--- a/src/gui/pages/seasons.cc	Wed Jun 12 23:03:22 2024 -0400
+++ b/src/gui/pages/seasons.cc	Thu Jun 13 00:36:41 2024 -0400
@@ -16,17 +16,53 @@
 #include <QToolButton>
 #include <QVBoxLayout>
 
+SeasonsPageSearchThread::SeasonsPageSearchThread(QObject* parent) : QThread(parent) {
+}
+
+void SeasonsPageSearchThread::AddToQueue(Anime::SeriesSeason season, Date::Year year) {
+	queue_mutex_.lock();
+	queue_.push({season, year});
+	queue_mutex_.unlock();
+}
+
+void SeasonsPageSearchThread::run() {
+	queue_mutex_.lock();
+
+	while (!queue_.empty() && !isInterruptionRequested()) {
+		Season season = queue_.front();
+
+		/* unlock the mutex for a long blocking operation, so items
+		 * can be added without worry */
+		queue_mutex_.unlock();
+
+		if (Services::GetSeason(season.season, season.year))
+			emit ReceivedSeason(season.season, season.year);
+
+		queue_mutex_.lock();
+
+		queue_.pop();
+	}
+
+	queue_mutex_.unlock();
+}
+
+static SeasonsPageSearchThread search_thread_;
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
 static constexpr Date::Year GetClosestDecade(Date::Year year) {
 	return year - (year % 10);
 }
 
-void SeasonsPage::SetSeason(Anime::SeriesSeason season, Date::Year year) {
+void SeasonsPage::Refresh() {
+	setUpdatesEnabled(false);
+
 	if (!buttons || !season_button)
 		return;
 
 	buttons->clear();
 
-	for (const auto& id : Anime::Season::GetAllAnimeForSeason(season, year)) {
+	for (const auto& id : Anime::Season::GetAllAnimeForSeason(season_, year_)) {
 		QListWidgetItem* item = new QListWidgetItem;
 		AnimeButton* button = new AnimeButton(this);
 		button->SetAnime(Anime::db.items[id]);
@@ -35,7 +71,16 @@
 		buttons->setItemWidget(item, button);
 	}
 
-	season_button->setText(Strings::ToQString(Translate::ToLocalString(season)) + " " + QString::number(year));
+	season_button->setText(Strings::ToQString(Translate::ToLocalString(season_)) + " " + QString::number(year_));
+
+	setUpdatesEnabled(true);
+}
+
+void SeasonsPage::SetSeason(Anime::SeriesSeason season, Date::Year year) {
+	season_ = season;
+	year_ = year;
+
+	Refresh();
 }
 
 SeasonsPage::SeasonsPage(QWidget* parent) : QFrame(parent) {
@@ -53,7 +98,6 @@
 		toolbar->setMovable(false);
 
 		{
-			/* todo: clean this up... this sucks... */
 			static constexpr Date::Year last_year = 1960;
 
 			auto create_year_menu = [this](QWidget* parent, QMenu* parent_menu, Date::Year year){
@@ -62,7 +106,7 @@
 				QMenu* menu = new QMenu(year_s, parent);
 				for (const auto& season : Anime::SeriesSeasons) {
 					QAction* action = menu->addAction(Strings::ToQString(Translate::ToLocalString(season)) + " " + year_s);
-					connect(action, &QAction::triggered, this, [this, season, year]{
+					connect(action, &QAction::triggered, this, [this, season, year] {
 						SetSeason(season, year);
 					});
 				}
@@ -100,8 +144,9 @@
 
 		{
 			toolbar->addAction(QIcon(":/icons/16x16/arrow-circle-315.png"), tr("Refresh data"), [this]{
-				Services::GetSeason(Anime::SeriesSeason::Summer, 2011U);
-				SetSeason(Anime::SeriesSeason::Summer, 2011U);
+				search_thread_.AddToQueue(season_, year_);
+				if (!search_thread_.isRunning())
+					search_thread_.start();
 			});
 		}
 
@@ -190,6 +235,11 @@
 	full_layout->setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0);
 	full_layout->setSpacing(0);
 
+	connect(&search_thread_, &SeasonsPageSearchThread::ReceivedSeason, this, [this](Anime::SeriesSeason season, Date::Year year) {
+		if (season == season_ && year == year_)
+			Refresh();
+	});
+
 	/* Do NOT move this up in this function, buttons HAS to be initialized */
 	SetSeason(Anime::SeriesSeason::Summer, 2011U);
 }