diff --git a/app/src/main/java/gr/thmmy/mthmmy/activities/board/BoardActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/gr/thmmy/mthmmy/activities/board/BoardActivity.java
index 57a97093..d25a2340 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/gr/thmmy/mthmmy/activities/board/BoardActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/gr/thmmy/mthmmy/activities/board/BoardActivity.java
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import android.widget.ImageButton;
 import android.widget.ProgressBar;
 import android.widget.Toast;
 
-import org.jsoup.Jsoup;
 import org.jsoup.nodes.Document;
 import org.jsoup.nodes.Element;
 import org.jsoup.select.Elements;
@@ -21,17 +20,15 @@ import org.jsoup.select.Elements;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-import javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException;
-
 import gr.thmmy.mthmmy.R;
 import gr.thmmy.mthmmy.base.BaseActivity;
 import gr.thmmy.mthmmy.model.Board;
 import gr.thmmy.mthmmy.model.Bookmark;
 import gr.thmmy.mthmmy.model.ThmmyPage;
 import gr.thmmy.mthmmy.model.Topic;
+import gr.thmmy.mthmmy.utils.ParseTask;
+import gr.thmmy.mthmmy.utils.exceptions.ParseException;
 import me.zhanghai.android.materialprogressbar.MaterialProgressBar;
-import okhttp3.Request;
-import okhttp3.Response;
 import timber.log.Timber;
 
 public class BoardActivity extends BaseActivity implements BoardAdapter.OnLoadMoreListener {
@@ -176,47 +173,15 @@ public class BoardActivity extends BaseActivity implements BoardAdapter.OnLoadMo
      * <p>BoardTask's {@link AsyncTask#execute execute} method needs a boards's url as String
      * parameter!</p>
      */
-    private class BoardTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, Void> {
+    private class BoardTask extends ParseTask {
         @Override
         protected void onPreExecute() {
             if (!isLoadingMore) progressBar.setVisibility(ProgressBar.VISIBLE);
             if (newTopicFAB.getVisibility() != View.GONE) newTopicFAB.setEnabled(false);
         }
 
-        @Override
-        protected Void doInBackground(String... boardUrl) {
-            Request request = new Request.Builder()
-                    .url(boardUrl[0])
-                    .build();
-            try {
-                Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
-                parseBoard(Jsoup.parse(response.body().string()));
-            } catch (SSLHandshakeException e) {
-                Timber.w("Certificate problem (please switch to unsafe connection).");
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                Timber.e(e, "Exception");
-            }
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        protected void onPostExecute(Void voids) {
-            if (boardTitle == null || Objects.equals(boardTitle, "")
-                    || !Objects.equals(boardTitle, parsedTitle)) {
-                boardTitle = parsedTitle;
-                toolbar.setTitle(boardTitle);
-                thisPageBookmark = new Bookmark(boardTitle, ThmmyPage.getBoardId(boardUrl));
-            }
-
-            //Parse was successful
-            ++pagesLoaded;
-            if (newTopicFAB.getVisibility() != View.GONE) newTopicFAB.setEnabled(true);
-            progressBar.setVisibility(ProgressBar.INVISIBLE);
-            boardAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
-            isLoadingMore = false;
-        }
-
-        private void parseBoard(Document boardPage) {
+        @Override   //TODO should throw ParseException
+        public void parse(Document boardPage) throws ParseException {
             parsedTitle = boardPage.select("div.nav a.nav").last().text();
 
             //Removes loading item
@@ -320,5 +285,26 @@ public class BoardActivity extends BaseActivity implements BoardAdapter.OnLoadMo
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void postParsing(ResultCode result) {
+            //TODO if (result == ResultCode.SUCCESS)...
+            if (boardTitle == null || Objects.equals(boardTitle, "")
+                    || !Objects.equals(boardTitle, parsedTitle)) {
+                boardTitle = parsedTitle;
+                toolbar.setTitle(boardTitle);
+                thisPageBookmark = new Bookmark(boardTitle, ThmmyPage.getBoardId(boardUrl));
+            }
+
+            //Parse was successful
+            ++pagesLoaded;
+            if (newTopicFAB.getVisibility() != View.GONE) newTopicFAB.setEnabled(true);
+            progressBar.setVisibility(ProgressBar.INVISIBLE);
+            boardAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
+            isLoadingMore = false;
+        }
+
+
     }
+
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/gr/thmmy/mthmmy/activities/main/forum/ForumFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/gr/thmmy/mthmmy/activities/main/forum/ForumFragment.java
index 8ca74bdb..b8e3c140 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/gr/thmmy/mthmmy/activities/main/forum/ForumFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/gr/thmmy/mthmmy/activities/main/forum/ForumFragment.java
@@ -10,16 +10,13 @@ import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
 import android.widget.ProgressBar;
 import android.widget.RelativeLayout;
-import android.widget.Toast;
 
 import com.bignerdranch.expandablerecyclerview.ExpandableRecyclerAdapter;
 
-import org.jsoup.Jsoup;
 import org.jsoup.nodes.Document;
 import org.jsoup.nodes.Element;
 import org.jsoup.select.Elements;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -29,12 +26,11 @@ import gr.thmmy.mthmmy.base.BaseFragment;
 import gr.thmmy.mthmmy.model.Board;
 import gr.thmmy.mthmmy.model.Category;
 import gr.thmmy.mthmmy.session.SessionManager;
+import gr.thmmy.mthmmy.utils.ParseTask;
 import gr.thmmy.mthmmy.utils.exceptions.ParseException;
 import me.zhanghai.android.materialprogressbar.MaterialProgressBar;
-
 import okhttp3.HttpUrl;
 import okhttp3.Request;
-import okhttp3.Response;
 import timber.log.Timber;
 
 /**
@@ -153,9 +149,8 @@ public class ForumFragment extends BaseFragment
 
     //---------------------------------------ASYNC TASK-----------------------------------
 
-    private class ForumTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Integer> {
+    private class ForumTask extends ParseTask {
         private HttpUrl forumUrl = SessionManager.forumUrl;   //may change upon collapse/expand
-        private Document document;
 
         private final List<Category> fetchedCategories;
 
@@ -167,43 +162,16 @@ public class ForumFragment extends BaseFragment
             progressBar.setVisibility(ProgressBar.VISIBLE);
         }
 
-        protected Integer doInBackground(Void... voids) {
-            Request request = new Request.Builder()
+        @Override
+        protected Request prepareRequest(String... params) {
+            return new Request.Builder()
                     .url(forumUrl)
                     .build();
-            try {
-                Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
-                document = Jsoup.parse(response.body().string());
-                parse(document);
-                categories.clear();
-                categories.addAll(fetchedCategories);
-                fetchedCategories.clear();
-                return 0;
-            } catch (ParseException e) {
-                Timber.e(e, "ParseException");
-                return 1;
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                Timber.i(e, "Network Error");
-                return 2;
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                Timber.e(e, "Exception");
-                return 3;
-            }
-
         }
 
 
-        protected void onPostExecute(Integer result) {
-
-            if (result == 0)
-                forumAdapter.notifyParentDataSetChanged(false);
-            else if (result == 2)
-                Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "Network error", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
-
-            progressBar.setVisibility(ProgressBar.INVISIBLE);
-        }
-
-        private void parse(Document document) throws ParseException {
+        @Override
+        public void parse(Document document) throws ParseException {
             Elements categoryBlocks = document.select(".tborder:not([style])>table[cellpadding=5]");
             if (categoryBlocks.size() != 0) {
                 for(Element categoryBlock: categoryBlocks)
@@ -229,9 +197,21 @@ public class ForumFragment extends BaseFragment
             }
             else
                 throw new ParseException("Parsing failed");
+
+            categories.clear();
+            categories.addAll(fetchedCategories);
+            fetchedCategories.clear();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void postParsing(ParseTask.ResultCode result) {
+            if (result == ResultCode.SUCCESS)
+                forumAdapter.notifyParentDataSetChanged(false);
+
+            progressBar.setVisibility(ProgressBar.INVISIBLE);
         }
 
-        public void setUrl(String string)
+        public void setUrl(String string)   //TODO delete and simplify e.g. in prepareRequest possible?
         {
             forumUrl = HttpUrl.parse(string);
         }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/gr/thmmy/mthmmy/activities/main/recent/RecentFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/gr/thmmy/mthmmy/activities/main/recent/RecentFragment.java
index 8f4a9663..293338d2 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/gr/thmmy/mthmmy/activities/main/recent/RecentFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/gr/thmmy/mthmmy/activities/main/recent/RecentFragment.java
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
 import android.widget.ProgressBar;
 import android.widget.RelativeLayout;
-import android.widget.Toast;
 
 import org.jsoup.nodes.Document;
 import org.jsoup.select.Elements;
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@ import gr.thmmy.mthmmy.utils.CustomRecyclerView;
 import gr.thmmy.mthmmy.utils.ParseTask;
 import gr.thmmy.mthmmy.utils.exceptions.ParseException;
 import me.zhanghai.android.materialprogressbar.MaterialProgressBar;
-import okhttp3.Request;
 import timber.log.Timber;
 
 
@@ -143,13 +141,6 @@ public class RecentFragment extends BaseFragment {
             progressBar.setVisibility(ProgressBar.VISIBLE);
         }
 
-        @Override
-        protected Request prepareRequest(String... strings) {
-            return new Request.Builder()
-                    .url(strings[0])
-                    .build();
-        }
-
         @Override
         public void parse(Document document) throws ParseException
         {
@@ -187,12 +178,9 @@ public class RecentFragment extends BaseFragment {
 
 
         @Override
-        protected void onPostExecute(ParseTask.ResultCode result) {
-
+        protected void postParsing(ParseTask.ResultCode result) {
             if (result == ResultCode.SUCCESS)
                 recentAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
-            else if (result == ResultCode.NETWORK_ERROR)
-                Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "Network error", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); //Fixme, sometimes activity isn't ready
 
             progressBar.setVisibility(ProgressBar.INVISIBLE);
             swipeRefreshLayout.setRefreshing(false);
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/gr/thmmy/mthmmy/activities/topic/TopicActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/gr/thmmy/mthmmy/activities/topic/TopicActivity.java
index 74dcadac..c959d091 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/gr/thmmy/mthmmy/activities/topic/TopicActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/gr/thmmy/mthmmy/activities/topic/TopicActivity.java
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ import gr.thmmy.mthmmy.model.Post;
 import gr.thmmy.mthmmy.model.ThmmyPage;
 import gr.thmmy.mthmmy.utils.ParseHelpers;
 import me.zhanghai.android.materialprogressbar.MaterialProgressBar;
-
 import okhttp3.MultipartBody;
 import okhttp3.Request;
 import okhttp3.RequestBody;
@@ -698,10 +697,10 @@ public class TopicActivity extends BaseActivity {
                 //subject = document.select("input[name=subject]").first().attr("value");
                 topic = document.select("input[name=topic]").first().attr("value");
             } catch (IOException e) {
-                Timber.e("Post failed.", e);
+                Timber.e(e,"Post failed.");
                 return false;
             } catch (Selector.SelectorParseException e) {
-                Timber.e("Post failed.", e);
+                Timber.e(e,"Post failed.");
                 return false;
             }
 
@@ -735,7 +734,7 @@ public class TopicActivity extends BaseActivity {
                         return true;
                 }
             } catch (IOException e) {
-                Timber.e("Post failed.", e);
+                Timber.e(e,"Post failed.");
                 return false;
             }
         }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/gr/thmmy/mthmmy/session/SessionManager.java b/app/src/main/java/gr/thmmy/mthmmy/session/SessionManager.java
index 93b37b46..b5b56bfe 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/gr/thmmy/mthmmy/session/SessionManager.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/gr/thmmy/mthmmy/session/SessionManager.java
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ public class SessionManager {
         if (userName != null && !userName.isEmpty())
             return userName;
 
-        Timber.e("ParseException", new ParseException("Parsing failed(username extraction)"));
+        Timber.e(new ParseException("Parsing failed(username extraction)"),"ParseException");
         return "User"; //return a default username
     }
 
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ public class SessionManager {
             if (link != null && !link.isEmpty())
                 return link;
         }
-        Timber.e("ParseException", new ParseException("Parsing failed(logoutLink extraction)"));
+        Timber.e(new ParseException("Parsing failed(logoutLink extraction)"),"ParseException");
         return "https://www.thmmy.gr/smf/index.php?action=logout"; //return a default link
     }
     //----------------------------------OTHER FUNCTIONS END-----------------------------------------
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/gr/thmmy/mthmmy/utils/ParseTask.java b/app/src/main/java/gr/thmmy/mthmmy/utils/ParseTask.java
index cd85ce20..9ce5a882 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/gr/thmmy/mthmmy/utils/ParseTask.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/gr/thmmy/mthmmy/utils/ParseTask.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package gr.thmmy.mthmmy.utils;
 
 import android.os.AsyncTask;
+import android.widget.Toast;
 
 import org.jsoup.Jsoup;
 import org.jsoup.nodes.Document;
@@ -9,16 +10,30 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import gr.thmmy.mthmmy.base.BaseApplication;
 import gr.thmmy.mthmmy.utils.exceptions.ParseException;
-
 import okhttp3.Request;
 import okhttp3.Response;
 import timber.log.Timber;
 
+/**
+ * An {@link AsyncTask} class to be inherited for asynchronous parsing.
+ * Do NOT override doInBackground() and onPostExecute directly.
+ * Default usage while executing is ParseTask.execute(urlToParse), however feel free to override
+ * and modify prepareRequest() as needed.
+ */
 public abstract class ParseTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, ParseTask.ResultCode> {
     protected enum ResultCode {
         SUCCESS, PARSING_ERROR, NETWORK_ERROR, OTHER_ERROR
     }
 
+    protected abstract void parse (Document document) throws ParseException;
+    protected abstract void postParsing (ParseTask.ResultCode result);  //ResultCode.NETWORK_ERROR is handled automatically
+
+    protected Request prepareRequest(String... params) {
+        return new Request.Builder()
+                .url(params[0])
+                .build();
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected ResultCode doInBackground(String... params) {
         Request request = prepareRequest(params);
@@ -42,7 +57,11 @@ public abstract class ParseTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, ParseTask.Result
         }
     }
 
-    protected abstract Request prepareRequest(String... params);
-    protected abstract void parse (Document document) throws ParseException;
+    @Override
+    protected void onPostExecute(ParseTask.ResultCode result) {
+        if (result == ResultCode.NETWORK_ERROR)
+            Toast.makeText(BaseApplication.getInstance().getApplicationContext(), "Network error", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
+        postParsing(result);
+    }
 }