diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 895bb2a..52e2594 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ FetchContent_Declare(nlohmann_json
 )
 FetchContent_MakeAvailable(nlohmann_json)
 
+FetchContent_Declare(cpr
+  GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/libcpr/cpr.git"
+  GIT_TAG "bcb7729dd6d930820fb858f63c97ad559241b789"
+)
+FetchContent_MakeAvailable(cpr)
+
 ##
 ## CONFIGURATION
 ##
@@ -68,7 +74,7 @@ set_project_warnings(project_warnings)
 
 include_directories(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src)
 
-target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE project_warnings project_options fmt::fmt ftxui::screen ftxui::dom ftxui::component nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json)
+target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE project_warnings project_options fmt::fmt ftxui::screen ftxui::dom ftxui::component nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json cpr::cpr)
 
 option(ENABLE_UNITY "Enable Unity builds of projects" OFF)
 if(ENABLE_UNITY)
@@ -80,10 +86,3 @@ install(
     TARGETS ${PROJECT_NAME}
     RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
 )
-
-
-# uninstall
-add_custom_target(uninstall
-    COMMAND cat ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/install_manifest.txt | xargs rm
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
-)
diff --git a/cmake/CompilerWarnings.cmake b/cmake/CompilerWarnings.cmake
index 65834c5..be991f6 100644
--- a/cmake/CompilerWarnings.cmake
+++ b/cmake/CompilerWarnings.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 function(set_project_warnings project_name)
-    option(WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS "Treat compiler warnings as error" ON)
+    option(WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS "Treat compiler warnings as error" OFF)
 
     set(MSVC_WARNINGS
         /W4 # Base
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 0bb6fbb..5f687e1 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ project('cachyos-installer', 'cpp',
         default_options: ['cpp_std=c++20',
                           'buildtype=debugoptimized',
                           'warning_level=3',
-                          'werror=true',
+                          'werror=false',
                           'b_ndebug=if-release'])
 
 is_debug_build = get_option('buildtype').startswith('debug')
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ endif
 fmt = dependency('fmt', version : ['>=8.0.0'], fallback : ['fmt', 'fmt_dep'])
 ftxui = dependency('ftxui', modules : ['ftxui::screen', 'ftxui::dom', 'ftxui::component'], fallback : ['ftxui', 'ftxui_dep'])
 nlohmann_json = dependency('nlohmann_json', version : ['>=3.10.4'], fallback : ['nlohmann_json', 'nlohmann_json_dep'])
+cpr = dependency('cpr', version : ['>=1.7.0'], fallback : ['cpr', 'cpr_dep'])
 
 src_files = files(
     'src/definitions.hpp',
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ add_project_arguments(cc.get_supported_arguments(possible_cc_flags), language :
 executable(
   'cachyos-installer',
   src_files,
-  dependencies: [fmt, ftxui, nlohmann_json],
+  dependencies: [fmt, ftxui, nlohmann_json, cpr],
   include_directories: [include_directories('src')],
   install: true)
 
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index e4bb8cf..e1c3e9f 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+#include "config.hpp"
 #include "definitions.hpp"
 #include "tui.hpp"
-#include "config.hpp"
 #include "utils.hpp"
 
+#include <chrono>
 #include <regex>
+#include <thread>
 
 int main() {
     const auto& tty = utils::exec("tty");
diff --git a/src/utils.cpp b/src/utils.cpp
index f81365c..faa28d6 100644
--- a/src/utils.cpp
+++ b/src/utils.cpp
@@ -2,13 +2,17 @@
 #include "config.hpp"
 
 #include <sys/mount.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
 
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <string>
 #include <thread>
 
-#include <netdb.h>
+#include <cpr/api.h>
+#include <cpr/response.h>
+#include <cpr/timeout.h>
+#include <cpr/status_codes.h>
 
 namespace fs = std::filesystem;
 
@@ -16,7 +20,11 @@ namespace utils {
 static constexpr int32_t CONNECTION_TIMEOUT = 15;
 
 bool is_connected() noexcept {
-    return gethostbyname("google.com");
+    /* clang-format off */
+    auto r = cpr::Get(cpr::Url{"https://www.google.com"},
+             cpr::Timeout{1000});
+    /* clang-format on */
+    return cpr::status::is_success(r.status_code);
 }
 
 bool check_root() noexcept {
@@ -28,19 +36,32 @@ void clear_screen() noexcept {
     write(STDOUT_FILENO, CLEAR_SCREEN_ANSI, 11);
 }
 
-std::string exec(const std::string_view& command) noexcept {
-    char buffer[128];
-    std::string result;
-
-    FILE* pipe = popen(command.data(), "r");
-
+std::string exec(const std::string_view& command, bool capture_output) noexcept {
+    if (!capture_output) {
+        int32_t status{};
+        auto pid = fork();
+        if (pid == 0) {
+            /* clang-format off */
+            char* args[2] = { const_cast<char*>(command.data()), NULL };
+            /* clang-format on */
+            execvp(args[0], args);
+        } else {
+            do {
+                waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
+            } while ((!WIFEXITED(status)) && (!WIFSIGNALED(status)));
+        }
+        return "";
+    }
+    auto* pipe = popen(command.data(), "r");
     if (!pipe) {
         return "popen failed!";
     }
 
+    std::string result{};
+    std::array<char, 128> buffer{};
     while (!feof(pipe)) {
-        if (fgets(buffer, 128, pipe) != nullptr) {
-            result += buffer;
+        if (fgets(buffer.data(), buffer.size(), pipe) != nullptr) {
+            result += buffer.data();
         }
     }
 
@@ -72,7 +93,7 @@ bool prompt_char(const char* prompt, const char* color, char* read) noexcept {
 
 void id_system() noexcept {
     auto* config_instance = Config::instance();
-    auto& config_data = config_instance->data();
+    auto& config_data     = config_instance->data();
 
     // Apple System Detection
     const auto& sys_vendor = utils::exec("cat /sys/class/dmi/id/sys_vendor");
@@ -149,7 +170,7 @@ void show_iwctl() noexcept {
     info("6 - type `exit`\n");
 
     while (utils::prompt_char("Press a key to continue...", CYAN)) {
-        utils::exec("iwctl");
+        utils::exec("iwctl", false);
         break;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/utils.hpp b/src/utils.hpp
index 43ac1b0..d0b3b3e 100644
--- a/src/utils.hpp
+++ b/src/utils.hpp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ void print_banner() noexcept;
 bool prompt_char(const char* prompt, const char* color = RESET, char* read = nullptr) noexcept;
 void clear_screen() noexcept;
 
-auto exec(const std::string_view& command) noexcept -> std::string;
+auto exec(const std::string_view& command, bool capture_output = true) noexcept -> std::string;
 [[nodiscard]] bool check_root() noexcept;
 void id_system() noexcept;
 [[nodiscard]] bool handle_connection() noexcept;
diff --git a/subprojects/cpr.wrap b/subprojects/cpr.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80fde24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/cpr.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[wrap-git]
+url = https://github.com/libcpr/cpr.git
+revision = bcb7729dd6d930820fb858f63c97ad559241b789
+
+patch_directory = cpr
+
+[provide]
+cpr = cpr_dep
diff --git a/subprojects/packagefiles/cpr/meson.build b/subprojects/packagefiles/cpr/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b662614
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/packagefiles/cpr/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+project('cpr', 'cpp',
+    version: '1.7.0',
+    license : 'MIT',
+    default_options: ['cpp_std=c++11']
+)
+
+curl_dep = dependency('libcurl', required : true)
+
+src_inc = include_directories('.')
+cpr_inc = include_directories('include')
+cpr_lib = static_library('cpr',
+    sources : [
+      'cpr/auth.cpp',
+      'cpr/bearer.cpp',
+      'cpr/cookies.cpp',
+      'cpr/cprtypes.cpp',
+      'cpr/curl_container.cpp',
+      'cpr/curlholder.cpp',
+      'cpr/error.cpp',
+      'cpr/multipart.cpp',
+      'cpr/parameters.cpp',
+      'cpr/payload.cpp',
+      'cpr/proxies.cpp',
+      'cpr/proxyauth.cpp',
+      'cpr/session.cpp',
+      'cpr/timeout.cpp',
+      'cpr/unix_socket.cpp',
+      'cpr/util.cpp',
+      'cpr/response.cpp',
+      'cpr/redirect.cpp'
+    ],
+    include_directories : [cpr_inc, src_inc],
+    dependencies : [curl_dep]
+)
+
+cpr_dep = declare_dependency(
+    include_directories : [cpr_inc, src_inc],
+    link_with : [cpr_lib]
+)