diff --git a/MinecraftClient/Protocol/Message/ChatParser.cs b/MinecraftClient/Protocol/Message/ChatParser.cs
index 383421d7..c0c1e03d 100644
--- a/MinecraftClient/Protocol/Message/ChatParser.cs
+++ b/MinecraftClient/Protocol/Message/ChatParser.cs
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ namespace MinecraftClient.Protocol.Message
                     {
                         List<string> using_data = new();
                         if (obj.ContainsKey("using") && !obj.ContainsKey("with"))
-                            obj["with"] = System.Text.Json.Nodes.JsonNode.Parse(obj["using"]!.ToJsonString());
+                            obj["with"] = obj["using"]!.DeepClone();
                         if (obj.ContainsKey("with"))
                         {
                             foreach (var item in obj["with"]!.AsArray())
diff --git a/MinecraftClient/Protocol/ProxiedWebRequest.cs b/MinecraftClient/Protocol/ProxiedWebRequest.cs
index 247a65e9..16724b71 100644
--- a/MinecraftClient/Protocol/ProxiedWebRequest.cs
+++ b/MinecraftClient/Protocol/ProxiedWebRequest.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ namespace MinecraftClient.Protocol
     /// </summary>
     public class ProxiedWebRequest
     {
+        private const int DefaultConnectTimeoutSeconds = 30;
+
         private readonly Uri _uri;
 
         public NameValueCollection Headers { get; } = new();
@@ -113,7 +115,9 @@ namespace MinecraftClient.Protocol
             try
             {
                 using var httpResponse = client.Send(request);
-                string responseBody = httpResponse.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+                using var stream = httpResponse.Content.ReadAsStream();
+                using var reader = new System.IO.StreamReader(stream);
+                string responseBody = reader.ReadToEnd();
 
                 var responseHeaders = new NameValueCollection();
                 foreach (var header in httpResponse.Headers)
@@ -150,7 +154,7 @@ namespace MinecraftClient.Protocol
                 UseCookies = true,
                 CookieContainer = new CookieContainer(),
                 AllowAutoRedirect = false,
-                ConnectTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30),
+                ConnectTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(DefaultConnectTimeoutSeconds),
             };
 
             if (ProxyHandler.Config.Enabled_Login)