diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/HttpServer/HttpResultFactory.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/HttpServer/HttpResultFactory.cs
index 7445fd3c28..e7e3308dc7 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/HttpServer/HttpResultFactory.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/HttpServer/HttpResultFactory.cs
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer
         /// </summary>
         private IHasHeaders GetHttpResult(IRequest requestContext, Stream content, string contentType, bool addCachePrevention, IDictionary<string, string> responseHeaders = null)
         {
-            var result = new StreamWriter(content, contentType, _logger);
+            var result = new StreamWriter(content, contentType);
 
             if (responseHeaders == null)
             {
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer
                     content = Array.Empty<byte>();
                 }
 
-                result = new StreamWriter(content, contentType, contentLength, _logger);
+                result = new StreamWriter(content, contentType, contentLength);
             }
             else
             {
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer
                 responseHeaders = new Dictionary<string, string>();
             }
 
-            if (addCachePrevention && !responseHeaders.TryGetValue("Expires", out string expires))
+            if (addCachePrevention && !responseHeaders.TryGetValue("Expires", out string _))
             {
                 responseHeaders["Expires"] = "-1";
             }
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer
                     bytes = Array.Empty<byte>();
                 }
 
-                result = new StreamWriter(bytes, contentType, contentLength, _logger);
+                result = new StreamWriter(bytes, contentType, contentLength);
             }
             else
             {
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer
                 responseHeaders = new Dictionary<string, string>();
             }
 
-            if (addCachePrevention && !responseHeaders.TryGetValue("Expires", out string expires))
+            if (addCachePrevention && !responseHeaders.TryGetValue("Expires", out string _))
             {
                 responseHeaders["Expires"] = "-1";
             }
@@ -277,9 +277,9 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer
 
         private object ToOptimizedResultInternal<T>(IRequest request, T dto, IDictionary<string, string> responseHeaders = null)
         {
-            var contentType = request.ResponseContentType;
+            var contentType = request.ResponseContentType?.Split(';')[0];
 
-            switch (GetRealContentType(contentType))
+            switch (contentType)
             {
                 case "application/xml":
                 case "text/xml":
@@ -333,13 +333,13 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer
 
             if (isHeadRequest)
             {
-                var result = new StreamWriter(Array.Empty<byte>(), contentType, contentLength, _logger);
+                var result = new StreamWriter(Array.Empty<byte>(), contentType, contentLength);
                 AddResponseHeaders(result, responseHeaders);
                 return result;
             }
             else
             {
-                var result = new StreamWriter(content, contentType, contentLength, _logger);
+                var result = new StreamWriter(content, contentType, contentLength);
                 AddResponseHeaders(result, responseHeaders);
                 return result;
             }
@@ -348,13 +348,19 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer
         private byte[] Compress(byte[] bytes, string compressionType)
         {
             if (string.Equals(compressionType, "br", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
                 return CompressBrotli(bytes);
+            }
 
             if (string.Equals(compressionType, "deflate", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
                 return Deflate(bytes);
+            }
 
             if (string.Equals(compressionType, "gzip", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
                 return GZip(bytes);
+            }
 
             throw new NotSupportedException(compressionType);
         }
@@ -390,13 +396,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer
             }
         }
 
-        public static string GetRealContentType(string contentType)
-        {
-            return contentType == null
-                       ? null
-                       : contentType.Split(';')[0].ToLowerInvariant().Trim();
-        }
-
         private static string SerializeToXmlString(object from)
         {
             using (var ms = new MemoryStream())
@@ -621,7 +620,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer
                     }
                 }
 
-                var hasHeaders = new StreamWriter(stream, contentType, _logger)
+                var hasHeaders = new StreamWriter(stream, contentType)
                 {
                     OnComplete = options.OnComplete,
                     OnError = options.OnError
diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/HttpServer/StreamWriter.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/HttpServer/StreamWriter.cs
index 3269d44cf6..cb2e3580b2 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/HttpServer/StreamWriter.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/HttpServer/StreamWriter.cs
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer
     /// </summary>
     public class StreamWriter : IAsyncStreamWriter, IHasHeaders
     {
-        private ILogger Logger { get; set; }
-
         private static readonly CultureInfo UsCulture = new CultureInfo("en-US");
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -45,7 +43,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer
         /// <param name="source">The source.</param>
         /// <param name="contentType">Type of the content.</param>
         /// <param name="logger">The logger.</param>
-        public StreamWriter(Stream source, string contentType, ILogger logger)
+        public StreamWriter(Stream source, string contentType)
         {
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(contentType))
             {
@@ -53,7 +51,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer
             }
 
             SourceStream = source;
-            Logger = logger;
 
             Headers["Content-Type"] = contentType;
 
@@ -69,7 +66,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer
         /// <param name="source">The source.</param>
         /// <param name="contentType">Type of the content.</param>
         /// <param name="logger">The logger.</param>
-        public StreamWriter(byte[] source, string contentType, int contentLength, ILogger logger)
+        public StreamWriter(byte[] source, string contentType, int contentLength)
         {
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(contentType))
             {
@@ -77,7 +74,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer
             }
 
             SourceBytes = source;
-            Logger = logger;
 
             Headers["Content-Type"] = contentType;
 
diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/LiveTvManager.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/LiveTvManager.cs
index a363028760..f7ef16fb09 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/LiveTvManager.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/LiveTvManager.cs
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.LiveTv
 
         public QueryResult<BaseItem> GetInternalChannels(LiveTvChannelQuery query, DtoOptions dtoOptions, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
-            var user = query.UserId.Equals(Guid.Empty) ? null : _userManager.GetUserById(query.UserId);
+            var user = query.UserId == Guid.Empty ? null : _userManager.GetUserById(query.UserId);
 
             var topFolder = GetInternalLiveTvFolder(cancellationToken);
 
diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/Serialization/JsonSerializer.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/Serialization/JsonSerializer.cs
index 44898d4986..8ae7fd90cc 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/Serialization/JsonSerializer.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/Serialization/JsonSerializer.cs
@@ -41,6 +41,27 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Serialization
             ServiceStack.Text.JsonSerializer.SerializeToStream(obj, obj.GetType(), stream);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Serializes to stream.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="obj">The obj.</param>
+        /// <param name="stream">The stream.</param>
+        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">obj</exception>
+        public void SerializeToStream<T>(T obj, Stream stream)
+        {
+            if (obj == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(obj));
+            }
+
+            if (stream == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(stream));
+            }
+
+            ServiceStack.Text.JsonSerializer.SerializeToStream<T>(obj, stream);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Serializes to file.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/Jellyfin.Server/Jellyfin.Server.csproj b/Jellyfin.Server/Jellyfin.Server.csproj
index 885709b0c2..c7e1461bde 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Server/Jellyfin.Server.csproj
+++ b/Jellyfin.Server/Jellyfin.Server.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <AssemblyName>jellyfin</AssemblyName>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp2.2;netcoreapp3.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <GenerateAssemblyInfo>false</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/Jellyfin.Server/SocketSharp/WebSocketSharpRequest.cs b/Jellyfin.Server/SocketSharp/WebSocketSharpRequest.cs
index ebeb18ea06..12ae8169d7 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Server/SocketSharp/WebSocketSharpRequest.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Server/SocketSharp/WebSocketSharpRequest.cs
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Server.SocketSharp
             name = name.Trim(HttpTrimCharacters);
 
             // First, check for correctly formed multi-line value
-            // Second, check for absenece of CTL characters
+            // Second, check for absence of CTL characters
             int crlf = 0;
             for (int i = 0; i < name.Length; ++i)
             {
@@ -216,8 +216,13 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Server.SocketSharp
             {
                 foreach (var acceptsType in acceptContentTypes)
                 {
-                    var contentType = HttpResultFactory.GetRealContentType(acceptsType);
-                    acceptsAnything = acceptsAnything || contentType == "*/*";
+                    var contentType = acceptsType?.Split(';')[0];
+                    acceptsAnything = contentType.IndexOf("*/*", StringComparison.Ordinal) != -1;
+
+                    if (acceptsAnything)
+                    {
+                        break;
+                    }
                 }
 
                 if (acceptsAnything)
@@ -226,7 +231,7 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Server.SocketSharp
                     {
                         return defaultContentType;
                     }
-                    else if (serverDefaultContentType != null)
+                    else
                     {
                         return serverDefaultContentType;
                     }
@@ -269,11 +274,11 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Server.SocketSharp
 
         private static string GetQueryStringContentType(IRequest httpReq)
         {
-            var format = httpReq.QueryString["format"];
+            ReadOnlySpan<char> format = httpReq.QueryString["format"];
             if (format == null)
             {
                 const int formatMaxLength = 4;
-                var pi = httpReq.PathInfo;
+                ReadOnlySpan<char> pi = httpReq.PathInfo;
                 if (pi == null || pi.Length <= formatMaxLength)
                 {
                     return null;
@@ -281,7 +286,7 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Server.SocketSharp
 
                 if (pi[0] == '/')
                 {
-                    pi = pi.Substring(1);
+                    pi = pi.Slice(1);
                 }
 
                 format = LeftPart(pi, '/');
@@ -315,6 +320,17 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Server.SocketSharp
             return pos == -1 ? strVal : strVal.Substring(0, pos);
         }
 
+        public static ReadOnlySpan<char> LeftPart(ReadOnlySpan<char> strVal, char needle)
+        {
+            if (strVal == null)
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            var pos = strVal.IndexOf(needle);
+            return pos == -1 ? strVal : strVal.Slice(0, pos);
+        }
+
         public static string HandlerFactoryPath;
 
         private string pathInfo;
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/UserLibrary/ItemsService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/UserLibrary/ItemsService.cs
index 46d7c250e8..96b0aa003e 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/UserLibrary/ItemsService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/UserLibrary/ItemsService.cs
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.UserLibrary
 
             var options = GetDtoOptions(_authContext, request);
 
-            var ancestorIds = new List<Guid>();
+            var ancestorIds = Array.Empty<Guid>();
 
             var excludeFolderIds = user.Configuration.LatestItemsExcludes;
             if (parentIdGuid.Equals(Guid.Empty) && excludeFolderIds.Length > 0)
@@ -99,12 +99,12 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.UserLibrary
                     .Where(i => i is Folder)
                     .Where(i => !excludeFolderIds.Contains(i.Id.ToString("N")))
                     .Select(i => i.Id)
-                    .ToList();
+                    .ToArray();
             }
 
             var itemsResult = _libraryManager.GetItemsResult(new InternalItemsQuery(user)
             {
-                OrderBy = new[] { ItemSortBy.DatePlayed }.Select(i => new ValueTuple<string, SortOrder>(i, SortOrder.Descending)).ToArray(),
+                OrderBy = new[] { (ItemSortBy.DatePlayed, SortOrder.Descending) },
                 IsResumable = true,
                 StartIndex = request.StartIndex,
                 Limit = request.Limit,
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.UserLibrary
                 IsVirtualItem = false,
                 CollapseBoxSetItems = false,
                 EnableTotalRecordCount = request.EnableTotalRecordCount,
-                AncestorIds = ancestorIds.ToArray(),
+                AncestorIds = ancestorIds,
                 IncludeItemTypes = request.GetIncludeItemTypes(),
                 ExcludeItemTypes = request.GetExcludeItemTypes(),
                 SearchTerm = request.SearchTerm
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Model/Serialization/IJsonSerializer.cs b/MediaBrowser.Model/Serialization/IJsonSerializer.cs
index ae0cf6f365..18f51f6525 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Model/Serialization/IJsonSerializer.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Model/Serialization/IJsonSerializer.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Serialization
         /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">obj</exception>
         void SerializeToStream(object obj, Stream stream);
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Serializes to stream.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="obj">The obj.</param>
+        /// <param name="stream">The stream.</param>
+        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">obj</exception>
+        void SerializeToStream<T>(T obj, Stream stream);
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Serializes to file.
         /// </summary>