diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c0c117fcf1..03a7d2d152 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -687,12 +687,17 @@ function(set_yuzu_qt_components)
     if (ENABLE_QT_TRANSLATION)
         list(APPEND YUZU_QT_COMPONENTS2 LinguistTools)
     endif()
-    if (USE_DISCORD_PRESENCE)
-        list(APPEND YUZU_QT_COMPONENTS2 Network)
-    endif()
     set(YUZU_QT_COMPONENTS ${YUZU_QT_COMPONENTS2} PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction(set_yuzu_qt_components)
 
+if(ENABLE_QT)
+    set_yuzu_qt_components()
+    find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS ${YUZU_QT_COMPONENTS})
+    set(QT_MAJOR_VERSION 6)
+    # Qt6 sets cxx_std_17 and we need to undo that
+    set_target_properties(Qt6::Platform PROPERTIES INTERFACE_COMPILE_FEATURES "")
+endif()
+
 if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE AND NOT ANDROID)
     find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
     pkg_check_modules(LIBVA libva)
@@ -708,14 +713,6 @@ if (NOT (YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_FFMPEG OR YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_FFMPEG))
     set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY CPM_PACKAGE_URLS "https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg")
 endif()
 
-if(ENABLE_QT)
-    set_yuzu_qt_components()
-    find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS ${YUZU_QT_COMPONENTS})
-    set(QT_MAJOR_VERSION 6)
-    # Qt6 sets cxx_std_17 and we need to undo that
-    set_target_properties(Qt6::Platform PROPERTIES INTERFACE_COMPILE_FEATURES "")
-endif()
-
 if (WIN32 AND YUZU_CRASH_DUMPS)
     set(BREAKPAD_VER "breakpad-c89f9dd")
     download_bundled_external("breakpad/" ${BREAKPAD_VER} "breakpad-win" BREAKPAD_PREFIX "c89f9dd")
diff --git a/src/frontend_common/update_checker.cpp b/src/frontend_common/update_checker.cpp
index 230f26dea2..9a8143c788 100644
--- a/src/frontend_common/update_checker.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend_common/update_checker.cpp
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@
 #include "common/scm_rev.h"
 #include <fmt/format.h>
 
-#ifndef CPPHTTPLIB_OPENSSL_SUPPORT
-#define CPPHTTPLIB_OPENSSL_SUPPORT
-#endif
-
 #include <httplib.h>
 
 #ifdef YUZU_BUNDLED_OPENSSL
diff --git a/src/qt_common/CMakeLists.txt b/src/qt_common/CMakeLists.txt
index e80fde24e0..39dd1a7460 100644
--- a/src/qt_common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/qt_common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,11 @@ if (USE_DISCORD_PRESENCE)
         discord/discord_impl.cpp
         discord/discord_impl.h
     )
-    target_link_libraries(qt_common PUBLIC DiscordRPC::discord-rpc Qt6::Network)
+    target_link_libraries(qt_common PUBLIC DiscordRPC::discord-rpc httplib::httplib)
+    if (YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_OPENSSL)
+        target_link_libraries(qt_common PUBLIC OpenSSL::SSL)
+        target_compile_definitions(qt_common PRIVATE CPPHTTPLIB_OPENSSL_SUPPORT)
+    endif()
     target_compile_definitions(qt_common PUBLIC USE_DISCORD_PRESENCE)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/src/qt_common/discord/discord_impl.cpp b/src/qt_common/discord/discord_impl.cpp
index 217da77097..d9af73f8da 100644
--- a/src/qt_common/discord/discord_impl.cpp
+++ b/src/qt_common/discord/discord_impl.cpp
@@ -8,17 +8,23 @@
 #include <string>
 
 #include <QEventLoop>
-#include <QNetworkAccessManager>
-#include <QNetworkReply>
+#include <boost/algorithm/string/replace.hpp>
+#include <httplib.h>
 
 #include <discord_rpc.h>
 #include <fmt/format.h>
+#include <qdebug.h>
 
 #include "common/common_types.h"
 #include "common/string_util.h"
 #include "core/core.h"
 #include "core/loader/loader.h"
-#include "qt_common/discord/discord_impl.h"
+
+#include "discord_impl.h"
+
+#ifdef YUZU_BUNDLED_OPENSSL
+#include <openssl/cert.h>
+#endif
 
 namespace DiscordRPC {
 
@@ -44,6 +50,7 @@ std::string DiscordImpl::GetGameString(const std::string& title) {
 
     // Replace spaces with dashes
     std::replace(icon_name.begin(), icon_name.end(), ' ', '-');
+    boost::replace_all(icon_name, "é", "e");
 
     // Remove non-alphanumeric characters but keep dashes
     std::erase_if(icon_name, [](char c) { return !std::isalnum(c) && c != '-'; });
@@ -81,6 +88,8 @@ void DiscordImpl::UpdateGameStatus(bool use_default) {
     presence.details = "Currently in game";
     presence.startTimestamp = start_time;
     Discord_UpdatePresence(&presence);
+
+    qDebug() << "game status updated";
 }
 
 void DiscordImpl::Update() {
@@ -97,15 +106,22 @@ void DiscordImpl::Update() {
             "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eden-emulator/boxart/refs/heads/master/img/{}.png",
             icon_name);
 
-        QNetworkAccessManager manager;
-        QNetworkRequest request;
-        request.setUrl(QUrl(QString::fromStdString(game_url)));
-        request.setTransferTimeout(3000);
-        QNetworkReply* reply = manager.head(request);
-        QEventLoop request_event_loop;
-        reply->connect(reply, &QNetworkReply::finished, &request_event_loop, &QEventLoop::quit);
-        request_event_loop.exec();
-        UpdateGameStatus(reply->error());
+        httplib::SSLClient client(game_url);
+        client.set_connection_timeout(3);
+        client.set_read_timeout(3);
+        client.set_follow_location(true);
+
+#ifdef YUZU_BUNDLED_OPENSSL
+        client.load_ca_cert_store(kCert, sizeof(kCert));
+#endif
+
+        httplib::Request request{
+            .method = "HEAD",
+            .path = game_url,
+        };
+
+        auto res = client.send(request);
+        UpdateGameStatus(res && res->status == 200);
 
         return;
     }