diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Common.Test/Http/HttpClientFixture.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Common.Test/Http/HttpClientFixture.cs
index 643568acd..203171eb9 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Common.Test/Http/HttpClientFixture.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Common.Test/Http/HttpClientFixture.cs
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common.Test.Http
             var request = new HttpRequest($"https://expired.badssl.com");
 
             Assert.Throws<HttpRequestException>(() => Subject.Execute(request));
-            ExceptionVerification.ExpectedErrors(2);
+            ExceptionVerification.ExpectedErrors(1);
         }
 
         [Test]
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Common/Http/Dispatchers/ManagedHttpDispatcher.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Common/Http/Dispatchers/ManagedHttpDispatcher.cs
index 1a5e0cfae..013aa952a 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Common/Http/Dispatchers/ManagedHttpDispatcher.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Common/Http/Dispatchers/ManagedHttpDispatcher.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 using System;
-using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Net.Http;
@@ -8,7 +7,6 @@ using System.Net.Sockets;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using NLog;
 using NzbDrone.Common.Cache;
 using NzbDrone.Common.Extensions;
 using NzbDrone.Common.Http.Proxy;
@@ -28,21 +26,18 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common.Http.Dispatchers
         private readonly ICertificateValidationService _certificateValidationService;
         private readonly IUserAgentBuilder _userAgentBuilder;
         private readonly ICached<System.Net.Http.HttpClient> _httpClientCache;
-        private readonly Logger _logger;
         private readonly ICached<CredentialCache> _credentialCache;
 
         public ManagedHttpDispatcher(IHttpProxySettingsProvider proxySettingsProvider,
-                                     ICreateManagedWebProxy createManagedWebProxy,
-                                     ICertificateValidationService certificateValidationService,
-                                     IUserAgentBuilder userAgentBuilder,
-                                     ICacheManager cacheManager,
-                                     Logger logger)
+            ICreateManagedWebProxy createManagedWebProxy,
+            ICertificateValidationService certificateValidationService,
+            IUserAgentBuilder userAgentBuilder,
+            ICacheManager cacheManager)
         {
             _proxySettingsProvider = proxySettingsProvider;
             _createManagedWebProxy = createManagedWebProxy;
             _certificateValidationService = certificateValidationService;
             _userAgentBuilder = userAgentBuilder;
-            _logger = logger;
 
             _httpClientCache = cacheManager.GetCache<System.Net.Http.HttpClient>(typeof(ManagedHttpDispatcher));
             _credentialCache = cacheManager.GetCache<CredentialCache>(typeof(ManagedHttpDispatcher), "credentialcache");
@@ -103,49 +98,32 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common.Http.Dispatchers
 
             var httpClient = GetClient(request.Url);
 
-            HttpResponseMessage responseMessage;
-
-            try
+            using var responseMessage = httpClient.Send(requestMessage, HttpCompletionOption.ResponseHeadersRead, cts.Token);
             {
-                responseMessage = httpClient.Send(requestMessage, cts.Token);
-            }
-            catch (HttpRequestException e)
-            {
-                _logger.Error(e, "HttpClient error");
-                throw;
-            }
+                byte[] data = null;
 
-            byte[] data = null;
-
-            using (var responseStream = responseMessage.Content.ReadAsStream())
-            {
-                if (responseStream != null && responseStream != Stream.Null)
+                try
                 {
-                    try
+                    if (request.ResponseStream != null && responseMessage.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK)
                     {
-                        if (request.ResponseStream != null && responseMessage.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK)
-                        {
-                            // A target ResponseStream was specified, write to that instead.
-                            // But only on the OK status code, since we don't want to write failures and redirects.
-                            responseStream.CopyTo(request.ResponseStream);
-                        }
-                        else
-                        {
-                            data = responseStream.ToBytes();
-                        }
+                        responseMessage.Content.CopyTo(request.ResponseStream, null, cts.Token);
                     }
-                    catch (Exception ex)
+                    else
                     {
-                        throw new WebException("Failed to read complete http response", ex, WebExceptionStatus.ReceiveFailure, null);
+                        data = responseMessage.Content.ReadAsByteArrayAsync(cts.Token).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
                     }
                 }
+                catch (Exception ex)
+                {
+                    throw new WebException("Failed to read complete http response", ex, WebExceptionStatus.ReceiveFailure, null);
+                }
+
+                var headers = responseMessage.Headers.ToNameValueCollection();
+
+                headers.Add(responseMessage.Content.Headers.ToNameValueCollection());
+
+                return new HttpResponse(request, new HttpHeader(headers), data, responseMessage.StatusCode);
             }
-
-            var headers = responseMessage.Headers.ToNameValueCollection();
-
-            headers.Add(responseMessage.Content.Headers.ToNameValueCollection());
-
-            return new HttpResponse(request, new HttpHeader(headers), data, responseMessage.StatusCode);
         }
 
         protected virtual System.Net.Http.HttpClient GetClient(HttpUri uri)
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/Framework/CoreTest.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/Framework/CoreTest.cs
index b1213cb6e..b43854c95 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/Framework/CoreTest.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/Framework/CoreTest.cs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Test.Framework
             Mocker.SetConstant<IHttpProxySettingsProvider>(new HttpProxySettingsProvider(Mocker.Resolve<ConfigService>()));
             Mocker.SetConstant<ICreateManagedWebProxy>(new ManagedWebProxyFactory(Mocker.Resolve<CacheManager>()));
             Mocker.SetConstant<ICertificateValidationService>(new X509CertificateValidationService(Mocker.Resolve<ConfigService>(), TestLogger));
-            Mocker.SetConstant<IHttpDispatcher>(new ManagedHttpDispatcher(Mocker.Resolve<IHttpProxySettingsProvider>(), Mocker.Resolve<ICreateManagedWebProxy>(), Mocker.Resolve<ICertificateValidationService>(), Mocker.Resolve<UserAgentBuilder>(), Mocker.Resolve<CacheManager>(), TestLogger));
+            Mocker.SetConstant<IHttpDispatcher>(new ManagedHttpDispatcher(Mocker.Resolve<IHttpProxySettingsProvider>(), Mocker.Resolve<ICreateManagedWebProxy>(), Mocker.Resolve<ICertificateValidationService>(), Mocker.Resolve<UserAgentBuilder>(), Mocker.Resolve<CacheManager>()));
             Mocker.SetConstant<IHttpClient>(new HttpClient(Array.Empty<IHttpRequestInterceptor>(), Mocker.Resolve<CacheManager>(), Mocker.Resolve<RateLimitService>(), Mocker.Resolve<IHttpDispatcher>(), TestLogger));
             Mocker.SetConstant<ILidarrCloudRequestBuilder>(new LidarrCloudRequestBuilder());
             Mocker.SetConstant<IMetadataRequestBuilder>(Mocker.Resolve<MetadataRequestBuilder>());