diff --git a/apps/music-player/Cargo.toml b/apps/music-player/Cargo.toml
index 2aed4fe..36582b5 100644
--- a/apps/music-player/Cargo.toml
+++ b/apps/music-player/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ required-features = ["bin"]
 
 [dependencies]
 canary-magpie = { path = "../magpie", optional = true }
-mpris = { version = "2.0.0-rc3", optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
+smol = { version = "1.2", optional = true }
+zbus = { version = "3.5", optional = true }
 
 [features]
-bin = ["dep:canary-magpie", "dep:mpris"]
+bin = ["dep:canary-magpie", "dep:smol", "dep:zbus"]
diff --git a/apps/music-player/src/main.rs b/apps/music-player/src/main.rs
index 5f07f12..23ad88e 100644
--- a/apps/music-player/src/main.rs
+++ b/apps/music-player/src/main.rs
@@ -1,46 +1,52 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2022 Marceline Cramer
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 
-use canary_music_player::*;
 use canary_magpie::client::MagpieClient;
 use canary_magpie::protocol::{CreatePanel, MagpieServerMsg};
 use canary_music_player::*;
-use mpris::PlayerFinder;
 
-pub struct MetadataTracker {
+pub mod mpris;
+
+use mpris::*;
+
+pub struct Metadata {
     pub album: AlbumInfo,
     pub track: TrackInfo,
 }
 
-impl From<&mpris::Metadata> for MetadataTracker {
-    fn from(metadata: &mpris::Metadata) -> Self {
+impl<'a> From<&MetadataMap<'a>> for Metadata {
+    fn from(map: &MetadataMap<'a>) -> Self {
         let album = AlbumInfo {
-            title: metadata.album_name().map(ToString::to_string),
-            artists: metadata
-                .album_artists()
-                .unwrap_or(Vec::new())
-                .iter()
-                .map(ToString::to_string)
-                .collect(),
+            title: map
+                .get("xesam:album")
+                .and_then(|v| TryFrom::try_from(v).ok()),
+            artists: map
+                .get("xesam:albumArtist")
+                .cloned()
+                .and_then(|v| TryFrom::try_from(v).ok())
+                .unwrap_or(Vec::new()),
         };
 
         let track = TrackInfo {
-            title: metadata.title().map(ToString::to_string),
-            artists: metadata
-                .artists()
-                .unwrap_or(Vec::new())
-                .iter()
-                .map(ToString::to_string)
-                .collect(),
-            track_number: metadata.track_number(),
+            title: map
+                .get("xesam:title")
+                .and_then(|v| TryFrom::try_from(v).ok()),
+            artists: map
+                .get("xesam:artist")
+                .cloned()
+                .and_then(|v| TryFrom::try_from(v).ok())
+                .unwrap_or(Vec::new()),
+            track_number: map
+                .get("xesam:trackNumber")
+                .and_then(|v| TryFrom::try_from(v).ok()),
         };
 
         Self { album, track }
     }
 }
 
-impl MetadataTracker {
-    pub fn new(magpie: &mut MagpieClient, metadata: &mpris::Metadata) -> Self {
+/*impl MetadataTracker {
+    pub fn new(magpie: &mut MagpieClient, metadata: &MetadataMap) -> Self {
         let new: Self = metadata.into();
         magpie.send_json_message(0, &InMsg::AlbumChanged(new.album.clone()));
         magpie.send_json_message(0, &InMsg::TrackChanged(new.track.clone()));
@@ -54,7 +60,7 @@ impl MetadataTracker {
         new
     }
 
-    pub fn update(&mut self, messenger: &mut MagpieClient, metadata: &mpris::Metadata) {
+    pub fn update(&mut self, messenger: &mut MagpieClient, metadata: &MetadataMap) {
         let new: Self = metadata.into();
 
         if self.album != new.album {
@@ -74,7 +80,7 @@ impl MetadataTracker {
 
         *self = new;
     }
-}
+}*/
 
 fn main() {
     let args: Vec<String> = std::env::args().collect();
@@ -83,16 +89,32 @@ fn main() {
         .expect("Please pass a path to a Canary script!")
         .to_owned();
 
-    let player_finder = PlayerFinder::new().expect("Could not connect to D-Bus");
-
     let mut magpie = MagpieClient::new().unwrap();
-    let protocol = "tebibyte-media.desktop.music-player-controller".to_string();
-    let script = std::path::PathBuf::from(&module_path);
-    let msg = CreatePanel { id: 0, protocol, script };
-    let msg = MagpieServerMsg::CreatePanel(msg);
-    magpie.messenger.send(&msg).unwrap();
 
-    let mut first_loop = true;
+    let result: Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> = smol::block_on(async {
+        let dbus = zbus::Connection::session().await?;
+        let player = PlayerProxy::new(&dbus).await?;
+
+        let protocol = "tebibyte-media.desktop.music-player-controller".to_string();
+        let script = std::path::PathBuf::from(&module_path);
+        let msg = CreatePanel {
+            id: 0,
+            protocol,
+            script,
+        };
+        let msg = MagpieServerMsg::CreatePanel(msg);
+        magpie.messenger.send(&msg).unwrap();
+
+        std::future::pending::<()>().await;
+
+        Ok(())
+    });
+
+    if let Err(err) = result {
+        eprintln!("Music player error: {:?}", err);
+    }
+
+    /*let mut first_loop = true;
     let mut connected = false;
 
     loop {
@@ -183,5 +205,5 @@ fn main() {
                 magpie.send_json_message(0, &msg);
             }
         }
-    }
+    }*/
 }
diff --git a/apps/music-player/src/mpris.rs b/apps/music-player/src/mpris.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0402bcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/music-player/src/mpris.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+use zbus::zvariant::Value;
+use zbus::{dbus_proxy, Result};
+
+pub type MetadataMap<'a> = HashMap<String, Value<'a>>;
+
+#[dbus_proxy(interface = "org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player")]
+trait Player {
+    fn next(&self) -> Result<()>;
+    fn previous(&self) -> Result<()>;
+    fn pause(&self) -> Result<()>;
+    fn play_pause(&self) -> Result<()>;
+    fn stop(&self) -> Result<()>;
+    fn play(&self) -> Result<()>;
+
+    #[dbus_proxy(property)]
+    fn playback_status(&self) -> Result<String>;
+
+    #[dbus_proxy(property)]
+    fn position(&self) -> Result<i64>;
+
+    #[dbus_proxy(property)]
+    fn metadata(&self) -> Result<MetadataMap>;
+}