diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e0d4e9d..09924f2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ before_install:
   - |
     if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "osx" ]; then
         brew update &&
+        brew upgrade cmake &&
         brew install qt5 &&
+        brew install jsoncpp &&
         chmod -R 755 /usr/local/opt/qt5/*
     fi
   
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6fa05ea..83d9643 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ if (NOT Qt5_FOUND)
   )
 endif ()
 
+find_package(PkgConfig)
+pkg_check_modules(JSONCPP jsoncpp)
+
 # Fill the template with information gathered from CMake.
 configure_file(includes/config.template.h config.h @ONLY)
 
@@ -29,6 +32,10 @@ add_definitions(-DGLEW_STATIC)
 # The Qt5Widgets_INCLUDES also includes the include directories for
 # dependencies QtCore and QtGui
 include_directories(${Qt5Widgets_INCLUDES})
+if (${JSONCPP_FOUND})
+    add_definitions(-DHAVE_JSONCPP)
+    include_directories(${JSONCPP_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+endif ()
 
 # We need add -DQT_WIDGETS_LIB when using QtWidgets in Qt 5.
 add_definitions(${Qt5Widgets_DEFINITIONS})
@@ -136,6 +143,10 @@ else()
   target_link_libraries(QSyncthingTray Qt5::Widgets Qt5::Network Qt5::WebEngineWidgets)
 endif()
 
+if (${JSONCPP_FOUND})
+    target_link_libraries(QSyncthingTray ${JSONCPP_LINK_LIBRARIES})
+endif ()
+
 
 # Temporary solution/hack to generate package.
 # Proper way will come after cmake cleanup.
diff --git a/includes/qst/apihandler.hpp b/includes/qst/apihandler.hpp
index 0a12ee4..fb5eea5 100644
--- a/includes/qst/apihandler.hpp
+++ b/includes/qst/apihandler.hpp
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@
 #include <tuple>
 #include "utilities.hpp"
 
+#ifdef HAVE_JSONCPP
+#include <sstream>
+#include <json/reader.h>
+#endif
+
 #define kInternalChangedFilesCache 5
 
 namespace
@@ -99,12 +104,21 @@ namespace api
       }
       else
       {
+#ifdef HAVE_JSONCPP
+        std::stringstream downloadedDataStream(reply.toStdString());
+        Json::Value replyData;
+        Json::parseFromStream(Json::CharReaderBuilder(), downloadedDataStream, &replyData, nullptr);
+        Json::Value connectionArray = replyData["total"];
+        uint64_t inBytes = connectionArray["inBytesTotal"].asUInt64();
+        uint64_t outBytes = connectionArray["outBytesTotal"].asUInt64();
+#else
         QString m_DownloadedData = static_cast<QString>(reply);
         QJsonDocument replyDoc = QJsonDocument::fromJson(m_DownloadedData.toUtf8());
         QJsonObject replyData = replyDoc.object();
         QJsonObject connectionArray = replyData["total"].toObject();
         double inBytes = static_cast<double>(connectionArray.find("inBytesTotal").value().toDouble());
         double outBytes = static_cast<double>(connectionArray.find("outBytesTotal").value().toDouble());
+#endif
         curInBytes = (std::max)(0.0, ((inBytes - std::get<0>(oldTraffic)) / (timeDelta.count() * 1e-3)))
           + (std::numeric_limits<double>::min)();
         curOutBytes = (std::max)(0.0, ((outBytes - std::get<1>(oldTraffic)) / (timeDelta.count()* 1e-3)))