diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/DownloadClientProvider.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/DownloadClientProvider.cs
index 3fa2bcc39..63af8f27f 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/DownloadClientProvider.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/DownloadClientProvider.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download
     public interface IProvideDownloadClient
     {
         IDownloadClient GetDownloadClient(DownloadProtocol downloadProtocol, int indexerId = 0);
-        IEnumerable<IDownloadClient> GetDownloadClients();
+        IEnumerable<IDownloadClient> GetDownloadClients(bool filterBlockedClients = false);
         IDownloadClient Get(int id);
     }
 
@@ -86,14 +86,39 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download
             return provider;
         }
 
-        public IEnumerable<IDownloadClient> GetDownloadClients()
+        public IEnumerable<IDownloadClient> GetDownloadClients(bool filterBlockedClients = false)
         {
-            return _downloadClientFactory.GetAvailableProviders();
+            var enabledClients = _downloadClientFactory.GetAvailableProviders();
+
+            if (filterBlockedClients)
+            {
+                return FilterBlockedIndexers(enabledClients).ToList();
+            }
+
+            return enabledClients;
         }
 
         public IDownloadClient Get(int id)
         {
             return _downloadClientFactory.GetAvailableProviders().Single(d => d.Definition.Id == id);
         }
+
+        private IEnumerable<IDownloadClient> FilterBlockedIndexers(IEnumerable<IDownloadClient> clients)
+        {
+            var blockedClients = _downloadClientStatusService.GetBlockedProviders().ToDictionary(v => v.ProviderId, v => v);
+
+            foreach (var client in clients)
+            {
+                DownloadClientStatus blockedClientStatus;
+
+                if (blockedClients.TryGetValue(client.Definition.Id, out blockedClientStatus))
+                {
+                    _logger.Debug("Temporarily ignoring client {0} till {1} due to recent failures.", client.Definition.Name, blockedClientStatus.DisabledTill.Value.ToLocalTime());
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                yield return client;
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/HealthCheck/Checks/DownloadClientRootFolderCheck.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/HealthCheck/Checks/DownloadClientRootFolderCheck.cs
index b0d4d4540..5ae837431 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/HealthCheck/Checks/DownloadClientRootFolderCheck.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/HealthCheck/Checks/DownloadClientRootFolderCheck.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Net.Http;
 using NLog;
 using NzbDrone.Common.Extensions;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Datastore.Events;
@@ -34,7 +35,9 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.HealthCheck.Checks
 
         public override HealthCheck Check()
         {
-            var clients = _downloadClientProvider.GetDownloadClients();
+            // Only check clients not in failure status, those get another message
+            var clients = _downloadClientProvider.GetDownloadClients(true);
+
             var rootFolders = _rootFolderService.All();
 
             foreach (var client in clients)
@@ -55,6 +58,10 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.HealthCheck.Checks
                 {
                     _logger.Debug(ex, "Unable to communicate with {0}", client.Definition.Name);
                 }
+                catch (HttpRequestException ex)
+                {
+                    _logger.Debug(ex, "Unable to communicate with {0}", client.Definition.Name);
+                }
                 catch (Exception ex)
                 {
                     _logger.Error(ex, "Unknown error occurred in DownloadClientRootFolderCheck HealthCheck");