diff --git a/application/CMakeLists.txt b/application/CMakeLists.txt
index f03225da..7722a091 100644
--- a/application/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/application/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -313,18 +313,8 @@ set(MULTIMC_QRCS
 	resources/pe_blue/pe_blue.qrc
 	resources/OSX/OSX.qrc
 	resources/iOS/iOS.qrc
-	resources/certs/certs.qrc
 )
 
-set(MultiMC_OSX_source
-	CertWorkaround.cpp
-	CertWorkaround.h
-)
-
-if(APPLE)
-	list(APPEND MULTIMC_SOURCES ${MultiMC_OSX_source})
-endif()
-
 ######## Windows resource files ########
 if(WIN32)
 	set(MULTIMC_RCS resources/multimc.rc)
diff --git a/application/CertWorkaround.cpp b/application/CertWorkaround.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 3bd1b16e..00000000
--- a/application/CertWorkaround.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,120 +0,0 @@
-#include <stdexcept>
-#include <iostream>
-
-#include <QByteArray>
-#include <QSslSocket>
-#include <QDebug>
-
-#include <Security/Security.h>
-
-// CFRelease will crash if passed NULL
-#define SafeCFRelease(ref)                                                                     \
-	if (ref)                                                                                   \
-		CFRelease(ref);
-
-/*!
- * \brief LoadCertificatesFromKeyChain  Load all certificates from the KeyChain path provided
- * and return them as
- *                                      QSslCertificates.
- * \param keyChainPath                  The KeyChain path. Pass an empty string to use the
- * user's keychain.
- * \return                              A list of new QSslCertificates generated from the
- * KeyChain DER data.
- */
-static QList<QSslCertificate>
-LoadCertificatesFromKeyChain(const std::string &keyChainPath = std::string())
-{
-	QList<QSslCertificate> qtCerts;
-
-	SecKeychainRef certsKeyChain = NULL;
-	SecKeychainSearchRef searchItem = NULL;
-	SecKeychainItemRef itemRef = NULL;
-	CSSM_DATA certData = {0, 0};
-
-	try
-	{
-		OSStatus status = errSecSuccess;
-
-		// if a keychain path was provided, obtain a pointer
-		if (!keyChainPath.empty())
-		{
-			status = SecKeychainOpen(keyChainPath.c_str(), &certsKeyChain);
-			if (status != errSecSuccess)
-			{
-				throw status;
-			}
-		}
-
-		// build a search query reference for certificates
-		status = SecKeychainSearchCreateFromAttributes(certsKeyChain, kSecCertificateItemClass,
-													   NULL, &searchItem);
-		if (status != errSecSuccess)
-		{
-			throw status;
-		}
-
-		// loop through the certificates
-		while (SecKeychainSearchCopyNext(searchItem, &itemRef) != errSecItemNotFound)
-		{
-			// copy the KeyChain item data into a CSSM_DATA struct - this will be the certs Der
-			// data
-			status = SecKeychainItemCopyContent(itemRef, NULL, NULL,
-												reinterpret_cast<UInt32 *>(&certData.Length),
-												reinterpret_cast<void **>(&certData.Data));
-
-			if (status != errSecSuccess)
-			{
-				throw status;
-			}
-
-			// create a Qt byte array from the data - the data is NOT copied
-			const QByteArray byteArray = QByteArray::fromRawData(
-				reinterpret_cast<const char *>(certData.Data), certData.Length);
-
-			// create a Qt certificate from the data and add it to the list
-			QSslCertificate qtCert(byteArray, QSsl::Der);
-			qDebug() << "COMMON NAME: "
-					 << qtCert.issuerInfo(QSslCertificate::CommonName).join('\n')
-					 << " ORG NAME: "
-					 << qtCert.issuerInfo(QSslCertificate::Organization).join('\n');
-
-			qtCerts << qtCert;
-		}
-	}
-	catch (OSStatus status)
-	{
-		CFStringRef errorMessage = SecCopyErrorMessageString(status, NULL);
-		std::cerr << CFStringGetCStringPtr(errorMessage, kCFStringEncodingMacRoman)
-				  << std::endl;
-		SafeCFRelease(errorMessage);
-	}
-
-	SecKeychainItemFreeContent(NULL, certData.Data);
-	SafeCFRelease(itemRef);
-	SafeCFRelease(searchItem);
-	SafeCFRelease(certsKeyChain);
-
-	return qtCerts;
-}
-
-void RebuildQtCertificates()
-{
-	const QList<QSslCertificate> existingCerts = QSslSocket::defaultCaCertificates();
-	QList<QSslCertificate> certs = LoadCertificatesFromKeyChain();
-	certs += LoadCertificatesFromKeyChain(
-		"/System/Library/Keychains/SystemRootCertificates.keychain");
-
-	Q_FOREACH (const QSslCertificate qtCert, certs)
-	{
-		if (!existingCerts.contains(qtCert))
-		{
-			qDebug() << "cert not known to Qt - adding";
-			qDebug() << "COMMON NAME: "
-					 << qtCert.issuerInfo(QSslCertificate::CommonName).join('\n')
-					 << " ORG NAME: "
-					 << qtCert.issuerInfo(QSslCertificate::Organization).join('\n');
-
-			QSslSocket::addDefaultCaCertificate(qtCert);
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/application/CertWorkaround.h b/application/CertWorkaround.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 64554698..00000000
--- a/application/CertWorkaround.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-void RebuildQtCertificates();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/application/MainWindow.cpp b/application/MainWindow.cpp
index 8661c199..2ab37e54 100644
--- a/application/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/application/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -1268,6 +1268,7 @@ void MainWindow::on_actionSettings_triggered()
 {
 	SettingsUI::ShowPageDialog(MMC->globalSettingsPages(), this, "global-settings");
 	// FIXME: quick HACK to make this work. improve, optimize.
+	MMC->instances()->loadList(true);
 	proxymodel->invalidate();
 	proxymodel->sort(0);
 	updateToolsMenu();
diff --git a/application/MultiMC.cpp b/application/MultiMC.cpp
index 32a50309..c9245e69 100644
--- a/application/MultiMC.cpp
+++ b/application/MultiMC.cpp
@@ -501,10 +501,6 @@ void MultiMC::messageReceived(const QString& message)
 	}
 }
 
-#ifdef Q_OS_MAC
-#include "CertWorkaround.h"
-#endif
-
 void MultiMC::initNetwork()
 {
 	// init the http meta cache
@@ -519,15 +515,6 @@ void MultiMC::initNetwork()
 		QString pass = settings()->get("ProxyPass").toString();
 		ENV.updateProxySettings(proxyTypeStr, addr, port, user, pass);
 	}
-
-#ifdef Q_OS_MAC
-	Q_INIT_RESOURCE(certs);
-	RebuildQtCertificates();
-	QFile equifaxFile(":/certs/Equifax_Secure_Certificate_Authority.pem");
-	equifaxFile.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly);
-	QSslCertificate equifaxCert(equifaxFile.readAll(), QSsl::Pem);
-	QSslSocket::addDefaultCaCertificate(equifaxCert);
-#endif
 }
 
 void MultiMC::initTranslations()
diff --git a/application/resources/certs/Equifax_Secure_Certificate_Authority.pem b/application/resources/certs/Equifax_Secure_Certificate_Authority.pem
deleted file mode 100644
index b5dd02fc..00000000
--- a/application/resources/certs/Equifax_Secure_Certificate_Authority.pem
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
------BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
-MIIDIDCCAomgAwIBAgIENd70zzANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADBOMQswCQYDVQQGEwJV
-UzEQMA4GA1UEChMHRXF1aWZheDEtMCsGA1UECxMkRXF1aWZheCBTZWN1cmUgQ2Vy
-dGlmaWNhdGUgQXV0aG9yaXR5MB4XDTk4MDgyMjE2NDE1MVoXDTE4MDgyMjE2NDE1
-MVowTjELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxEDAOBgNVBAoTB0VxdWlmYXgxLTArBgNVBAsTJEVx
-dWlmYXggU2VjdXJlIENlcnRpZmljYXRlIEF1dGhvcml0eTCBnzANBgkqhkiG9w0B
-AQEFAAOBjQAwgYkCgYEAwV2xWGcIYu6gmi0fCG2RFGiYCh7+2gRvE4RiIcPRfM6f
-BeC4AfBONOziipUEZKzxa1NfBbPLZ4C/QgKO/t0BCezhABRP/PvwDN1Dulsr4R+A
-cJkVV5MW8Q+XarfCaCMczE1ZMKxRHjuvK9buY0V7xdlfUNLjUA86iOe/FP3gx7kC
-AwEAAaOCAQkwggEFMHAGA1UdHwRpMGcwZaBjoGGkXzBdMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzEQ
-MA4GA1UEChMHRXF1aWZheDEtMCsGA1UECxMkRXF1aWZheCBTZWN1cmUgQ2VydGlm
-aWNhdGUgQXV0aG9yaXR5MQ0wCwYDVQQDEwRDUkwxMBoGA1UdEAQTMBGBDzIwMTgw
-ODIyMTY0MTUxWjALBgNVHQ8EBAMCAQYwHwYDVR0jBBgwFoAUSOZo+SvSspXXR9gj
-IBBPM5iQn9QwHQYDVR0OBBYEFEjmaPkr0rKV10fYIyAQTzOYkJ/UMAwGA1UdEwQF
-MAMBAf8wGgYJKoZIhvZ9B0EABA0wCxsFVjMuMGMDAgbAMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBQUA
-A4GBAFjOKer89961zgK5F7WF0bnj4JXMJTENAKaSbn+2kmOeUJXRmm/kEd5jhW6Y
-7qj/WsjTVbJmcVfewCHrPSqnI0kBBIZCe/zuf6IWUrVnZ9NA2zsmWLIodz2uFHdh
-1voqZiegDfqnc1zqcPGUIWVEX/r87yloqaKHee9570+sB3c4
------END CERTIFICATE-----
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/application/resources/certs/certs.qrc b/application/resources/certs/certs.qrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 32739c33..00000000
--- a/application/resources/certs/certs.qrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE RCC>
-<RCC version="1.0">
-	<qresource prefix="/certs">
-		<file>Equifax_Secure_Certificate_Authority.pem</file>
-	</qresource>
-</RCC>
-