diff --git a/src/collection/collectionmodel.cpp b/src/collection/collectionmodel.cpp
index 97ba98e0a..4dd928e63 100644
--- a/src/collection/collectionmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/collection/collectionmodel.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <QtConcurrent>
 #include <QThread>
 #include <QMutex>
+#include <QFuture>
 #include <QDataStream>
 #include <QMimeData>
 #include <QIODevice>
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@
 #include <QtDebug>
 
 #include "core/application.h"
+#include "core/closure.h"
 #include "core/database.h"
 #include "core/iconloader.h"
 #include "core/logging.h"
@@ -857,15 +859,18 @@ void CollectionModel::LazyPopulate(CollectionItem *parent, const bool signal) {
 }
 
 void CollectionModel::ResetAsync() {
-  (void)QtConcurrent::run([=]() { ResetAsyncQueryFinished(RunQuery(root_)); });
+  QFuture<CollectionModel::QueryResult> future = QtConcurrent::run(this, &CollectionModel::RunQuery, root_);
+  NewClosure(future, this, SLOT(ResetAsyncQueryFinished(QFuture<CollectionModel::QueryResult>)), future);
 }
 
-void CollectionModel::ResetAsyncQueryFinished(QueryResult result) {
+void CollectionModel::ResetAsyncQueryFinished(QFuture<CollectionModel::QueryResult> future) {
 
   if (QThread::currentThread() != thread() && QThread::currentThread() != backend_->thread()) {
     backend_->Close();
   }
 
+  const struct QueryResult result = future.result();
+
   BeginReset();
   root_->lazy_loaded = true;
 
diff --git a/src/collection/collectionmodel.h b/src/collection/collectionmodel.h
index 23835927f..949820b2e 100644
--- a/src/collection/collectionmodel.h
+++ b/src/collection/collectionmodel.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <QtGlobal>
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QAbstractItemModel>
+#include <QFuture>
 #include <QDataStream>
 #include <QMetaType>
 #include <QPair>
@@ -212,7 +213,7 @@ class CollectionModel : public SimpleTreeModel<CollectionItem> {
   void ClearDiskCache();
 
   // Called after ResetAsync
-  void ResetAsyncQueryFinished(QueryResult result);
+  void ResetAsyncQueryFinished(QFuture<CollectionModel::QueryResult> future);
 
   void AlbumCoverLoaded(const quint64 id, const AlbumCoverLoaderResult &result);
 
diff --git a/src/dialogs/edittagdialog.cpp b/src/dialogs/edittagdialog.cpp
index f10545ba7..f8d33243f 100644
--- a/src/dialogs/edittagdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/dialogs/edittagdialog.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 #include <QtGlobal>
 #include <QtConcurrent>
+#include <QFuture>
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QWidget>
 #include <QDialog>
@@ -285,15 +286,16 @@ void EditTagDialog::SetSongs(const SongList &s, const PlaylistItemList &items) {
   ui_->song_list->clear();
 
   // Reload tags in the background
-  (void)QtConcurrent::run([=]{ SetSongsFinished(LoadData(s)); });
+  QFuture<QList<Data>> future = QtConcurrent::run(this, &EditTagDialog::LoadData, s);
+  NewClosure(future, this, SLOT(SetSongsFinished(QFuture<QList<EditTagDialog::Data>>)), future);
 
 }
 
-void EditTagDialog::SetSongsFinished(QList<Data> _data) {
+void EditTagDialog::SetSongsFinished(QFuture<QList<Data>> future) {
 
   if (!SetLoading(QString())) return;
 
-  data_ = _data;
+  data_ = future.result();
   if (data_.count() == 0) {
     // If there were no valid songs, disable everything
     ui_->song_list->setEnabled(false);
diff --git a/src/dialogs/edittagdialog.h b/src/dialogs/edittagdialog.h
index 71731c270..1f926f651 100644
--- a/src/dialogs/edittagdialog.h
+++ b/src/dialogs/edittagdialog.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QAbstractItemModel>
 #include <QDialog>
+#include <QFuture>
 #include <QList>
 #include <QVariant>
 #include <QString>
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ class EditTagDialog : public QDialog {
   };
 
  private slots:
-  void SetSongsFinished(QList<Data> _data);
+  void SetSongsFinished(QFuture<QList<EditTagDialog::Data>> future);
   void AcceptFinished();
 
   void SelectionChanged();
diff --git a/src/organise/organisedialog.cpp b/src/organise/organisedialog.cpp
index 869b4fb9b..be7528850 100644
--- a/src/organise/organisedialog.cpp
+++ b/src/organise/organisedialog.cpp
@@ -344,9 +344,10 @@ bool OrganiseDialog::SetUrls(const QList<QUrl> &urls) {
 
 bool OrganiseDialog::SetFilenames(const QStringList &filenames) {
 
-  SetLoadingSongs(true);
-  songs_future_ = QtConcurrent::run([=]{ SetSongs(LoadSongsBlocking(filenames)); });
+  songs_future_ = QtConcurrent::run(this, &OrganiseDialog::LoadSongsBlocking, filenames);
+  NewClosure(songs_future_, [=]() { SetSongs(songs_future_.result()); });
 
+  SetLoadingSongs(true);
   return true;
 
 }
diff --git a/src/organise/organisedialog.h b/src/organise/organisedialog.h
index 93c044752..b74b38853 100644
--- a/src/organise/organisedialog.h
+++ b/src/organise/organisedialog.h
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class OrganiseDialog : public QDialog {
 
   OrganiseFormat format_;
 
-  QFuture<void> songs_future_;
+  QFuture<SongList> songs_future_;
   SongList songs_;
   Organise::NewSongInfoList new_songs_info_;
   quint64 total_size_;
diff --git a/src/playlist/playlist.cpp b/src/playlist/playlist.cpp
index 298117afa..fd9c968c1 100644
--- a/src/playlist/playlist.cpp
+++ b/src/playlist/playlist.cpp
@@ -1314,15 +1314,17 @@ void Playlist::Restore() {
   collection_items_by_id_.clear();
 
   cancel_restore_ = false;
-
-  (void)QtConcurrent::run([=]() { ItemsLoaded(backend_->GetPlaylistItems(id_)); });
+  QFuture<QList<PlaylistItemPtr>> future = QtConcurrent::run(backend_, &PlaylistBackend::GetPlaylistItems, id_);
+  NewClosure(future, this, SLOT(ItemsLoaded(QFuture<PlaylistItemList>)), future);
 
 }
 
-void Playlist::ItemsLoaded(PlaylistItemList items) {
+void Playlist::ItemsLoaded(QFuture<PlaylistItemList> future) {
 
   if (cancel_restore_) return;
 
+  PlaylistItemList items = future.result();
+
   // Backend returns empty elements for collection items which it couldn't match (because they got deleted); we don't need those
   QMutableListIterator<PlaylistItemPtr> it(items);
   while (it.hasNext()) {
@@ -1351,7 +1353,7 @@ void Playlist::ItemsLoaded(PlaylistItemList items) {
 
   // Should we gray out deleted songs asynchronously on startup?
   if (greyout) {
-    (void)QtConcurrent::run([=]() { InvalidateDeletedSongs(); });
+    QtConcurrent::run(this, &Playlist::InvalidateDeletedSongs);
   }
 
   emit PlaylistLoaded();
diff --git a/src/playlist/playlist.h b/src/playlist/playlist.h
index ff5297a7f..c5ef6d186 100644
--- a/src/playlist/playlist.h
+++ b/src/playlist/playlist.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <QAbstractItemModel>
 #include <QAbstractListModel>
 #include <QPersistentModelIndex>
+#include <QFuture>
 #include <QList>
 #include <QMap>
 #include <QMultiMap>
@@ -348,7 +349,7 @@ class Playlist : public QAbstractListModel {
   void QueueLayoutChanged();
   void SongSaveComplete(TagReaderReply *reply, const QPersistentModelIndex &index);
   void ItemReloadComplete(const QPersistentModelIndex &index);
-  void ItemsLoaded(PlaylistItemList items);
+  void ItemsLoaded(QFuture<PlaylistItemList> future);
   void SongInsertVetoListenerDestroyed();
   void AlbumCoverLoaded(const Song &song, const AlbumCoverLoaderResult &result);
 
diff --git a/src/playlist/playlistmanager.cpp b/src/playlist/playlistmanager.cpp
index 4b0d4a8dc..d9162a0a5 100644
--- a/src/playlist/playlistmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/playlist/playlistmanager.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include <QtDebug>
 
 #include "core/application.h"
+#include "core/closure.h"
 #include "core/logging.h"
 #include "core/player.h"
 #include "core/utilities.h"
@@ -210,11 +211,18 @@ void PlaylistManager::Save(int id, const QString &filename, Playlist::Path path_
   }
   else {
     // Playlist is not in the playlist manager: probably save action was triggered from the left side bar and the playlist isn't loaded.
-    (void)QtConcurrent::run([=]() { parser_->Save(playlist_backend_->GetPlaylistSongs(id), filename, path_type); });
+    QFuture<QList<Song>> future = QtConcurrent::run(playlist_backend_, &PlaylistBackend::GetPlaylistSongs, id);
+    NewClosure(future, this, SLOT(ItemsLoadedForSavePlaylist(QFuture<SongList>, QString, Playlist::Path)), future, filename, path_type);
   }
 
 }
 
+void PlaylistManager::ItemsLoadedForSavePlaylist(QFuture<SongList> future, const QString &filename, Playlist::Path path_type) {
+
+  parser_->Save(future.result(), filename, path_type);
+
+}
+
 void PlaylistManager::SaveWithUI(int id, const QString &playlist_name) {
 
   QSettings settings;
diff --git a/src/playlist/playlistmanager.h b/src/playlist/playlistmanager.h
index 6836ddab0..d4cc39a83 100644
--- a/src/playlist/playlistmanager.h
+++ b/src/playlist/playlistmanager.h
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ class PlaylistManager : public PlaylistManagerInterface {
   void OneOfPlaylistsChanged();
   void UpdateSummaryText();
   void SongsDiscovered(const SongList& songs);
+  void ItemsLoadedForSavePlaylist(QFuture<SongList> future, const QString& filename, Playlist::Path path_type);
   void PlaylistLoaded();
 
  private:
diff --git a/src/playlist/songloaderinserter.cpp b/src/playlist/songloaderinserter.cpp
index 7483e9eb3..67f46460d 100644
--- a/src/playlist/songloaderinserter.cpp
+++ b/src/playlist/songloaderinserter.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ void SongLoaderInserter::Load(Playlist *destination, int row, bool play_now, boo
     deleteLater();
   }
   else {
-    (void)QtConcurrent::run([=]{ AsyncLoad(); });
+    QtConcurrent::run(this, &SongLoaderInserter::AsyncLoad);
   }
 }