diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/DownloadService.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/DownloadService.cs
index 36d61cbb5..9fc2ee142 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/DownloadService.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/DownloadService.cs
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download
 
             // Get the seed configuration for this release.
             remoteMovie.SeedConfiguration = _seedConfigProvider.GetSeedConfiguration(remoteMovie);
-            var indexer = _indexerFactory.GetInstance(_indexerFactory.Get(remoteMovie.Release.IndexerId));
 
             // Limit grabs to 2 per second.
             if (remoteMovie.Release.DownloadUrl.IsNotNullOrWhiteSpace() && !remoteMovie.Release.DownloadUrl.StartsWith("magnet:"))
@@ -71,6 +70,13 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download
                 _rateLimitService.WaitAndPulse(url.Host, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2));
             }
 
+            IIndexer indexer = null;
+
+            if (remoteMovie.Release.IndexerId > 0)
+            {
+                indexer = _indexerFactory.GetInstance(_indexerFactory.Get(remoteMovie.Release.IndexerId));
+            }
+
             string downloadClientId;
             try
             {
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/TorrentClientBase.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/TorrentClientBase.cs
index e79a8b190..4fc581fa8 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/TorrentClientBase.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/TorrentClientBase.cs
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download
 
             try
             {
-                var request = indexer.GetDownloadRequest(torrentUrl);
+                var request = indexer?.GetDownloadRequest(torrentUrl) ?? new HttpRequest(torrentUrl);
                 request.RateLimitKey = remoteMovie?.Release?.IndexerId.ToString();
                 request.Headers.Accept = "application/x-bittorrent";
                 request.AllowAutoRedirect = false;
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/UsenetClientBase.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/UsenetClientBase.cs
index f46938dd8..fb721dd9c 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/UsenetClientBase.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/UsenetClientBase.cs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download
 
             try
             {
-                var request = indexer.GetDownloadRequest(url);
+                var request = indexer?.GetDownloadRequest(url) ?? new HttpRequest(url);
                 request.RateLimitKey = remoteMovie?.Release?.IndexerId.ToString();
                 nzbData = _httpClient.Get(request).ResponseData;