ico/play.png", :class=>"play", :videoid=>id.videos.first.unique_id
+          = image_tag "ico/play.png", :class=>"play"#, :videoid=>id.videos.first.unique_id
           = image_tag "ico/add.png", :class=>"add"
           %span= track.name
           = link_to trimString(track.artist.name, 50), artist_path(CGI.escape(track.artist.name))
diff --git a/lib/last_fm/last_fm_request.rb b/lib/last_fm/last_fm_request.rb
index 5507f7f..d6c5838 100644
--- a/lib/last_fm/last_fm_request.rb
+++ b/lib/last_fm/last_fm_request.rb
@@ -1,37 +1,28 @@
 require 'httparty'
-require 'active_support'
+require 'json'
 require 'hashie'
 
 module LastFM
 
   class LastFMRequest
     include HTTParty
-  
-    base_uri "ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/"
-    parser Proc.new { |data| Hashie::Mash.new(ActiveSupport::JSON.decode(data)) }
+    
+    base_uri 'http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0//'
+    parser Proc.new { |data| Hashie::Mash.new(JSON.parse(data)) }
+    @@hydra = Typhoeus::Hydra.new
     default_params :format => 'json', :autocorrect => '1'
     #debug_output $>
     format :json
-
+    
     def self.api_key=(key)
       @@api_key = key
       default_params :api_key => key
     end
-
-    def self.limit=(limit)
-      @limit = limit
-    end
-
-    def self.limit
-      @limit
-    end
-
-    def self.page=(page)
-      @page = page
-    end
-
-    def self.page
-      @page
+    
+    def self.run
+      puts "<< ----------- hydra run ----------"
+      @@hydra.run
+      puts "<< ----------- hydra finished ----------"
     end
 
     def self.artist_request method, node, q, limit = nil, page = nil
@@ -47,16 +38,54 @@ module LastFM
     end
     
     def self.chart_request method, node, limit = nil, page = nil
-      prepare_result method, node, get('/', :query => { :method => "chart.#{method.to_s}", :limit => limit, :page => page })
+      # hydra = Typhoeus::Hydra.new
+      request = Typhoeus::Request.new(base_uri, :params => default_params.merge(:method => "chart.#{method.to_s}", :limit => limit, :page => page))
+      
+      # handle_response method, node, request
+      puts '----------------------'
+      puts request.url
+      puts '----------------------'
+      
+      request.on_complete do |response|
+        if response.success?
+          puts "---- '#{method.to_s}' -- TIME: #{response.time.to_s} ----"
+          
+          hash = Hashie::Mash.new(JSON.parse(response.body)) 
+          hash = method.to_s == "search" ? hash.results.send(node.to_sym) : hash.send(node.to_sym)
+        elsif response.timed_out?
+          puts ">> -- '#{method.to_s}' -- TIMED OUT -- <<"
+        end
+      end
+      
+      request.on_complete
+      puts "---- '#{method.to_s}' request is queued ----" if @@hydra.queue request
+      # hydra.queue request
+      
+      # hydra.run
+      # prepare_result method, node, get('/', :query => { :method => "chart.#{method.to_s}", :limit => limit, :page => page })
     end
 
     private
-
-    def self.prepare_result method, node, response_hash
-      if method.to_s == "search"
-        response_hash = response_hash.results
+    
+    def self.handle_response method, node, request
+      puts '----------------------'
+      puts request.url
+      puts '----------------------'
+      request.on_complete do |response|
+        if response.success?
+          puts "---- '#{method.to_s}' -- TIME: #{response.time.to_s} ----"
+          
+          hash = Hashie::Mash.new(JSON.parse(response.body)) 
+          method.to_s == "search" ? hash.results.send(node.to_sym) : hash.send(node.to_sym)
+          puts hash
+        elsif response.timed_out?
+          puts ">> -- '#{method.to_s}' -- TIMED OUT -- <<"
+        end
       end
-      response_hash.send(node.to_sym)
+    end
+    
+    def self.prepare_result method, node, response_hash
+      method.to_s == "search" ? hash.results.send(node.to_sym) : hash.send(node.to_sym)
     end
 
   end
diff --git a/public/javascripts/application.js b/public/javascripts/application.js
index e9133dd..df4a44c 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/application.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/application.js
@@ -20,17 +20,17 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
   initPlayer();
   
   playTrack();
-  
-  fitImages(".artists.big img"); // resize and resposition images (artists, album)
-  fitImages(".artists.small img"); 
-  fitImages(".artists.ultrasmall img");
-  fitImages("#artist .side .img img");
+
 });
 
 $(window).load(function() {
   initSearchDropdown(); // dropdown for the search input
     
-
+  
+  fitImages(".artists.big img"); // resize and resposition images (artists, album)
+  fitImages(".artists.small img"); 
+  fitImages(".artists.ultrasmall img");
+  fitImages("#artist .side .img img");
 });