diff --git a/ultrasonic/src/main/java/org/moire/ultrasonic/service/RESTMusicService.java b/ultrasonic/src/main/java/org/moire/ultrasonic/service/RESTMusicService.java
index e471bfde..26944926 100644
--- a/ultrasonic/src/main/java/org/moire/ultrasonic/service/RESTMusicService.java
+++ b/ultrasonic/src/main/java/org/moire/ultrasonic/service/RESTMusicService.java
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ import org.moire.ultrasonic.api.subsonic.response.GetArtistsResponse;
 import org.moire.ultrasonic.api.subsonic.response.GetIndexesResponse;
 import org.moire.ultrasonic.api.subsonic.response.GetMusicDirectoryResponse;
 import org.moire.ultrasonic.api.subsonic.response.GetPlaylistResponse;
+import org.moire.ultrasonic.api.subsonic.response.GetPlaylistsResponse;
 import org.moire.ultrasonic.api.subsonic.response.LicenseResponse;
 import org.moire.ultrasonic.api.subsonic.response.MusicFoldersResponse;
 import org.moire.ultrasonic.api.subsonic.response.SearchResponse;
@@ -92,7 +93,6 @@ import org.moire.ultrasonic.service.parser.GenreParser;
 import org.moire.ultrasonic.service.parser.JukeboxStatusParser;
 import org.moire.ultrasonic.service.parser.LyricsParser;
 import org.moire.ultrasonic.service.parser.MusicDirectoryParser;
-import org.moire.ultrasonic.service.parser.PlaylistsParser;
 import org.moire.ultrasonic.service.parser.PodcastEpisodeParser;
 import org.moire.ultrasonic.service.parser.PodcastsChannelsParser;
 import org.moire.ultrasonic.service.parser.RandomSongsParser;
@@ -554,21 +554,17 @@ public class RESTMusicService implements MusicService
 		}
 	}
 
+    @Override
+    public List<Playlist> getPlaylists(boolean refresh,
+                                       Context context,
+                                       ProgressListener progressListener) throws Exception {
+        updateProgressListener(progressListener, R.string.parser_reading);
+        Response<GetPlaylistsResponse> response = subsonicAPIClient.getApi()
+                .getPlaylists(null).execute();
+        checkResponseSuccessful(response);
 
-
-	@Override
-	public List<Playlist> getPlaylists(boolean refresh, Context context, ProgressListener progressListener) throws Exception
-	{
-		Reader reader = getReader(context, progressListener, "getPlaylists", null);
-		try
-		{
-			return new PlaylistsParser(context).parse(reader, progressListener);
-		}
-		finally
-		{
-			Util.close(reader);
-		}
-	}
+        return APIConverter.toDomainEntitiesList(response.body().getPlaylists());
+    }
 
 	@Override
 	public void createPlaylist(String id, String name, List<MusicDirectory.Entry> entries, Context context, ProgressListener progressListener) throws Exception
diff --git a/ultrasonic/src/main/java/org/moire/ultrasonic/service/parser/PlaylistsParser.java b/ultrasonic/src/main/java/org/moire/ultrasonic/service/parser/PlaylistsParser.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 9362dd7e..00000000
--- a/ultrasonic/src/main/java/org/moire/ultrasonic/service/parser/PlaylistsParser.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-/*
- This file is part of Subsonic.
-
- Subsonic is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- (at your option) any later version.
-
- Subsonic is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- GNU General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- along with Subsonic.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
- Copyright 2009 (C) Sindre Mehus
- */
-package org.moire.ultrasonic.service.parser;
-
-import android.content.Context;
-
-import org.moire.ultrasonic.R;
-import org.moire.ultrasonic.domain.Playlist;
-import org.moire.ultrasonic.util.ProgressListener;
-import org.moire.ultrasonic.view.PlaylistAdapter;
-
-import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
-
-import java.io.Reader;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-
-/**
- * @author Sindre Mehus
- */
-public class PlaylistsParser extends AbstractParser
-{
-
-	public PlaylistsParser(Context context)
-	{
-		super(context);
-	}
-
-	public List<Playlist> parse(Reader reader, ProgressListener progressListener) throws Exception
-	{
-
-		updateProgress(progressListener, R.string.parser_reading);
-		init(reader);
-
-		List<Playlist> result = new ArrayList<Playlist>();
-		int eventType;
-		do
-		{
-			eventType = nextParseEvent();
-			if (eventType == XmlPullParser.START_TAG)
-			{
-				String tag = getElementName();
-				if ("playlist".equals(tag))
-				{
-					String id = get("id");
-					String name = get("name");
-					String owner = get("owner");
-					String comment = get("comment");
-					String songCount = get("songCount");
-					String created = get("created");
-					String pub = get("public");
-					result.add(new Playlist(id, name, owner, comment, songCount, created, pub));
-				}
-				else if ("error".equals(tag))
-				{
-					handleError();
-				}
-			}
-		} while (eventType != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT);
-
-		validate();
-		updateProgress(progressListener, R.string.parser_reading_done);
-
-		return PlaylistAdapter.PlaylistComparator.sort(result);
-	}
-
-}
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