diff --git a/connect/src/spirc.rs b/connect/src/spirc.rs
index 92e26ce0..5e00ebb0 100644
--- a/connect/src/spirc.rs
+++ b/connect/src/spirc.rs
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ use context::StationContext;
 use librespot_core::config::ConnectConfig;
 use librespot_core::mercury::MercuryError;
 use librespot_core::session::Session;
-use librespot_core::spotify_id::SpotifyId;
+use librespot_core::spotify_id::{SpotifyId, SpotifyIdError};
 use librespot_core::util::SeqGenerator;
 use librespot_core::version;
 use librespot_core::volume::Volume;
 use playback::mixer::Mixer;
 use playback::player::Player;
 use protocol;
-use protocol::spirc::{DeviceState, Frame, MessageType, PlayStatus, State};
+use protocol::spirc::{DeviceState, Frame, MessageType, PlayStatus, State, TrackRef};
 
 pub struct SpircTask {
     player: Player,
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ impl SpircTask {
     }
 
     fn update_tracks(&mut self, frame: &protocol::spirc::Frame) {
-        // debug!("State: {:?}", frame.get_state());
+        debug!("State: {:?}", frame.get_state());
         let index = frame.get_state().get_playing_track_index();
         let context_uri = frame.get_state().get_context_uri().to_owned();
         let tracks = frame.get_state().get_track();
@@ -813,31 +813,43 @@ impl SpircTask {
         self.state.set_shuffle(frame.get_state().get_shuffle());
     }
 
+    // should this be a method of SpotifyId directly?
+    fn get_spotify_id_for_track(&self, track_ref: &TrackRef) -> Result<SpotifyId, SpotifyIdError> {
+        SpotifyId::from_raw(track_ref.get_gid()).or_else(|_| {
+            let uri = track_ref.get_uri();
+            debug!("Malformed or no gid, attempting to parse URI <{}>", uri);
+            SpotifyId::from_uri(uri)
+        })
+    }
+
     fn load_track(&mut self, play: bool) {
         let context_uri = self.state.get_context_uri().to_owned();
-        let index = self.state.get_playing_track_index();
-        info!("context: {}", context_uri);
-        // Redundant check here
-        let track = if context_uri.contains(":show:") || context_uri.contains(":episode:") {
-            let uri = self.state.get_track()[index as usize].get_uri();
-            SpotifyId::from_uri(uri).expect("Unable to parse uri")
-        } else {
-            let mut index = self.state.get_playing_track_index();
-            // Check for malformed gid
-            let tracks_len = self.state.get_track().len() as u32;
+        let mut index = self.state.get_playing_track_index();
+        let tracks_len = self.state.get_track().len() as u32;
+        debug!(
+            "Loading context: {} index: [{}] of {}",
+            context_uri, index, tracks_len
+        );
+        // Tracks either have a gid or uri.
+        // Context based frames sometimes use spotify:meta:page: that needs to be ignored.
+        let track = {
             let mut track_ref = &self.state.get_track()[index as usize];
-            while track_ref.get_gid().len() != 16 {
+            let mut track_id = self.get_spotify_id_for_track(track_ref);
+            while track_id.is_err() {
                 warn!(
                     "Skipping track {:?} at position [{}] of {}",
                     track_ref.get_uri(),
                     index,
                     tracks_len
                 );
+                // This will keep looping over, instead we should cylce tracks only once
                 index = if index + 1 < tracks_len { index + 1 } else { 0 };
                 track_ref = &self.state.get_track()[index as usize];
+                track_id = self.get_spotify_id_for_track(track_ref);
             }
-            SpotifyId::from_raw(track_ref.get_gid()).unwrap()
-        };
+            track_id
+        }
+        .unwrap();
 
         let position = self.state.get_position_ms();
         let end_of_track = self.player.load(track, play, position);
diff --git a/core/src/spotify_id.rs b/core/src/spotify_id.rs
index c8f01674..e6f0cdd8 100644
--- a/core/src/spotify_id.rs
+++ b/core/src/spotify_id.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use std::fmt;
 pub enum SpotifyAudioType {
     Track,
     Podcast,
+    NonPlayable,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
@@ -71,12 +72,18 @@ impl SpotifyId {
 
     pub fn from_uri(uri: &str) -> Result<SpotifyId, SpotifyIdError> {
         let parts = uri.split(":").collect::<Vec<&str>>();
-        if uri.contains(":show:") || uri.contains(":episode:") {
-            let mut spotify_id = SpotifyId::from_base62(parts[2]).unwrap();
+        let gid = parts.last().unwrap();
+        if uri.contains(":episode:") {
+            let mut spotify_id = SpotifyId::from_base62(gid).unwrap();
             let _ = std::mem::replace(&mut spotify_id.audio_type, SpotifyAudioType::Podcast);
             Ok(spotify_id)
+        } else if uri.contains(":track:") {
+            SpotifyId::from_base62(gid)
         } else {
-            SpotifyId::from_base62(parts[2])
+            // show/playlist/artist/album/??
+            let mut spotify_id = SpotifyId::from_base62(gid).unwrap();
+            let _ = std::mem::replace(&mut spotify_id.audio_type, SpotifyAudioType::NonPlayable);
+            Ok(spotify_id)
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/metadata/src/lib.rs b/metadata/src/lib.rs
index 75a42e2f..344a3a54 100644
--- a/metadata/src/lib.rs
+++ b/metadata/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ extern crate librespot_protocol as protocol;
 
 pub mod cover;
 
+use futures::future;
 use futures::Future;
 use linear_map::LinearMap;
 
@@ -71,6 +72,9 @@ impl AudioItem {
         match id.audio_type {
             SpotifyAudioType::Track => Track::get_audio_item(session, id),
             SpotifyAudioType::Podcast => Episode::get_audio_item(session, id),
+            SpotifyAudioType::NonPlayable => {
+                Box::new(future::err::<AudioItem, MercuryError>(MercuryError))
+            }
         }
     }
 }