--- a/src/gui/pages/torrents.cc	Sun Nov 17 19:56:01 2024 -0500
+++ b/src/gui/pages/torrents.cc	Sun Nov 17 22:55:47 2024 -0500
@@ -16,13 +16,14 @@
 #include <QVBoxLayout>
 #include <QtGlobal>
 
+#include <QDomDocument>
+
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <sstream>
 
 #include "anitomy/anitomy.h"
-#include "pugixml.hpp"
 
 /* This file is very, very similar to the anime list page.
  *
@@ -126,11 +127,19 @@
 }
 
 void TorrentsPageListModel::ParseTorrentList(const QByteArray& ba) {
-	std::istringstream stdstream(Strings::ToUtf8String(ba));
+	QDomDocument doc;
+	QDomNode node;
+	QDomNodeList node_nodes;
+	{
+		QString err;
+		int err_ln;
+		int err_col;
 
-	pugi::xml_document doc;
-	if (!doc.load(stdstream))
-		return; // peace out
+		if (!doc.setContent(ba, &err, &err_ln, &err_col)) {
+			session.SetStatusBar(Strings::ToUtf8String(tr("Torrents: Failed to parse XML with error %1 at line %2, column %3").arg(err, QString::number(err_ln), QString::number(err_col))));
+			return; // peace out
+		}
+	}
 
 	/* my extra special dumb hack. */
 	if (!rowCount(index(0))) {
@@ -141,10 +150,36 @@
 	beginResetModel();
 
 	list.clear();
-	/* this is just an rss parser; it should be in a separate class... */
-	for (pugi::xml_node item : doc.child("rss").child("channel").children("item")) {
+
+	node = doc;
+
+	for (const auto& n : {"rss", "channel"}) {
+		node = node.namedItem(n);
+		if (node.isNull()) { std::cout << n << std::endl; goto end; }
+	}
+
+	if (!node.hasChildNodes()) { std::cout << "no child nodes" << std::endl; goto end; }
+
+	node_nodes = node.childNodes();
+
+	for (int c = 0; c < node_nodes.count(); c++) {
+		const QDomNode item = node_nodes.at(c);
+		if (!item.isElement() || item.nodeName() != "item")
+			continue;
+
+		const QDomNode title = item.namedItem("title");
+		if (!title.isElement()) continue;
+		const QDomNode description = item.namedItem("description");
+		if (!description.isElement()) continue;
+		const QDomNode link = item.namedItem("link");
+		if (!link.isElement()) continue;
+		const QDomNode guid = item.namedItem("guid");
+		if (!guid.isElement()) continue;
+		const QDomNode pubDate = item.namedItem("pubDate");
+		if (!pubDate.isElement()) continue;
+
 		TorrentModelItem torrent;
-		torrent.SetFilename(item.child_value("title")); /* "title" == filename */
+		torrent.SetFilename(Strings::ToUtf8String(title.toElement().text())); /* "title" == filename */
 		{
 			anitomy::Anitomy anitomy;
 			anitomy.Parse(torrent.GetFilename());
@@ -160,19 +195,17 @@
 			torrent.SetResolution(Strings::ToUtf8String(elements.get(anitomy::kElementVideoResolution)));
 		}
 
-		std::string description = item.child_value("description");
-		Strings::TextifySynopsis(description);
-		ParseFeedDescription(description, torrent);
+		std::string description_s = Strings::ToUtf8String(description.toElement().text());
+		Strings::TextifySynopsis(description_s);
+		ParseFeedDescription(description_s, torrent);
 
-		torrent.SetLink(item.child_value("link"));
-		torrent.SetGuid(item.child_value("guid"));
-		{
-			const QString date_str = Strings::ToQString(item.child_value("pubDate"));
-			torrent.SetDate(QDateTime::fromString(date_str, "ddd, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss t"));
-		}
+		torrent.SetLink(Strings::ToUtf8String(link.toElement().text()));
+		torrent.SetGuid(Strings::ToUtf8String(guid.toElement().text()));
+		torrent.SetDate(QDateTime::fromString(pubDate.toElement().text(), "ddd, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss t"));
 		list.push_back(torrent);
 	}
 
+end:
 	endResetModel();
 }