diff --git a/src/base/bittorrent/sessionimpl.cpp b/src/base/bittorrent/sessionimpl.cpp
index 45dea93ad..5f9aee315 100644
--- a/src/base/bittorrent/sessionimpl.cpp
+++ b/src/base/bittorrent/sessionimpl.cpp
@@ -2493,7 +2493,7 @@ bool SessionImpl::addTorrent(const QString &source, const AddTorrentParams &para
         LogMsg(tr("Downloading torrent, please wait... Source: \"%1\"").arg(source));
         // Launch downloader
         Net::DownloadManager::instance()->download(Net::DownloadRequest(source).limit(MAX_TORRENT_SIZE)
-                                                   , this, &SessionImpl::handleDownloadFinished);
+                , true, this, &SessionImpl::handleDownloadFinished);
         m_downloadedTorrents[source] = params;
         return true;
     }
diff --git a/src/base/net/dnsupdater.cpp b/src/base/net/dnsupdater.cpp
index 864dcdb42..3c0031b33 100644
--- a/src/base/net/dnsupdater.cpp
+++ b/src/base/net/dnsupdater.cpp
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ void DNSUpdater::checkPublicIP()
     Q_ASSERT(m_state == OK);
 
     DownloadManager::instance()->download(
-                DownloadRequest(u"http://checkip.dyndns.org"_qs).userAgent(QStringLiteral("qBittorrent/" QBT_VERSION_2))
-                , this, &DNSUpdater::ipRequestFinished);
+            DownloadRequest(u"http://checkip.dyndns.org"_qs).userAgent(QStringLiteral("qBittorrent/" QBT_VERSION_2))
+            , true, this, &DNSUpdater::ipRequestFinished);
 
     m_lastIPCheckTime = QDateTime::currentDateTime();
 }
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ void DNSUpdater::updateDNSService()
 
     m_lastIPCheckTime = QDateTime::currentDateTime();
     DownloadManager::instance()->download(
-                DownloadRequest(getUpdateUrl()).userAgent(QStringLiteral("qBittorrent/" QBT_VERSION_2))
-                , this, &DNSUpdater::ipUpdateFinished);
+            DownloadRequest(getUpdateUrl()).userAgent(QStringLiteral("qBittorrent/" QBT_VERSION_2))
+            , true, this, &DNSUpdater::ipUpdateFinished);
 }
 
 QString DNSUpdater::getUpdateUrl() const
diff --git a/src/base/net/downloadhandlerimpl.cpp b/src/base/net/downloadhandlerimpl.cpp
index deac598c9..e08a394a1 100644
--- a/src/base/net/downloadhandlerimpl.cpp
+++ b/src/base/net/downloadhandlerimpl.cpp
@@ -56,16 +56,18 @@ namespace
     }
 }
 
-DownloadHandlerImpl::DownloadHandlerImpl(Net::DownloadManager *manager, const Net::DownloadRequest &downloadRequest)
+Net::DownloadHandlerImpl::DownloadHandlerImpl(DownloadManager *manager
+        , const DownloadRequest &downloadRequest, const bool useProxy)
     : DownloadHandler {manager}
     , m_manager {manager}
     , m_downloadRequest {downloadRequest}
+    , m_useProxy {useProxy}
 {
     m_result.url = url();
-    m_result.status = Net::DownloadStatus::Success;
+    m_result.status = DownloadStatus::Success;
 }
 
-void DownloadHandlerImpl::cancel()
+void Net::DownloadHandlerImpl::cancel()
 {
     if (m_reply)
     {
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ void DownloadHandlerImpl::cancel()
     }
 }
 
-void DownloadHandlerImpl::assignNetworkReply(QNetworkReply *reply)
+void Net::DownloadHandlerImpl::assignNetworkReply(QNetworkReply *reply)
 {
     Q_ASSERT(reply);
     Q_ASSERT(!m_reply);
@@ -91,17 +93,22 @@ void DownloadHandlerImpl::assignNetworkReply(QNetworkReply *reply)
 }
 
 // Returns original url
-QString DownloadHandlerImpl::url() const
+QString Net::DownloadHandlerImpl::url() const
 {
     return m_downloadRequest.url();
 }
 
-const Net::DownloadRequest DownloadHandlerImpl::downloadRequest() const
+Net::DownloadRequest Net::DownloadHandlerImpl::downloadRequest() const
 {
     return m_downloadRequest;
 }
 
-void DownloadHandlerImpl::processFinishedDownload()
+bool Net::DownloadHandlerImpl::useProxy() const
+{
+    return m_useProxy;
+}
+
+void Net::DownloadHandlerImpl::processFinishedDownload()
 {
     qDebug("Download finished: %s", qUtf8Printable(url()));
 
@@ -156,7 +163,7 @@ void DownloadHandlerImpl::processFinishedDownload()
     finish();
 }
 
-void DownloadHandlerImpl::checkDownloadSize(const qint64 bytesReceived, const qint64 bytesTotal)
+void Net::DownloadHandlerImpl::checkDownloadSize(const qint64 bytesReceived, const qint64 bytesTotal)
 {
     if ((bytesTotal > 0) && (bytesTotal <= m_downloadRequest.limit()))
     {
@@ -175,7 +182,7 @@ void DownloadHandlerImpl::checkDownloadSize(const qint64 bytesReceived, const qi
     }
 }
 
-void DownloadHandlerImpl::handleRedirection(const QUrl &newUrl)
+void Net::DownloadHandlerImpl::handleRedirection(const QUrl &newUrl)
 {
     if (m_redirectionCount >= MAX_REDIRECTIONS)
     {
@@ -202,9 +209,9 @@ void DownloadHandlerImpl::handleRedirection(const QUrl &newUrl)
     }
 
     auto redirected = static_cast<DownloadHandlerImpl *>(
-                m_manager->download(Net::DownloadRequest(m_downloadRequest).url(newUrlString)));
+            m_manager->download(DownloadRequest(m_downloadRequest).url(newUrlString), useProxy()));
     redirected->m_redirectionCount = m_redirectionCount + 1;
-    connect(redirected, &DownloadHandlerImpl::finished, this, [this](const Net::DownloadResult &result)
+    connect(redirected, &DownloadHandlerImpl::finished, this, [this](const DownloadResult &result)
     {
         m_result = result;
         m_result.url = url();
@@ -212,18 +219,18 @@ void DownloadHandlerImpl::handleRedirection(const QUrl &newUrl)
     });
 }
 
-void DownloadHandlerImpl::setError(const QString &error)
+void Net::DownloadHandlerImpl::setError(const QString &error)
 {
     m_result.errorString = error;
-    m_result.status = Net::DownloadStatus::Failed;
+    m_result.status = DownloadStatus::Failed;
 }
 
-void DownloadHandlerImpl::finish()
+void Net::DownloadHandlerImpl::finish()
 {
     emit finished(m_result);
 }
 
-QString DownloadHandlerImpl::errorCodeToString(const QNetworkReply::NetworkError status)
+QString Net::DownloadHandlerImpl::errorCodeToString(const QNetworkReply::NetworkError status)
 {
     switch (status)
     {
diff --git a/src/base/net/downloadhandlerimpl.h b/src/base/net/downloadhandlerimpl.h
index 875849e01..8903daf9b 100644
--- a/src/base/net/downloadhandlerimpl.h
+++ b/src/base/net/downloadhandlerimpl.h
@@ -36,33 +36,38 @@
 class QObject;
 class QUrl;
 
-class DownloadHandlerImpl final : public Net::DownloadHandler
+namespace Net
 {
-    Q_OBJECT
-    Q_DISABLE_COPY_MOVE(DownloadHandlerImpl)
+    class DownloadHandlerImpl final : public DownloadHandler
+    {
+        Q_OBJECT
+        Q_DISABLE_COPY_MOVE(DownloadHandlerImpl)
 
-public:
-    DownloadHandlerImpl(Net::DownloadManager *manager, const Net::DownloadRequest &downloadRequest);
+    public:
+        DownloadHandlerImpl(DownloadManager *manager, const DownloadRequest &downloadRequest, bool useProxy);
 
-    void cancel() override;
+        void cancel() override;
 
-    QString url() const;
-    const Net::DownloadRequest downloadRequest() const;
+        QString url() const;
+        DownloadRequest downloadRequest() const;
+        bool useProxy() const;
 
-    void assignNetworkReply(QNetworkReply *reply);
+        void assignNetworkReply(QNetworkReply *reply);
 
-private:
-    void processFinishedDownload();
-    void checkDownloadSize(qint64 bytesReceived, qint64 bytesTotal);
-    void handleRedirection(const QUrl &newUrl);
-    void setError(const QString &error);
-    void finish();
+    private:
+        void processFinishedDownload();
+        void checkDownloadSize(qint64 bytesReceived, qint64 bytesTotal);
+        void handleRedirection(const QUrl &newUrl);
+        void setError(const QString &error);
+        void finish();
 
-    static QString errorCodeToString(QNetworkReply::NetworkError status);
+        static QString errorCodeToString(QNetworkReply::NetworkError status);
 
-    Net::DownloadManager *m_manager = nullptr;
-    QNetworkReply *m_reply = nullptr;
-    const Net::DownloadRequest m_downloadRequest;
-    short m_redirectionCount = 0;
-    Net::DownloadResult m_result;
-};
+        DownloadManager *m_manager = nullptr;
+        QNetworkReply *m_reply = nullptr;
+        const DownloadRequest m_downloadRequest;
+        const bool m_useProxy = false;
+        short m_redirectionCount = 0;
+        DownloadResult m_result;
+    };
+}
diff --git a/src/base/net/downloadmanager.cpp b/src/base/net/downloadmanager.cpp
index da5c80c43..6dc0b2e70 100644
--- a/src/base/net/downloadmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/base/net/downloadmanager.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 
 #include <QDateTime>
 #include <QDebug>
+#include <QNetworkAccessManager>
 #include <QNetworkCookie>
 #include <QNetworkCookieJar>
 #include <QNetworkProxy>
@@ -51,101 +52,79 @@ namespace
 {
     // Disguise as Firefox to avoid web server banning
     const char DEFAULT_USER_AGENT[] = "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/68.0";
-
-    class NetworkCookieJar final : public QNetworkCookieJar
-    {
-    public:
-        explicit NetworkCookieJar(QObject *parent = nullptr)
-            : QNetworkCookieJar(parent)
-        {
-            const QDateTime now = QDateTime::currentDateTime();
-            QList<QNetworkCookie> cookies = Preferences::instance()->getNetworkCookies();
-            for (const QNetworkCookie &cookie : asConst(Preferences::instance()->getNetworkCookies()))
-            {
-                if (cookie.isSessionCookie() || (cookie.expirationDate() <= now))
-                    cookies.removeAll(cookie);
-            }
-
-            setAllCookies(cookies);
-        }
-
-        ~NetworkCookieJar() override
-        {
-            const QDateTime now = QDateTime::currentDateTime();
-            QList<QNetworkCookie> cookies = allCookies();
-            for (const QNetworkCookie &cookie : asConst(allCookies()))
-            {
-                if (cookie.isSessionCookie() || (cookie.expirationDate() <= now))
-                    cookies.removeAll(cookie);
-            }
-
-            Preferences::instance()->setNetworkCookies(cookies);
-        }
-
-        using QNetworkCookieJar::allCookies;
-        using QNetworkCookieJar::setAllCookies;
-
-        QList<QNetworkCookie> cookiesForUrl(const QUrl &url) const override
-        {
-            const QDateTime now = QDateTime::currentDateTime();
-            QList<QNetworkCookie> cookies = QNetworkCookieJar::cookiesForUrl(url);
-            for (const QNetworkCookie &cookie : asConst(QNetworkCookieJar::cookiesForUrl(url)))
-            {
-                if (!cookie.isSessionCookie() && (cookie.expirationDate() <= now))
-                    cookies.removeAll(cookie);
-            }
-
-            return cookies;
-        }
-
-        bool setCookiesFromUrl(const QList<QNetworkCookie> &cookieList, const QUrl &url) override
-        {
-            const QDateTime now = QDateTime::currentDateTime();
-            QList<QNetworkCookie> cookies = cookieList;
-            for (const QNetworkCookie &cookie : cookieList)
-            {
-                if (!cookie.isSessionCookie() && (cookie.expirationDate() <= now))
-                    cookies.removeAll(cookie);
-            }
-
-            return QNetworkCookieJar::setCookiesFromUrl(cookies, url);
-        }
-    };
-
-    QNetworkRequest createNetworkRequest(const Net::DownloadRequest &downloadRequest)
-    {
-        QNetworkRequest request {downloadRequest.url()};
-
-        if (downloadRequest.userAgent().isEmpty())
-            request.setRawHeader("User-Agent", DEFAULT_USER_AGENT);
-        else
-            request.setRawHeader("User-Agent", downloadRequest.userAgent().toUtf8());
-
-        // Spoof HTTP Referer to allow adding torrent link from Torcache/KickAssTorrents
-        request.setRawHeader("Referer", request.url().toEncoded().data());
-#ifdef QT_NO_COMPRESS
-        // The macro "QT_NO_COMPRESS" defined in QT will disable the zlib related features
-        // and reply data auto-decompression in QT will also be disabled. But we can support
-        // gzip encoding and manually decompress the reply data.
-        request.setRawHeader("Accept-Encoding", "gzip");
-#endif
-        // Qt doesn't support Magnet protocol so we need to handle redirections manually
-        request.setAttribute(QNetworkRequest::RedirectPolicyAttribute, QNetworkRequest::ManualRedirectPolicy);
-
-        return request;
-    }
 }
 
+class Net::DownloadManager::NetworkCookieJar final : public QNetworkCookieJar
+{
+public:
+    explicit NetworkCookieJar(QObject *parent = nullptr)
+        : QNetworkCookieJar(parent)
+    {
+        const QDateTime now = QDateTime::currentDateTime();
+        QList<QNetworkCookie> cookies = Preferences::instance()->getNetworkCookies();
+        for (const QNetworkCookie &cookie : asConst(Preferences::instance()->getNetworkCookies()))
+        {
+            if (cookie.isSessionCookie() || (cookie.expirationDate() <= now))
+                cookies.removeAll(cookie);
+        }
+
+        setAllCookies(cookies);
+    }
+
+    ~NetworkCookieJar() override
+    {
+        const QDateTime now = QDateTime::currentDateTime();
+        QList<QNetworkCookie> cookies = allCookies();
+        for (const QNetworkCookie &cookie : asConst(allCookies()))
+        {
+            if (cookie.isSessionCookie() || (cookie.expirationDate() <= now))
+                cookies.removeAll(cookie);
+        }
+
+        Preferences::instance()->setNetworkCookies(cookies);
+    }
+
+    using QNetworkCookieJar::allCookies;
+    using QNetworkCookieJar::setAllCookies;
+
+    QList<QNetworkCookie> cookiesForUrl(const QUrl &url) const override
+    {
+        const QDateTime now = QDateTime::currentDateTime();
+        QList<QNetworkCookie> cookies = QNetworkCookieJar::cookiesForUrl(url);
+        for (const QNetworkCookie &cookie : asConst(QNetworkCookieJar::cookiesForUrl(url)))
+        {
+            if (!cookie.isSessionCookie() && (cookie.expirationDate() <= now))
+                cookies.removeAll(cookie);
+        }
+
+        return cookies;
+    }
+
+    bool setCookiesFromUrl(const QList<QNetworkCookie> &cookieList, const QUrl &url) override
+    {
+        const QDateTime now = QDateTime::currentDateTime();
+        QList<QNetworkCookie> cookies = cookieList;
+        for (const QNetworkCookie &cookie : cookieList)
+        {
+            if (!cookie.isSessionCookie() && (cookie.expirationDate() <= now))
+                cookies.removeAll(cookie);
+        }
+
+        return QNetworkCookieJar::setCookiesFromUrl(cookies, url);
+    }
+};
+
 Net::DownloadManager *Net::DownloadManager::m_instance = nullptr;
 
 Net::DownloadManager::DownloadManager(QObject *parent)
     : QObject(parent)
+    , m_networkCookieJar {new NetworkCookieJar(this)}
 {
-    connect(&m_networkManager, &QNetworkAccessManager::sslErrors, this, &Net::DownloadManager::ignoreSslErrors);
-    connect(&m_networkManager, &QNetworkAccessManager::finished, this, &DownloadManager::handleReplyFinished);
+    m_networkManager->setCookieJar(m_networkCookieJar);
+    connect(m_networkManager, &QNetworkAccessManager::sslErrors, this, &Net::DownloadManager::ignoreSslErrors);
+
     connect(ProxyConfigurationManager::instance(), &ProxyConfigurationManager::proxyConfigurationChanged
             , this, &DownloadManager::applyProxySettings);
-    m_networkManager.setCookieJar(new NetworkCookieJar(this));
     applyProxySettings();
 }
 
@@ -166,14 +145,18 @@ Net::DownloadManager *Net::DownloadManager::instance()
     return m_instance;
 }
 
-Net::DownloadHandler *Net::DownloadManager::download(const DownloadRequest &downloadRequest)
+Net::DownloadHandler *Net::DownloadManager::download(const DownloadRequest &downloadRequest, const bool useProxy)
 {
     // Process download request
-    const QNetworkRequest request = createNetworkRequest(downloadRequest);
-    const ServiceID id = ServiceID::fromURL(request.url());
+    const ServiceID id = ServiceID::fromURL(downloadRequest.url());
     const bool isSequentialService = m_sequentialServices.contains(id);
 
-    auto downloadHandler = new DownloadHandlerImpl {this, downloadRequest};
+    auto downloadHandler = new DownloadHandlerImpl(this, downloadRequest, useProxy);
+    connect(downloadHandler, &DownloadHandler::finished, this
+            , [this, downloadHandler]
+    {
+        handleDownloadFinished(downloadHandler);
+    });
     connect(downloadHandler, &DownloadHandler::finished, downloadHandler, &QObject::deleteLater);
     connect(downloadHandler, &QObject::destroyed, this, [this, id, downloadHandler]()
     {
@@ -189,7 +172,7 @@ Net::DownloadHandler *Net::DownloadManager::download(const DownloadRequest &down
         qDebug("Downloading %s...", qUtf8Printable(downloadRequest.url()));
         if (isSequentialService)
             m_busyServices.insert(id);
-        downloadHandler->assignNetworkReply(m_networkManager.get(request));
+        processRequest(downloadHandler);
     }
 
     return downloadHandler;
@@ -202,32 +185,32 @@ void Net::DownloadManager::registerSequentialService(const Net::ServiceID &servi
 
 QList<QNetworkCookie> Net::DownloadManager::cookiesForUrl(const QUrl &url) const
 {
-    return m_networkManager.cookieJar()->cookiesForUrl(url);
+    return m_networkCookieJar->cookiesForUrl(url);
 }
 
 bool Net::DownloadManager::setCookiesFromUrl(const QList<QNetworkCookie> &cookieList, const QUrl &url)
 {
-    return m_networkManager.cookieJar()->setCookiesFromUrl(cookieList, url);
+    return m_networkCookieJar->setCookiesFromUrl(cookieList, url);
 }
 
 QList<QNetworkCookie> Net::DownloadManager::allCookies() const
 {
-    return static_cast<NetworkCookieJar *>(m_networkManager.cookieJar())->allCookies();
+    return m_networkCookieJar->allCookies();
 }
 
 void Net::DownloadManager::setAllCookies(const QList<QNetworkCookie> &cookieList)
 {
-    static_cast<NetworkCookieJar *>(m_networkManager.cookieJar())->setAllCookies(cookieList);
+    m_networkCookieJar->setAllCookies(cookieList);
 }
 
 bool Net::DownloadManager::deleteCookie(const QNetworkCookie &cookie)
 {
-    return static_cast<NetworkCookieJar *>(m_networkManager.cookieJar())->deleteCookie(cookie);
+    return m_networkCookieJar->deleteCookie(cookie);
 }
 
 bool Net::DownloadManager::hasSupportedScheme(const QString &url)
 {
-    const QStringList schemes = instance()->m_networkManager.supportedSchemes();
+    const QStringList schemes = QNetworkAccessManager().supportedSchemes();
     return std::any_of(schemes.cbegin(), schemes.cend(), [&url](const QString &scheme)
     {
         return url.startsWith((scheme + u':'), Qt::CaseInsensitive);
@@ -238,46 +221,42 @@ void Net::DownloadManager::applyProxySettings()
 {
     const auto *proxyManager = ProxyConfigurationManager::instance();
     const ProxyConfiguration proxyConfig = proxyManager->proxyConfiguration();
-    QNetworkProxy proxy;
+
+    m_proxy = QNetworkProxy(QNetworkProxy::NoProxy);
 
     if (!proxyManager->isProxyOnlyForTorrents() && (proxyConfig.type != ProxyType::None))
     {
         // Proxy enabled
-        proxy.setHostName(proxyConfig.ip);
-        proxy.setPort(proxyConfig.port);
-        // Default proxy type is HTTP, we must change if it is SOCKS5
         if ((proxyConfig.type == ProxyType::SOCKS5) || (proxyConfig.type == ProxyType::SOCKS5_PW))
         {
             qDebug() << Q_FUNC_INFO << "using SOCKS proxy";
-            proxy.setType(QNetworkProxy::Socks5Proxy);
+            m_proxy.setType(QNetworkProxy::Socks5Proxy);
         }
         else
         {
             qDebug() << Q_FUNC_INFO << "using HTTP proxy";
-            proxy.setType(QNetworkProxy::HttpProxy);
+            m_proxy.setType(QNetworkProxy::HttpProxy);
         }
+
+        m_proxy.setHostName(proxyConfig.ip);
+        m_proxy.setPort(proxyConfig.port);
+
         // Authentication?
         if (proxyManager->isAuthenticationRequired())
         {
             qDebug("Proxy requires authentication, authenticating...");
-            proxy.setUser(proxyConfig.username);
-            proxy.setPassword(proxyConfig.password);
+            m_proxy.setUser(proxyConfig.username);
+            m_proxy.setPassword(proxyConfig.password);
         }
     }
-    else
-    {
-        proxy.setType(QNetworkProxy::NoProxy);
-    }
-
-    m_networkManager.setProxy(proxy);
 }
 
-void Net::DownloadManager::handleReplyFinished(const QNetworkReply *reply)
+void Net::DownloadManager::handleDownloadFinished(DownloadHandlerImpl *finishedHandler)
 {
     // QNetworkReply::url() may be different from that of the original request
     // so we need QNetworkRequest::url() to properly process Sequential Services
     // in the case when the redirection occurred.
-    const ServiceID id = ServiceID::fromURL(reply->request().url());
+    const ServiceID id = ServiceID::fromURL(finishedHandler->url());
     const auto waitingJobsIter = m_waitingJobs.find(id);
     if ((waitingJobsIter == m_waitingJobs.end()) || waitingJobsIter.value().isEmpty())
     {
@@ -286,12 +265,38 @@ void Net::DownloadManager::handleReplyFinished(const QNetworkReply *reply)
         return;
     }
 
-    auto handler = static_cast<DownloadHandlerImpl *>(waitingJobsIter.value().dequeue());
+    auto handler = waitingJobsIter.value().dequeue();
     qDebug("Downloading %s...", qUtf8Printable(handler->url()));
-    handler->assignNetworkReply(m_networkManager.get(createNetworkRequest(handler->downloadRequest())));
+    processRequest(handler);
     handler->disconnect(this);
 }
 
+void Net::DownloadManager::processRequest(DownloadHandlerImpl *downloadHandler)
+{
+    m_networkManager->setProxy((downloadHandler->useProxy() == true) ? m_proxy : QNetworkProxy(QNetworkProxy::NoProxy));
+
+    const DownloadRequest downloadRequest = downloadHandler->downloadRequest();
+    QNetworkRequest request {downloadRequest.url()};
+
+    if (downloadRequest.userAgent().isEmpty())
+        request.setRawHeader("User-Agent", DEFAULT_USER_AGENT);
+    else
+        request.setRawHeader("User-Agent", downloadRequest.userAgent().toUtf8());
+
+    // Spoof HTTP Referer to allow adding torrent link from Torcache/KickAssTorrents
+    request.setRawHeader("Referer", request.url().toEncoded().data());
+#ifdef QT_NO_COMPRESS
+    // The macro "QT_NO_COMPRESS" defined in QT will disable the zlib related features
+    // and reply data auto-decompression in QT will also be disabled. But we can support
+    // gzip encoding and manually decompress the reply data.
+    request.setRawHeader("Accept-Encoding", "gzip");
+#endif
+    // Qt doesn't support Magnet protocol so we need to handle redirections manually
+    request.setAttribute(QNetworkRequest::RedirectPolicyAttribute, QNetworkRequest::ManualRedirectPolicy);
+
+    downloadHandler->assignNetworkReply(m_networkManager->get(request));
+}
+
 void Net::DownloadManager::ignoreSslErrors(QNetworkReply *reply, const QList<QSslError> &errors)
 {
     QStringList errorList;
diff --git a/src/base/net/downloadmanager.h b/src/base/net/downloadmanager.h
index 32fcab175..c56755794 100644
--- a/src/base/net/downloadmanager.h
+++ b/src/base/net/downloadmanager.h
@@ -31,13 +31,14 @@
 
 #include <QtGlobal>
 #include <QHash>
-#include <QNetworkAccessManager>
+#include <QNetworkProxy>
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QQueue>
 #include <QSet>
 
 #include "base/path.h"
 
+class QNetworkAccessManager;
 class QNetworkCookie;
 class QNetworkReply;
 class QSslError;
@@ -123,6 +124,8 @@ namespace Net
         void finished(const DownloadResult &result);
     };
 
+    class DownloadHandlerImpl;
+
     class DownloadManager : public QObject
     {
         Q_OBJECT
@@ -133,10 +136,10 @@ namespace Net
         static void freeInstance();
         static DownloadManager *instance();
 
-        DownloadHandler *download(const DownloadRequest &downloadRequest);
+        DownloadHandler *download(const DownloadRequest &downloadRequest, bool useProxy);
 
         template <typename Context, typename Func>
-        void download(const DownloadRequest &downloadRequest, Context context, Func &&slot);
+        void download(const DownloadRequest &downloadRequest, bool useProxy, Context context, Func &&slot);
 
         void registerSequentialService(const ServiceID &serviceID);
 
@@ -152,23 +155,28 @@ namespace Net
         void ignoreSslErrors(QNetworkReply *, const QList<QSslError> &);
 
     private:
+        class NetworkCookieJar;
+
         explicit DownloadManager(QObject *parent = nullptr);
 
         void applyProxySettings();
-        void handleReplyFinished(const QNetworkReply *reply);
+        void handleDownloadFinished(DownloadHandlerImpl *finishedHandler);
+        void processRequest(DownloadHandlerImpl *downloadHandler);
 
         static DownloadManager *m_instance;
-        QNetworkAccessManager m_networkManager;
+        NetworkCookieJar *m_networkCookieJar = nullptr;
+        QNetworkAccessManager *m_networkManager = nullptr;
+        QNetworkProxy m_proxy;
 
         QSet<ServiceID> m_sequentialServices;
         QSet<ServiceID> m_busyServices;
-        QHash<ServiceID, QQueue<DownloadHandler *>> m_waitingJobs;
+        QHash<ServiceID, QQueue<DownloadHandlerImpl *>> m_waitingJobs;
     };
 
     template <typename Context, typename Func>
-    void DownloadManager::download(const DownloadRequest &downloadRequest, Context context, Func &&slot)
+    void DownloadManager::download(const DownloadRequest &downloadRequest, bool useProxy, Context context, Func &&slot)
     {
-        const DownloadHandler *handler = download(downloadRequest);
+        const DownloadHandler *handler = download(downloadRequest, useProxy);
         connect(handler, &DownloadHandler::finished, context, slot);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/base/net/geoipmanager.cpp b/src/base/net/geoipmanager.cpp
index 5bd235d0c..c8ef7bea0 100644
--- a/src/base/net/geoipmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/base/net/geoipmanager.cpp
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ void GeoIPManager::downloadDatabaseFile()
 {
     const QDateTime curDatetime = QDateTime::currentDateTimeUtc();
     const QString curUrl = DATABASE_URL.arg(QLocale::c().toString(curDatetime, u"yyyy-MM"));
-    DownloadManager::instance()->download({curUrl}, this, &GeoIPManager::downloadFinished);
+    DownloadManager::instance()->download({curUrl}, true, this, &GeoIPManager::downloadFinished);
 }
 
 QString GeoIPManager::lookup(const QHostAddress &hostAddr) const
diff --git a/src/base/rss/rss_feed.cpp b/src/base/rss/rss_feed.cpp
index c25f678cb..f5544d8a9 100644
--- a/src/base/rss/rss_feed.cpp
+++ b/src/base/rss/rss_feed.cpp
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ void Feed::refresh()
 
     // NOTE: Should we allow manually refreshing for disabled session?
 
-    m_downloadHandler = Net::DownloadManager::instance()->download(m_url);
+    m_downloadHandler = Net::DownloadManager::instance()->download(m_url, true);
     connect(m_downloadHandler, &Net::DownloadHandler::finished, this, &Feed::handleDownloadFinished);
 
     if (!m_iconPath.exists())
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ void Feed::downloadIcon()
     const auto iconUrl = u"%1://%2/favicon.ico"_qs.arg(url.scheme(), url.host());
     Net::DownloadManager::instance()->download(
             Net::DownloadRequest(iconUrl).saveToFile(true).destFileName(m_iconPath)
-                , this, &Feed::handleIconDownloadFinished);
+            , true, this, &Feed::handleIconDownloadFinished);
 }
 
 int Feed::updateArticles(const QList<QVariantHash> &loadedArticles)
diff --git a/src/base/search/searchpluginmanager.cpp b/src/base/search/searchpluginmanager.cpp
index 9d06a63a8..2cf748134 100644
--- a/src/base/search/searchpluginmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/base/search/searchpluginmanager.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <QDomNode>
 #include <QPointer>
 #include <QProcess>
+#include <QUrl>
 
 #include "base/global.h"
 #include "base/logger.h"
@@ -212,7 +213,7 @@ void SearchPluginManager::installPlugin(const QString &source)
     {
         using namespace Net;
         DownloadManager::instance()->download(DownloadRequest(source).saveToFile(true)
-                                              , this, &SearchPluginManager::pluginDownloadFinished);
+                , true, this, &SearchPluginManager::pluginDownloadFinished);
     }
     else
     {
@@ -328,7 +329,7 @@ void SearchPluginManager::checkForUpdates()
     // Download version file from update server
     using namespace Net;
     DownloadManager::instance()->download({m_updateUrl + u"versions.txt"}
-                                          , this, &SearchPluginManager::versionInfoDownloadFinished);
+            , true, this, &SearchPluginManager::versionInfoDownloadFinished);
 }
 
 SearchDownloadHandler *SearchPluginManager::downloadTorrent(const QString &siteUrl, const QString &url)
diff --git a/src/gui/addnewtorrentdialog.cpp b/src/gui/addnewtorrentdialog.cpp
index 4219e934b..dbc0c5fda 100644
--- a/src/gui/addnewtorrentdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/addnewtorrentdialog.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 
 #include <QAction>
+#include <QDateTime>
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QFileDialog>
@@ -479,8 +480,8 @@ void AddNewTorrentDialog::show(const QString &source, const BitTorrent::AddTorre
     {
         // Launch downloader
         Net::DownloadManager::instance()->download(
-                    Net::DownloadRequest(source).limit(MAX_TORRENT_SIZE)
-                    , dlg, &AddNewTorrentDialog::handleDownloadFinished);
+                Net::DownloadRequest(source).limit(MAX_TORRENT_SIZE)
+                , true, dlg, &AddNewTorrentDialog::handleDownloadFinished);
         return;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/gui/mainwindow.cpp b/src/gui/mainwindow.cpp
index f68802d4e..306dbe80e 100644
--- a/src/gui/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -1948,8 +1948,8 @@ void MainWindow::installPython()
     const auto installerURL = u"https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.8.10/python-3.8.10.exe"_qs;
 #endif
     Net::DownloadManager::instance()->download(
-                Net::DownloadRequest(installerURL).saveToFile(true)
-                , this, &MainWindow::pythonDownloadFinished);
+            Net::DownloadRequest(installerURL).saveToFile(true)
+            , true, this, &MainWindow::pythonDownloadFinished);
 }
 
 void MainWindow::pythonDownloadFinished(const Net::DownloadResult &result)
diff --git a/src/gui/programupdater.cpp b/src/gui/programupdater.cpp
index 1c745a1cc..82effa0ca 100644
--- a/src/gui/programupdater.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/programupdater.cpp
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ void ProgramUpdater::checkForUpdates() const
     // Don't change this User-Agent. In case our updater goes haywire,
     // the filehost can identify it and contact us.
     Net::DownloadManager::instance()->download(
-        Net::DownloadRequest(RSS_URL).userAgent(QStringLiteral("qBittorrent/" QBT_VERSION_2 " ProgramUpdater (www.qbittorrent.org)"))
-        , this, &ProgramUpdater::rssDownloadFinished);
+            Net::DownloadRequest(RSS_URL).userAgent(QStringLiteral("qBittorrent/" QBT_VERSION_2 " ProgramUpdater (www.qbittorrent.org)"))
+            , true, this, &ProgramUpdater::rssDownloadFinished);
 }
 
 QString ProgramUpdater::getNewVersion() const
diff --git a/src/gui/properties/trackersadditiondialog.cpp b/src/gui/properties/trackersadditiondialog.cpp
index 5b154c994..72dbbd1ca 100644
--- a/src/gui/properties/trackersadditiondialog.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/properties/trackersadditiondialog.cpp
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ void TrackersAdditionDialog::onDownloadButtonClicked()
     m_ui->downloadButton->setEnabled(false);
     setCursor(Qt::WaitCursor);
 
-    Net::DownloadManager::instance()->download(url, this, &TrackersAdditionDialog::onTorrentListDownloadFinished);
+    Net::DownloadManager::instance()->download(url, true, this, &TrackersAdditionDialog::onTorrentListDownloadFinished);
 }
 
 void TrackersAdditionDialog::onTorrentListDownloadFinished(const Net::DownloadResult &result)
diff --git a/src/gui/search/pluginselectdialog.cpp b/src/gui/search/pluginselectdialog.cpp
index 33fb63703..71222ae98 100644
--- a/src/gui/search/pluginselectdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/search/pluginselectdialog.cpp
@@ -311,8 +311,8 @@ void PluginSelectDialog::addNewPlugin(const QString &pluginName)
         // Icon is missing, we must download it
         using namespace Net;
         DownloadManager::instance()->download(
-                    DownloadRequest(plugin->url + u"/favicon.ico").saveToFile(true)
-                    , this, &PluginSelectDialog::iconDownloadFinished);
+                DownloadRequest(plugin->url + u"/favicon.ico").saveToFile(true)
+                , true, this, &PluginSelectDialog::iconDownloadFinished);
     }
     item->setText(PLUGIN_VERSION, plugin->version.toString());
 }
diff --git a/src/gui/transferlistfilterswidget.cpp b/src/gui/transferlistfilterswidget.cpp
index 394596d78..cc405ee04 100644
--- a/src/gui/transferlistfilterswidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/transferlistfilterswidget.cpp
@@ -658,8 +658,8 @@ void TrackerFiltersList::downloadFavicon(const QString &url)
 {
     if (!m_downloadTrackerFavicon) return;
     Net::DownloadManager::instance()->download(
-                Net::DownloadRequest(url).saveToFile(true)
-                , this, &TrackerFiltersList::handleFavicoDownloadFinished);
+            Net::DownloadRequest(url).saveToFile(true), true
+            , this, &TrackerFiltersList::handleFavicoDownloadFinished);
 }
 
 void TrackerFiltersList::handleFavicoDownloadFinished(const Net::DownloadResult &result)