diff --git a/src/edu/grinnell/glimmer/ushahidi/UshahidiRequestTask.java b/src/edu/grinnell/glimmer/ushahidi/UshahidiRequestTask.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d81559f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/edu/grinnell/glimmer/ushahidi/UshahidiRequestTask.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+package edu.grinnell.glimmer.ushahidi;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+import java.net.URL;
+
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+
+import android.os.AsyncTask;
+
+public class UshahidiRequestTask extends AsyncTask<String, String, String>{
+
+
+	protected String doInBackground(String... input) {
+		try {
+			return makeRequest(input[0]);
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	String makeRequest(String inputURL) throws Exception{
+		URL serverURL = new URL(inputURL);
+		
+		// Connect to the server
+		HttpURLConnection connection;
+		BufferedReader input; // Textual input from the server
+		String line; // One line of data from the server
+		String text = ""; // Data read from the server
+		String data = ""; //Final result to return
+		
+		try {
+		    connection = (HttpURLConnection) serverURL.openConnection();
+		    connection.connect();
+
+		// Read the data from the server
+		try {
+		    input = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
+			    connection.getInputStream()));
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+		    throw new Exception("Could not get Ushahidi data from server.");
+		}
+
+		while ((line = input.readLine()) != null) {
+		    text += line;
+		} // while
+
+		// Testing: What does the text look like?
+		// System.out.println(text);
+
+		// Grab the JSON text, which starts with an open brace
+		text = text.substring(text.indexOf("{"));
+
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+		    throw new Exception("Could not connect to server because "
+		    		+ e.toString());
+		}
+
+		return text;
+		
+	}
+	
+}
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diff --git a/src/edu/grinnell/glimmer/ushahidi/UshahidiWebClient.java b/src/edu/grinnell/glimmer/ushahidi/UshahidiWebClient.java
index fe58ddb..1c5e685 100644
--- a/src/edu/grinnell/glimmer/ushahidi/UshahidiWebClient.java
+++ b/src/edu/grinnell/glimmer/ushahidi/UshahidiWebClient.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
-
 package edu.grinnell.glimmer.ushahidi;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
@@ -144,6 +143,7 @@ public UshahidiWebClient(String server, int numIncidents) throws Exception {
      *       (It will be fewer than numIncidents if the server provides fewer.)
      */
     public int fetchIncidents() throws Exception {
+    String finalURL;
 	BufferedReader input; // Textual input from the server
 	String line; // One line of data from the server
 	String text = ""; // Data read from the server
@@ -157,39 +157,16 @@ public int fetchIncidents() throws Exception {
 	if (this.maxId == 0) {
 	    serverURL = new URL(this.server
 		    + "/api?task=incidents&by=all&limit=" + numIncidents);
+	    finalURL = this.server + "/api?task=incidents&by=all&limit=" + numIncidents;
 	} else {
 	    serverURL = new URL(this.server + "/api?task=incidents&by=sinceid"
 		    + "&id=" + this.maxId + "&limit=" + numIncidents);
+	    finalURL = this.server + "/api?task=incidents&by=sinceid"
+		    + "&id=" + this.maxId + "&limit=" + numIncidents;
 	}
 
-	// Connect to the server
-	HttpURLConnection connection;
-	try {
-	    connection = (HttpURLConnection) serverURL.openConnection();
-	    connection.connect();
-	} catch (Exception e) {
-	    throw new Exception("Could not connect to " + this.server
-		    + " because " + e.toString());
-	}
-
-	// Read the data from the server
-	try {
-	    input = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
-		    connection.getInputStream()));
-	} catch (Exception e) {
-	    throw new Exception("Could not get Ushahidi data from "
-		    + this.server);
-	}
-
-	while ((line = input.readLine()) != null) {
-	    text += line;
-	} // while
-
-	// Testing: What does the text look like?
-	// System.out.println(text);
-
-	// Grab the JSON text, which starts with an open brace
-	text = text.substring(text.indexOf("{"));
+	//Get JSON text from an asyncronous call to the sercver
+	text = new UshahidiRequestTask().execute(finalURL).get();
 
 	// Convert the text to a JSONObject
 	data = new JSONObject(text);