diff --git a/examples/meshtastic/app.asd b/examples/meshtastic/app.asd
index 850ba87..d1808c5 100644
--- a/examples/meshtastic/app.asd
+++ b/examples/meshtastic/app.asd
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   :serial t
   :depends-on (#-depends-loaded :my-cl-protobufs
                #-depends-loaded :trivial-package-local-nicknames
+               #-depends-loaded :usocket-server
                #+mobile :s-http-server
                #+mobile :zip) ; see 'hacks/zip/'
   :components ((:file "lisp/meshtastic-proto")
@@ -18,5 +19,6 @@
                (:file "lisp/radios")
                (:file "lisp/lora")
                (:file "lisp/location")
+               (:file "lisp/tile-provider")
                (:file "lisp/main")))
 
diff --git a/examples/meshtastic/app.pro b/examples/meshtastic/app.pro
index 269ff5a..f95eeee 100644
--- a/examples/meshtastic/app.pro
+++ b/examples/meshtastic/app.pro
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ HEADERS += \
   ../../src/cpp/main.h \
   cpp/ble.h \
   cpp/ble_meshtastic.h \
-  cpp/tile_provider.h \
   cpp/qt.h
 
 SOURCES += \
diff --git a/examples/meshtastic/cpp/qt.cpp b/examples/meshtastic/cpp/qt.cpp
index 8fa7070..9f07b4f 100644
--- a/examples/meshtastic/cpp/qt.cpp
+++ b/examples/meshtastic/cpp/qt.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #include "qt.h"
 #include "ble_meshtastic.h"
-#include "tile_provider.h"
 #include <ecl_fun.h>
 #include <QSqlQuery>
 #include <QSqlError>
@@ -182,14 +181,4 @@ QVariant QT::localIp() {
   return QVariant();
 }
 
-QVariant QT::startTileProvider() {
-  static bool start = true;
-  if (start) {
-    start = false;
-    int port = 1702;
-    new TileProvider(port);
-  }
-  return QVariant();
-}
-
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/examples/meshtastic/cpp/qt.h b/examples/meshtastic/cpp/qt.h
index d29be8b..48c101d 100644
--- a/examples/meshtastic/cpp/qt.h
+++ b/examples/meshtastic/cpp/qt.h
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ public:
   // etc
   Q_INVOKABLE QVariant dataPath();
   Q_INVOKABLE QVariant localIp();
-  Q_INVOKABLE QVariant startTileProvider();
 
   QT();
 
diff --git a/examples/meshtastic/cpp/qt.pro b/examples/meshtastic/cpp/qt.pro
index f8f4a1c..1351c34 100644
--- a/examples/meshtastic/cpp/qt.pro
+++ b/examples/meshtastic/cpp/qt.pro
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ MOC_DIR     = ./tmp/
 HEADERS += \
   ble.h \
   ble_meshtastic.h \
-  tile_provider.h \
   qt.h
 
 SOURCES += \
diff --git a/examples/meshtastic/cpp/tile_provider.h b/examples/meshtastic/cpp/tile_provider.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c47c3b..0000000
--- a/examples/meshtastic/cpp/tile_provider.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#include <QTcpServer>
-#include <QTcpSocket>
-#include <QtDebug>
-
-// trivial local tile provider which doesn't need an API key
-// (default Qt provider requires an API key from thunderforest.com)
-
-class TileProvider : public QTcpServer {
-  Q_OBJECT
-
-public:
-  TileProvider(int port = 0, QObject* parent = nullptr) : QTcpServer(parent) {
-    listen(QHostAddress::Any, port);
-    qDebug() << "tile provider started at IP" << serverAddress() << "port" << serverPort();
-  }
-
-  void incomingConnection(qintptr socket) override {
-    QTcpSocket* s = new QTcpSocket(this);
-    connect(s, &QTcpSocket::readyRead, this, &TileProvider::readClient);
-    connect(s, &QTcpSocket::disconnected, this, &TileProvider::discardClient);
-    s->setSocketDescriptor(socket);
-  }
-
-public Q_SLOTS:
-  void readClient() {
-    QString json = QStringLiteral(
-    "{\"UrlTemplate\": \"https://tile.openstreetmap.org/%z/%x/%y.png\","
-    " \"ImageFormat\": \"png\","
-    " \"QImageFormat\": \"Indexed8\","
-    " \"ID\": \"wmf-intl-1x\","
-    " \"MaximumZoomLevel\": 19,"
-    " \"MapCopyRight\": \"<a href='http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright'>OpenStreetMap</a>\","
-    " \"DataCopyRight\": \"\"}");
-
-    QTcpSocket* socket = static_cast<QTcpSocket*>(sender());
-    if (socket->canReadLine()) {
-      QString line = socket->readLine();
-      if (line.startsWith("GET")) {
-        QTextStream s(socket);
-        s.setCodec("UTF-8");
-        s << QStringLiteral("HTTP/1.0 200 Ok\r\n"
-                            "Content-Type: application/json; charset=\"utf-8\"\r\n\r\n")
-          << json
-          << QStringLiteral("\r\n");
-        socket->close();
-
-        if (socket->state() == QTcpSocket::UnconnectedState) {
-          delete socket;
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  void discardClient() {
-    QTcpSocket* socket = static_cast<QTcpSocket*>(sender());
-    socket->deleteLater();
-  }
-};
-
diff --git a/examples/meshtastic/lisp/location.lisp b/examples/meshtastic/lisp/location.lisp
index 5fc1fe9..5080001 100644
--- a/examples/meshtastic/lisp/location.lisp
+++ b/examples/meshtastic/lisp/location.lisp
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 
 (defun activate-map ()
   (unless (q< |active| ui:*map-loader*)
-    (qt:start-tile-provider qt:*cpp*)
+    (start-tile-provider)
     (q> |active| ui:*map-loader* t)
     #+mobile
     (destructuring-bind (lat lon time)
diff --git a/examples/meshtastic/lisp/package.lisp b/examples/meshtastic/lisp/package.lisp
index 9adbc37..252d708 100644
--- a/examples/meshtastic/lisp/package.lisp
+++ b/examples/meshtastic/lisp/package.lisp
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@
    #:position*
    #:position-count
    #:set-position
+   #:start-tile-provider
    #:tile-path
    #:update-my-position))
 
diff --git a/examples/meshtastic/lisp/qt.lisp b/examples/meshtastic/lisp/qt.lisp
index 1301962..a35baad 100644
--- a/examples/meshtastic/lisp/qt.lisp
+++ b/examples/meshtastic/lisp/qt.lisp
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
    #:last-position
    #:local-ip
    #:start-device-discovery
-   #:start-tile-provider
    #:read*
    #:short-names
    #:sql-query
diff --git a/examples/meshtastic/lisp/tile-provider.lisp b/examples/meshtastic/lisp/tile-provider.lisp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa332fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/meshtastic/lisp/tile-provider.lisp
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+(in-package :loc)
+
+(defvar *tile-provider-json*
+"{
+ \"UrlTemplate\": \"https://tile.openstreetmap.org/%z/%x/%y.png\",
+ \"ImageFormat\": \"png\",
+ \"QImageFormat\": \"Indexed8\",
+ \"ID\": \"wmf-intl-1x\",
+ \"MaximumZoomLevel\": 19,
+ \"MapCopyRight\": \"<a href='http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright'>OpenStreetMap</a>\",
+ \"DataCopyRight\": \"\"
+ }")
+
+(defvar *newline* #.(format nil "~C~C" #\Return #\Newline))
+
+(defun tile-provider-handler (stream)
+  (when (x:starts-with "GET" (read-line stream))
+    (princ (format nil "HTTP/1.0 200 Ok~AContent-Type: application/json; charset=\"utf-8\"~A~A"
+                   *newline* *newline* *newline*)
+           stream)
+    (princ *tile-provider-json* stream)
+    (princ *newline* stream)
+    (finish-output)))
+
+(defvar *tile-provider* nil)
+
+(defun start-tile-provider ()
+  (unless *tile-provider*
+    (setf *tile-provider*
+          (mp:process-run-function
+           :tile-provider
+           (lambda () (usocket:socket-server (app:my-ip) 1702 'tile-provider-handler))))))
+
diff --git a/examples/meshtastic/run.lisp b/examples/meshtastic/run.lisp
index c58f9fd..f03c53f 100644
--- a/examples/meshtastic/run.lisp
+++ b/examples/meshtastic/run.lisp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 (asdf:load-system :my-cl-protobufs)
 (asdf:load-system :trivial-package-local-nicknames)
+(asdf:load-system :usocket-server)
 
 (push :depends-loaded *features*)