diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Common.Test/Http/HttpClientFixture.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Common.Test/Http/HttpClientFixture.cs
index 569960b4a..d9bde2f84 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Common.Test/Http/HttpClientFixture.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Common.Test/Http/HttpClientFixture.cs
@@ -132,11 +132,26 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common.Test.Http
             var request = new HttpRequest(string.Format("http://{0}/redirect/1", _httpBinHost));
             request.AllowAutoRedirect = true;
 
-            Subject.Get(request);
+            var response = Subject.Get(request);
+
+            response.StatusCode.Should().Be(HttpStatusCode.OK);
 
             ExceptionVerification.ExpectedErrors(0);
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void should_not_follow_redirects()
+        {
+            var request = new HttpRequest($"http://{_httpBinHost}/redirect/1");
+            request.AllowAutoRedirect = false;
+
+            var response = Subject.Get(request);
+
+            response.StatusCode.Should().Be(HttpStatusCode.Found);
+
+            ExceptionVerification.ExpectedErrors(1);
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void should_follow_redirects_to_https()
         {
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Common/Http/HttpClient.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Common/Http/HttpClient.cs
index 8c16ef9b3..e567d5ed0 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Common/Http/HttpClient.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Common/Http/HttpClient.cs
@@ -45,36 +45,33 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common.Http
 
         public HttpResponse Execute(HttpRequest request)
         {
-            var autoRedirectCount = 0;
-            var autoRedirectChain = new List<string>();
-            autoRedirectChain.Add(request.Url.ToString());
-
             var response = ExecuteRequest(request);
 
-            while (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.Moved ||
-                   response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.MovedPermanently ||
-                   response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.Found)
+            if (request.AllowAutoRedirect && response.HasHttpRedirect)
             {
-                if (request.AllowAutoRedirect)
+                var autoRedirectChain = new List<string>();
+                autoRedirectChain.Add(request.Url.ToString());
+
+                do
                 {
                     request.Url += new HttpUri(response.Headers.GetSingleValue("Location"));
                     autoRedirectChain.Add(request.Url.ToString());
 
                     _logger.Trace("Redirected to {0}", request.Url);
 
-                    autoRedirectCount++;
-                    if (autoRedirectCount > 3)
+                    if (autoRedirectChain.Count > 3)
                     {
                         throw new WebException($"Too many automatic redirections were attempted for {string.Join(" -> ", autoRedirectChain)}", WebExceptionStatus.ProtocolError);
                     }
 
                     response = ExecuteRequest(request);
                 }
-                else if (!RuntimeInfoBase.IsProduction)
-                {
-                    _logger.Error("Server requested a redirect to [{0}]. Update the request URL to avoid this redirect.", response.Headers["Location"]);
-                    break;
-                }
+                while (response.HasHttpRedirect);
+            }
+
+            if (response.HasHttpRedirect && !RuntimeInfoBase.IsProduction)
+            {
+                _logger.Error("Server requested a redirect to [{0}] while in developer mode. Update the request URL to avoid this redirect.", response.Headers["Location"]);
             }
 
             if (!request.SuppressHttpError && response.HasHttpError)
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Common/Http/HttpResponse.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Common/Http/HttpResponse.cs
index dd9df22c7..734238cfc 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Common/Http/HttpResponse.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Common/Http/HttpResponse.cs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common.Http
 
         private string _content;
 
-        public string Content 
+        public string Content
         {
             get
             {
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common.Http
 
         public bool HasHttpError => (int)StatusCode >= 400;
 
+        public bool HasHttpRedirect => StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.Moved ||
+                                       StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.MovedPermanently ||
+                                       StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.Found;
+
         public Dictionary<string, string> GetCookies()
         {
             var result = new Dictionary<string, string>();
@@ -95,4 +99,4 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common.Http
 
         public T Resource { get; private set; }
     }
-}
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+}