diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/limelight/nvstream/http/NvHTTP.java b/app/src/main/java/com/limelight/nvstream/http/NvHTTP.java
index c4d2332f..9729b9c5 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/limelight/nvstream/http/NvHTTP.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/limelight/nvstream/http/NvHTTP.java
@@ -186,20 +186,13 @@ public class NvHTTP {
     }
     
     private static void verifyResponseStatus(XmlPullParser xpp) throws GfeHttpResponseException {
-        String statusCodeText = xpp.getAttributeValue(XmlPullParser.NO_NAMESPACE, "status_code");
-        if (statusCodeText == null) {
-            throw new GfeHttpResponseException(418, "Status code is missing");
-        }
-        try {
-            int statusCode = Integer.parseInt(statusCodeText);
-            if (statusCode != 200) {
-                throw new GfeHttpResponseException(statusCode, xpp.getAttributeValue(XmlPullParser.NO_NAMESPACE, "status_message"));
-            }
-        }
-        catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-            // It seems like GFE 3.20.3.63 is returning garbage for status_code in rare cases.
-            // Surface this in a more friendly way rather than crashing.
-            throw new GfeHttpResponseException(418, "Status code is not a number: "+statusCodeText);
+        // We use Long.parseLong() because in rare cases GFE can send back a status code of
+        // 0xFFFFFFFF, which will cause Integer.parseInt() to throw a NumberFormatException due
+        // to exceeding Integer.MAX_VALUE. We'll get the desired error code of -1 by just casting
+        // the resulting long into an int.
+        int statusCode = (int)Long.parseLong(xpp.getAttributeValue(XmlPullParser.NO_NAMESPACE, "status_code"));
+        if (statusCode != 200) {
+            throw new GfeHttpResponseException(statusCode, xpp.getAttributeValue(XmlPullParser.NO_NAMESPACE, "status_message"));
         }
     }