diff --git a/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/sites/streamate/StreamateModel.java b/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/sites/streamate/StreamateModel.java
index ad7935ce..90439d30 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/sites/streamate/StreamateModel.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/sites/streamate/StreamateModel.java
@@ -24,22 +24,19 @@ import ctbrec.AbstractModel;
 import ctbrec.Config;
 import ctbrec.io.HttpException;
 import ctbrec.recorder.download.StreamSource;
-import okhttp3.FormBody;
 import okhttp3.MediaType;
 import okhttp3.Request;
 import okhttp3.RequestBody;
 import okhttp3.Response;
-import okio.Buffer;
 
 public class StreamateModel extends AbstractModel {
 
     private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(StreamateModel.class);
 
     private boolean online = false;
-    private List<StreamSource> streamSources = new ArrayList<>();
+    private transient List<StreamSource> streamSources = new ArrayList<>();
     private int[] resolution;
     private Long id;
-    private String streamId;
 
     @Override
     public boolean isOnline(boolean ignoreCache) throws IOException, ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
@@ -133,116 +130,19 @@ public class StreamateModel extends AbstractModel {
         resolution = null;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public void receiveTip(Double tokens) throws IOException {
-        /*
-        Mt._giveGoldAjax = function(e, t) {
-                var n = _t.getState(),
-                    a = n.nickname,
-                    o = n.id,
-                    i = Ds.getState(),
-                    r = i.userStreamId,
-                    s = i.sakey,
-                    l = i.userId,
-                    c = i.nickname,
-                    u = "";
-                switch (Ot.getState().streamType) {
-                    case z.STREAM_TYPE_PRIVATE:
-                    case z.STREAM_TYPE_BLOCK:
-                        u = "premium";
-                        break;
-                    case z.STREAM_TYPE_EXCLUSIVE:
-                    case z.STREAM_TYPE_BLOCK_EXCLUSIVE:
-                        u = "exclusive"
-                }
-                if (!l) return ae.a.reject("no userId!");
-                var d = {
-                        amt: e,
-                        isprepopulated: t,
-                        modelname: a,
-                        nickname: c,
-                        performernickname: a,
-                        sakey: s,
-                        session: u,
-                        smid: o,
-                        streamid: r,
-                        userid: l,
-                        username: c
-                    },
-                    p = de.a.getBaseUrl() + "/api/v1/givegold/";
-                return de.a.postPromise(p, d, "json")
-            },
-         */
-
-        StreamateHttpClient client = (StreamateHttpClient) getSite().getHttpClient();
-        client.login();
-        String saKey = client.getSaKey();
-        Long userId = client.getUserId();
-        String nickname = client.getUserNickname();
-
-        String url = "https://hybridclient.naiadsystems.com/api/v1/givegold/";  // this returns 404 at the moment. not sure if it's the wrong server, or if this is not used anymore
-        RequestBody body = new FormBody.Builder()
-                .add("amt", Integer.toString(tokens.intValue())) // amount
-                .add("isprepopulated", "1")                      // ?
-                .add("modelname", getName())                     // model's name
-                .add("nickname", nickname)                       // user's nickname
-                .add("performernickname", getName())             // model's name
-                .add("sakey", saKey)                             // sakey from login
-                .add("session", "")                              // is related to gold an private shows, for normal tips keep it empty
-                .add("smid", Long.toString(getId()))             // model id
-                .add("streamid", getStreamId())                  // id of the current stream
-                .add("userid", Long.toString(userId))            // user's id
-                .add("username", nickname)                       // user's nickname
-                .build();
-        Buffer b = new Buffer();
-        body.writeTo(b);
-        LOG.debug("tip params {}", b.readUtf8());
-        Request request = new Request.Builder()
+    void loadModelId() throws IOException {
+        String url = "https://www.streamate.com/api/performer/lookup?nicknames=" + getName();
+        StreamateHttpClient httpClient = (StreamateHttpClient) getSite().getHttpClient();
+        Request request = httpClient.newRequestBuilder()
                 .url(url)
-                .addHeader(USER_AGENT, Config.getInstance().getSettings().httpUserAgent)
-                .addHeader(ACCEPT, MIMETYPE_APPLICATION_JSON)
-                .addHeader(ACCEPT_LANGUAGE, Locale.ENGLISH.getLanguage())
-                .addHeader(REFERER, Streamate.BASE_URL + '/' + getName())
-                .addHeader(X_REQUESTED_WITH, XML_HTTP_REQUEST)
-                .post(body)
                 .build();
-        try(Response response = site.getHttpClient().execute(request)) {
-            if(response.isSuccessful()) {
-                JSONObject json = new JSONObject(response.body().string());
-                LOG.debug(json.toString(2));
-                if(!json.optString("status").equals("success")) {
-                    LOG.error("Sending tip failed {}", json.toString(2));
-                    throw new IOException("Sending tip failed");
-                }
-            } else {
-                throw new HttpException(response.code(), response.message());
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    private String getStreamId() throws IOException {
-        loadModelInfo();
-        return streamId;
-    }
-
-    void loadModelInfo() throws IOException {
-        String url = "https://hybridclient.naiadsystems.com/api/v1/config/?name=" + getName()
-        + "&sabasic=&sakey=&sk=www.streamate.com&userid=0&version=6.3.17&ajax=1";
-        Request request = new Request.Builder()
-                .url(url)
-                .addHeader(USER_AGENT, Config.getInstance().getSettings().httpUserAgent)
-                .addHeader(ACCEPT, MIMETYPE_APPLICATION_JSON)
-                .addHeader(ACCEPT_LANGUAGE, Locale.ENGLISH.getLanguage())
-                .addHeader(REFERER, Streamate.BASE_URL + '/' + getName())
-                .addHeader(X_REQUESTED_WITH, XML_HTTP_REQUEST)
-                .build();
-        try(Response response = site.getHttpClient().execute(request)) {
-            if(response.isSuccessful()) {
-                JSONObject json = new JSONObject(response.body().string());
-                JSONObject stream = json.getJSONObject("stream");
-                streamId = stream.getString("streamId");
-                JSONObject performer = json.getJSONObject("performer");
-                id = performer.getLong("id");
+        try (Response response = site.getHttpClient().execute(request)) {
+            if (response.isSuccessful()) {
+                String body = response.body().string();
+                LOG.info(body);
+                JSONObject json = new JSONObject(body);
+                JSONObject performer = json.getJSONObject("result");
+                id = performer.getLong(getName());
             } else {
                 throw new HttpException(response.code(), response.message());
             }
@@ -263,7 +163,10 @@ public class StreamateModel extends AbstractModel {
                 Collections.sort(streamSources);
                 StreamSource best = streamSources.get(streamSources.size()-1);
                 resolution = new int[] {best.width, best.height};
-            } catch (ExecutionException | IOException | ParseException | PlaylistException | InterruptedException e) {
+            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                LOG.warn("Couldn't determine stream resolution for {} - {}", getName(), e.getMessage());
+                Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+            } catch (ExecutionException | IOException | ParseException | PlaylistException e) {
                 LOG.warn("Couldn't determine stream resolution for {} - {}", getName(), e.getMessage());
             }
             return resolution;
@@ -326,6 +229,7 @@ public class StreamateModel extends AbstractModel {
 
     @Override
     public void readSiteSpecificData(JsonReader reader) throws IOException {
+
         reader.nextName();
         id = reader.nextLong();
     }
@@ -334,11 +238,17 @@ public class StreamateModel extends AbstractModel {
     public void writeSiteSpecificData(JsonWriter writer) throws IOException {
         if(id == null) {
             try {
-                loadModelInfo();
+                loadModelId();
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 LOG.error("Couldn't load model ID for {}. This can cause problems with saving / loading the model", getName());
             }
         }
         writer.name("id").value(id);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void receiveTip(Double tokens) throws IOException {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+
+    }
 }
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