diff --git a/Emby.Dlna/PlayTo/SsdpHttpClient.cs b/Emby.Dlna/PlayTo/SsdpHttpClient.cs
index 1ad99fac5b..780b0a8897 100644
--- a/Emby.Dlna/PlayTo/SsdpHttpClient.cs
+++ b/Emby.Dlna/PlayTo/SsdpHttpClient.cs
@@ -34,16 +34,13 @@ namespace Emby.Dlna.PlayTo
         {
             var cancellationToken = CancellationToken.None;
 
-            using (var response = await PostSoapDataAsync(NormalizeServiceUrl(baseUrl, service.ControlUrl), "\"" + service.ServiceType + "#" + command + "\"", postData, header, logRequest, cancellationToken)
+            var url = NormalizeServiceUrl(baseUrl, service.ControlUrl);
+            using (var response = await PostSoapDataAsync(url, '\"' + service.ServiceType + '#' + command + '\"', postData, header, logRequest, cancellationToken)
                 .ConfigureAwait(false))
+            using (var stream = response.Content)
+            using (var reader = new StreamReader(stream, Encoding.UTF8))
             {
-                using (var stream = response.Content)
-                {
-                    using (var reader = new StreamReader(stream, Encoding.UTF8))
-                    {
-                        return XDocument.Parse(reader.ReadToEnd(), LoadOptions.PreserveWhitespace);
-                    }
-                }
+                return XDocument.Parse(reader.ReadToEnd(), LoadOptions.PreserveWhitespace);
             }
         }
 
@@ -121,15 +118,18 @@ namespace Emby.Dlna.PlayTo
             }
         }
 
-        private Task<HttpResponseInfo> PostSoapDataAsync(string url,
+        private Task<HttpResponseInfo> PostSoapDataAsync(
+            string url,
             string soapAction,
             string postData,
             string header,
             bool logRequest,
             CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
-            if (!soapAction.StartsWith("\""))
-                soapAction = "\"" + soapAction + "\"";
+            if (soapAction[0] != '\"')
+            {
+                soapAction = '\"' + soapAction + '\"';
+            }
 
             var options = new HttpRequestOptions
             {
diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/ApplicationHost.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/ApplicationHost.cs
index 02d661d15a..c64922a931 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/ApplicationHost.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/ApplicationHost.cs
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations
         /// Gets the current application user agent
         /// </summary>
         /// <value>The application user agent.</value>
-        public string ApplicationUserAgent => Name.Replace(' ','-') + "/" + ApplicationVersion;
+        public string ApplicationUserAgent => Name.Replace(' ','-') + '/' + ApplicationVersion;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the email address for use within a comment section of a user agent field.
@@ -690,11 +690,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations
             await HttpServer.RequestHandler(req, request.GetDisplayUrl(), request.Host.ToString(), localPath, CancellationToken.None).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
 
-        protected virtual IHttpClient CreateHttpClient()
-        {
-            return new HttpClientManager.HttpClientManager(ApplicationPaths, LoggerFactory, FileSystemManager, () => ApplicationUserAgent);
-        }
-
         public static IStreamHelper StreamHelper { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -720,7 +715,11 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations
             serviceCollection.AddSingleton(FileSystemManager);
             serviceCollection.AddSingleton<TvDbClientManager>();
 
-            HttpClient = CreateHttpClient();
+            HttpClient = new HttpClientManager.HttpClientManager(
+                ApplicationPaths,
+                LoggerFactory.CreateLogger<HttpClientManager.HttpClientManager>(),
+                FileSystemManager,
+                () => ApplicationUserAgent);
             serviceCollection.AddSingleton(HttpClient);
 
             serviceCollection.AddSingleton(NetworkManager);
diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/HttpClientManager/HttpClientManager.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/HttpClientManager/HttpClientManager.cs
index b82d55d0e6..ae62f34e06 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/HttpClientManager/HttpClientManager.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/HttpClientManager/HttpClientManager.cs
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Net.Http;
-using System.Net.Http.Headers;
-using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using MediaBrowser.Common.Configuration;
@@ -23,30 +21,24 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpClientManager
     /// </summary>
     public class HttpClientManager : IHttpClient
     {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// When one request to a host times out, we'll ban all other requests for this period of time, to prevent scans from stalling
-        /// </summary>
-        private const int TimeoutSeconds = 30;
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The _logger
-        /// </summary>
         private readonly ILogger _logger;
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The _app paths
-        /// </summary>
         private readonly IApplicationPaths _appPaths;
-
         private readonly IFileSystem _fileSystem;
         private readonly Func<string> _defaultUserAgentFn;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Holds a dictionary of http clients by host.  Use GetHttpClient(host) to retrieve or create a client for web requests.
+        /// DON'T dispose it after use.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The HTTP clients.</value>
+        private readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, HttpClient> _httpClients = new ConcurrentDictionary<string, HttpClient>();
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="HttpClientManager" /> class.
         /// </summary>
         public HttpClientManager(
             IApplicationPaths appPaths,
-            ILoggerFactory loggerFactory,
+            ILogger<HttpClientManager> logger,
             IFileSystem fileSystem,
             Func<string> defaultUserAgentFn)
         {
@@ -55,41 +47,28 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpClientManager
                 throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(appPaths));
             }
 
-            if (loggerFactory == null)
+            if (logger == null)
             {
-                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(loggerFactory));
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(logger));
             }
 
-            _logger = loggerFactory.CreateLogger(nameof(HttpClientManager));
+            _logger = logger;
             _fileSystem = fileSystem;
             _appPaths = appPaths;
             _defaultUserAgentFn = defaultUserAgentFn;
-
-            // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/566437/http-post-returns-the-error-417-expectation-failed-c
-            ServicePointManager.Expect100Continue = false;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Holds a dictionary of http clients by host.  Use GetHttpClient(host) to retrieve or create a client for web requests.
-        /// DON'T dispose it after use.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <value>The HTTP clients.</value>
-        private readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, HttpClient> _httpClients = new ConcurrentDictionary<string, HttpClient>();
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets
+        /// Gets the correct http client for the given url.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="url">The host.</param>
-        /// <param name="enableHttpCompression">if set to <c>true</c> [enable HTTP compression].</param>
+        /// <param name="url">The url.</param>
         /// <returns>HttpClient.</returns>
-        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">host</exception>
-        private HttpClient GetHttpClient(string url, bool enableHttpCompression)
+        private HttpClient GetHttpClient(string url)
         {
-            var key = GetHostFromUrl(url) + enableHttpCompression;
+            var key = GetHostFromUrl(url);
 
             if (!_httpClients.TryGetValue(key, out var client))
             {
-
                 client = new HttpClient()
                 {
                     BaseAddress = new Uri(url)
@@ -109,24 +88,26 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpClientManager
             if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(userInfo))
             {
                 _logger.LogWarning("Found userInfo in url: {0} ... url: {1}", userInfo, url);
-                url = url.Replace(userInfo + "@", string.Empty);
+                url = url.Replace(userInfo + '@', string.Empty);
             }
 
             var request = new HttpRequestMessage(method, url);
 
             AddRequestHeaders(request, options);
 
-            if (options.EnableHttpCompression)
+            switch (options.DecompressionMethod)
             {
-                if (options.DecompressionMethod.HasValue
-                    && options.DecompressionMethod.Value == CompressionMethod.Gzip)
-                {
+                case CompressionMethod.Deflate | CompressionMethod.Gzip:
                     request.Headers.Add(HeaderNames.AcceptEncoding, new[] { "gzip", "deflate" });
-                }
-                else
-                {
+                    break;
+                case CompressionMethod.Deflate:
                     request.Headers.Add(HeaderNames.AcceptEncoding, "deflate");
-                }
+                    break;
+                case CompressionMethod.Gzip:
+                    request.Headers.Add(HeaderNames.AcceptEncoding, "gzip");
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    break;
             }
 
             if (options.EnableKeepAlive)
@@ -134,20 +115,8 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpClientManager
                 request.Headers.Add(HeaderNames.Connection, "Keep-Alive");
             }
 
-            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(options.Host))
-            {
-                request.Headers.Add(HeaderNames.Host, options.Host);
-            }
-
-            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(options.Referer))
-            {
-                request.Headers.Add(HeaderNames.Referer, options.Referer);
-            }
-
             //request.Headers.Add(HeaderNames.CacheControl, "no-cache");
 
-            //request.Headers.Add(HeaderNames., options.TimeoutMs;
-
             /*
             if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(userInfo))
             {
@@ -188,9 +157,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpClientManager
         /// <param name="options">The options.</param>
         /// <returns>Task{HttpResponseInfo}.</returns>
         public Task<HttpResponseInfo> GetResponse(HttpRequestOptions options)
-        {
-            return SendAsync(options, HttpMethod.Get);
-        }
+            => SendAsync(options, HttpMethod.Get);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Performs a GET request and returns the resulting stream
@@ -209,8 +176,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpClientManager
         /// <param name="options">The options.</param>
         /// <param name="httpMethod">The HTTP method.</param>
         /// <returns>Task{HttpResponseInfo}.</returns>
-        /// <exception cref="HttpException">
-        /// </exception>
         public Task<HttpResponseInfo> SendAsync(HttpRequestOptions options, string httpMethod)
         {
             var httpMethod2 = GetHttpMethod(httpMethod);
@@ -223,8 +188,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpClientManager
         /// <param name="options">The options.</param>
         /// <param name="httpMethod">The HTTP method.</param>
         /// <returns>Task{HttpResponseInfo}.</returns>
-        /// <exception cref="HttpException">
-        /// </exception>
         public async Task<HttpResponseInfo> SendAsync(HttpRequestOptions options, HttpMethod httpMethod)
         {
             if (options.CacheMode == CacheMode.None)
@@ -324,32 +287,37 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpClientManager
 
             options.CancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
 
-            var client = GetHttpClient(options.Url, options.EnableHttpCompression);
+            var client = GetHttpClient(options.Url);
 
             var httpWebRequest = GetRequestMessage(options, httpMethod);
 
-            if (options.RequestContentBytes != null ||
-                !string.IsNullOrEmpty(options.RequestContent) ||
-                httpMethod == HttpMethod.Post)
+            if (options.RequestContentBytes != null
+                || !string.IsNullOrEmpty(options.RequestContent)
+                || httpMethod == HttpMethod.Post)
             {
-                try
+                if (options.RequestContentBytes != null)
                 {
-                    httpWebRequest.Content = new StringContent(Encoding.UTF8.GetString(options.RequestContentBytes) ?? options.RequestContent ?? string.Empty);
-
-                    var contentType = options.RequestContentType ?? "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
+                    httpWebRequest.Content = new ByteArrayContent(options.RequestContentBytes);
+                }
+                else if (options.RequestContent != null)
+                {
+                    httpWebRequest.Content = new StringContent(options.RequestContent);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    httpWebRequest.Content = new ByteArrayContent(Array.Empty<byte>());
+                }
 
-                    if (options.AppendCharsetToMimeType)
-                    {
-                        contentType = contentType.TrimEnd(';') + "; charset=\"utf-8\"";
-                    }
+                // TODO: add correct content type
+                /*
+                var contentType = options.RequestContentType ?? "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
 
-                    httpWebRequest.Headers.Add(HeaderNames.ContentType, contentType);
-                    await client.SendAsync(httpWebRequest).ConfigureAwait(false);
-                }
-                catch (Exception ex)
+                if (options.AppendCharsetToMimeType)
                 {
-                    throw new HttpException(ex.Message) { IsTimedOut = true };
+                    contentType = contentType.TrimEnd(';') + "; charset=\"utf-8\"";
                 }
+
+                httpWebRequest.Headers.Add(HeaderNames.ContentType, contentType);*/
             }
 
             if (options.LogRequest)
@@ -357,92 +325,53 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpClientManager
                 _logger.LogDebug("HttpClientManager {0}: {1}", httpMethod.ToString(), options.Url);
             }
 
-            try
-            {
-                options.CancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+            options.CancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
 
-                /*if (!options.BufferContent)
-                {
-                    var response = await client.HttpClient.SendAsync(httpWebRequest).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            if (!options.BufferContent)
+            {
+                var response = await client.SendAsync(httpWebRequest, options.CancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-                    await EnsureSuccessStatusCode(client, response, options).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                await EnsureSuccessStatusCode(response, options).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-                    options.CancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
-
-                    return GetResponseInfo(response, await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync().ConfigureAwait(false), response.Content.Headers.ContentLength, response);
-                }*/
+                options.CancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
 
-                using (var response = await client.SendAsync(httpWebRequest).ConfigureAwait(false))
+                var stream = await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+                return new HttpResponseInfo(response.Headers)
                 {
-                    await EnsureSuccessStatusCode(response, options).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-                    options.CancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
-
-                    using (var stream = await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync().ConfigureAwait(false))
-                    {
-                        var memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
-                        await stream.CopyToAsync(memoryStream).ConfigureAwait(false);
-                        memoryStream.Position = 0;
-
-                        return GetResponseInfo(response, memoryStream, memoryStream.Length, null);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            catch (OperationCanceledException ex)
-            {
-                throw GetCancellationException(options, options.CancellationToken, ex);
-            }
-        }
-
-        private HttpResponseInfo GetResponseInfo(HttpResponseMessage httpResponse, Stream content, long? contentLength, IDisposable disposable)
-        {
-            var responseInfo = new HttpResponseInfo(disposable)
-            {
-                Content = content,
-                StatusCode = httpResponse.StatusCode,
-                ContentType = httpResponse.Content.Headers.ContentType?.MediaType,
-                ContentLength = contentLength,
-                ResponseUrl = httpResponse.Content.Headers.ContentLocation?.ToString()
-            };
-
-            if (httpResponse.Headers != null)
-            {
-                SetHeaders(httpResponse.Content.Headers, responseInfo);
+                    Content = stream,
+                    StatusCode = response.StatusCode,
+                    ContentType = response.Content.Headers.ContentType?.MediaType,
+                    ContentLength = stream.Length,
+                    ResponseUrl = response.Content.Headers.ContentLocation?.ToString()
+                };
             }
 
-            return responseInfo;
-        }
-
-        private HttpResponseInfo GetResponseInfo(HttpResponseMessage httpResponse, string tempFile, long? contentLength)
-        {
-            var responseInfo = new HttpResponseInfo
+            using (var response = await client.SendAsync(httpWebRequest, options.CancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false))
             {
-                TempFilePath = tempFile,
-                StatusCode = httpResponse.StatusCode,
-                ContentType = httpResponse.Content.Headers.ContentType?.MediaType,
-                ContentLength = contentLength
-            };
+                await EnsureSuccessStatusCode(response, options).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-            if (httpResponse.Headers != null)
-            {
-                SetHeaders(httpResponse.Content.Headers, responseInfo);
-            }
+                options.CancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
 
-            return responseInfo;
-        }
+                using (var stream = await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync().ConfigureAwait(false))
+                {
+                    var memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
+                    await stream.CopyToAsync(memoryStream, StreamDefaults.DefaultCopyToBufferSize, options.CancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    memoryStream.Position = 0;
 
-        private static void SetHeaders(HttpContentHeaders headers, HttpResponseInfo responseInfo)
-        {
-            foreach (var key in headers)
-            {
-                responseInfo.Headers[key.Key] = string.Join(", ", key.Value);
+                    return new HttpResponseInfo(response.Headers)
+                    {
+                        Content = memoryStream,
+                        StatusCode = response.StatusCode,
+                        ContentType = response.Content.Headers.ContentType?.MediaType,
+                        ContentLength = memoryStream.Length,
+                        ResponseUrl = response.Content.Headers.ContentLocation?.ToString()
+                    };
+                }
             }
         }
 
         public Task<HttpResponseInfo> Post(HttpRequestOptions options)
-        {
-            return SendAsync(options, HttpMethod.Post);
-        }
+            => SendAsync(options, HttpMethod.Post);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Downloads the contents of a given url into a temporary location
@@ -451,10 +380,8 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpClientManager
         /// <returns>Task{System.String}.</returns>
         public async Task<string> GetTempFile(HttpRequestOptions options)
         {
-            using (var response = await GetTempFileResponse(options).ConfigureAwait(false))
-            {
-                return response.TempFilePath;
-            }
+            var response = await GetTempFileResponse(options).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            return response.TempFilePath;
         }
 
         public async Task<HttpResponseInfo> GetTempFileResponse(HttpRequestOptions options)
@@ -481,13 +408,13 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpClientManager
                 _logger.LogDebug("HttpClientManager.GetTempFileResponse url: {0}", options.Url);
             }
 
-            var client = GetHttpClient(options.Url, options.EnableHttpCompression);
+            var client = GetHttpClient(options.Url);
 
             try
             {
                 options.CancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
 
-                using (var response = (await client.SendAsync(httpWebRequest).ConfigureAwait(false)))
+                using (var response = (await client.SendAsync(httpWebRequest, options.CancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false)))
                 {
                     await EnsureSuccessStatusCode(response, options).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
@@ -501,8 +428,15 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpClientManager
 
                     options.Progress.Report(100);
 
-                    var contentLength = response.Content.Headers.ContentLength;
-                    return GetResponseInfo(response, tempFile, contentLength);
+                    var responseInfo = new HttpResponseInfo(response.Headers)
+                    {
+                        TempFilePath = tempFile,
+                        StatusCode = response.StatusCode,
+                        ContentType = response.Content.Headers.ContentType?.MediaType,
+                        ContentLength = response.Content.Headers.ContentLength
+                    };
+
+                    return responseInfo;
                 }
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
@@ -530,7 +464,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpClientManager
             {
                 if (options.LogErrors)
                 {
-                    _logger.LogError(webException, "Error {status} getting response from {url}", webException.Status, options.Url);
+                    _logger.LogError(webException, "Error {Status} getting response from {Url}", webException.Status, options.Url);
                 }
 
                 var exception = new HttpException(webException.Message, webException);
@@ -565,7 +499,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpClientManager
 
             if (options.LogErrors)
             {
-                _logger.LogError(ex, "Error getting response from {url}", options.Url);
+                _logger.LogError(ex, "Error getting response from {Url}", options.Url);
             }
 
             return ex;
@@ -639,7 +573,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpClientManager
             }
 
             var msg = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
-            _logger.LogError(msg);
+            _logger.LogError("HTTP request failed with message: {Message}", msg);
 
             throw new HttpException(response.ReasonPhrase)
             {
diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/EmbyTV/DirectRecorder.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/EmbyTV/DirectRecorder.cs
index dd636e6cdf..8dee7046e7 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/EmbyTV/DirectRecorder.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/EmbyTV/DirectRecorder.cs
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.LiveTv.EmbyTV
                 UserAgent = "Emby/3.0",
 
                 // Shouldn't matter but may cause issues
-                EnableHttpCompression = false
+                DecompressionMethod = CompressionMethod.None
             };
 
             using (var response = await _httpClient.SendAsync(httpRequestOptions, "GET").ConfigureAwait(false))
diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/Listings/SchedulesDirect.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/Listings/SchedulesDirect.cs
index f3f7477180..f5dffc22af 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/Listings/SchedulesDirect.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/Listings/SchedulesDirect.cs
@@ -627,15 +627,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.LiveTv.Listings
             ListingsProviderInfo providerInfo)
         {
             // Schedules direct requires that the client support compression and will return a 400 response without it
-            options.EnableHttpCompression = true;
-
-            // On windows 7 under .net core, this header is not getting added
-#if NETSTANDARD2_0
-            if (Environment.OSVersion.Platform == PlatformID.Win32NT)
-            {
-                options.RequestHeaders[HeaderNames.AcceptEncoding] = "deflate";
-            }
-#endif
+            options.DecompressionMethod = CompressionMethod.Deflate;
 
             try
             {
@@ -665,15 +657,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.LiveTv.Listings
             ListingsProviderInfo providerInfo)
         {
             // Schedules direct requires that the client support compression and will return a 400 response without it
-            options.EnableHttpCompression = true;
-
-            // On windows 7 under .net core, this header is not getting added
-#if NETSTANDARD2_0
-            if (Environment.OSVersion.Platform == PlatformID.Win32NT)
-            {
-                options.RequestHeaders[HeaderNames.AcceptEncoding] = "deflate";
-            }
-#endif
+            options.DecompressionMethod = CompressionMethod.Deflate;
 
             try
             {
diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/Listings/XmlTvListingsProvider.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/Listings/XmlTvListingsProvider.cs
index 69b10e6daa..d39c917835 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/Listings/XmlTvListingsProvider.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/Listings/XmlTvListingsProvider.cs
@@ -73,11 +73,9 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.LiveTv.Listings
                 CancellationToken = cancellationToken,
                 Url = path,
                 Progress = new SimpleProgress<double>(),
-                DecompressionMethod = CompressionMethod.Gzip,
-
                 // It's going to come back gzipped regardless of this value
                 // So we need to make sure the decompression method is set to gzip
-                EnableHttpCompression = true,
+                DecompressionMethod = CompressionMethod.Gzip,
 
                 UserAgent = "Emby/3.0"
 
diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/TunerHosts/SharedHttpStream.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/TunerHosts/SharedHttpStream.cs
index e8b34da0ca..60c914898c 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/TunerHosts/SharedHttpStream.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/TunerHosts/SharedHttpStream.cs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.LiveTv.TunerHosts
                 CancellationToken = CancellationToken.None,
                 BufferContent = false,
 
-                EnableHttpCompression = false,
+                DecompressionMethod = CompressionMethod.None,
             };
 
             foreach (var header in mediaSource.RequiredHttpHeaders)
diff --git a/Jellyfin.Server/Program.cs b/Jellyfin.Server/Program.cs
index d4b10c8c84..95ce08f269 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Server/Program.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Server/Program.cs
@@ -118,8 +118,20 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Server
 
             SQLitePCL.Batteries_V2.Init();
 
+            // Increase the max http request limit
+            // The default connection limit is 10 for ASP.NET hosted applications and 2 for all others.
+            ServicePointManager.DefaultConnectionLimit = Math.Max(96, ServicePointManager.DefaultConnectionLimit);
+
+            // Disable the "Expect: 100-Continue" header by default
+            // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/566437/http-post-returns-the-error-417-expectation-failed-c
+            ServicePointManager.Expect100Continue = false;
+
+// CA5359: Do Not Disable Certificate Validation
+#pragma warning disable CA5359
+
             // Allow all https requests
             ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback = new RemoteCertificateValidationCallback(delegate { return true; });
+#pragma warning restore CA5359
 
             var fileSystem = new ManagedFileSystem(_loggerFactory, appPaths);
 
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Common/Net/HttpRequestOptions.cs b/MediaBrowser.Common/Net/HttpRequestOptions.cs
index 38e0ff0f55..0576a1a5d9 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Common/Net/HttpRequestOptions.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Common/Net/HttpRequestOptions.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers;
 
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Net
         /// <value>The URL.</value>
         public string Url { get; set; }
 
-        public CompressionMethod? DecompressionMethod { get; set; }
+        public CompressionMethod DecompressionMethod { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the accept header.
@@ -49,13 +48,21 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Net
         /// Gets or sets the referrer.
         /// </summary>
         /// <value>The referrer.</value>
-        public string Referer { get; set; }
+        public string Referer
+        {
+            get => GetHeaderValue(HeaderNames.Referer);
+            set => RequestHeaders[HeaderNames.Referer] = value;
+        }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the host.
         /// </summary>
         /// <value>The host.</value>
-        public string Host { get; set; }
+        public string Host
+        {
+            get => GetHeaderValue(HeaderNames.Host);
+            set => RequestHeaders[HeaderNames.Host] = value;
+        }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the progress.
@@ -63,12 +70,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Net
         /// <value>The progress.</value>
         public IProgress<double> Progress { get; set; }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether [enable HTTP compression].
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <value><c>true</c> if [enable HTTP compression]; otherwise, <c>false</c>.</value>
-        public bool EnableHttpCompression { get; set; }
-
         public Dictionary<string, string> RequestHeaders { get; private set; }
 
         public string RequestContentType { get; set; }
@@ -104,13 +105,12 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Net
         /// </summary>
         public HttpRequestOptions()
         {
-            EnableHttpCompression = true;
-
             RequestHeaders = new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
 
             LogRequest = true;
             LogErrors = true;
             CacheMode = CacheMode.None;
+            DecompressionMethod = CompressionMethod.Deflate;
         }
     }
 
@@ -120,9 +120,11 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Net
         Unconditional = 1
     }
 
+    [Flags]
     public enum CompressionMethod
     {
-        Deflate,
-        Gzip
+        None = 0b00000001,
+        Deflate = 0b00000010,
+        Gzip = 0b00000100
     }
 }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Common/Net/HttpResponseInfo.cs b/MediaBrowser.Common/Net/HttpResponseInfo.cs
index 1866741676..cd9feabfe0 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Common/Net/HttpResponseInfo.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Common/Net/HttpResponseInfo.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Net;
+using System.Net.Http.Headers;
 
 namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Net
 {
@@ -50,26 +50,21 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Net
         /// Gets or sets the headers.
         /// </summary>
         /// <value>The headers.</value>
-        public Dictionary<string, string> Headers { get; set; }
+        public HttpResponseHeaders Headers { get; set; }
 
-        private readonly IDisposable _disposable;
-
-        public HttpResponseInfo(IDisposable disposable)
+        public HttpResponseInfo()
         {
-            _disposable = disposable;
-            Headers = new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
         }
-        public HttpResponseInfo()
+
+        public HttpResponseInfo(HttpResponseHeaders headers)
         {
-            Headers = new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            Headers = headers;
         }
 
         public void Dispose()
         {
-            if (_disposable != null)
-            {
-                _disposable.Dispose();
-            }
+            // Only IDisposable for backwards compatibility
         }
     }
 }