diff --git a/src/network/core/http_curl.cpp b/src/network/core/http_curl.cpp
index 2a363559b0..28ec6e0935 100644
--- a/src/network/core/http_curl.cpp
+++ b/src/network/core/http_curl.cpp
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ void HttpThread()
 
 		/* Setup our (C-style) callback function which we pipe back into the callback. */
 		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, +[](char *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *userdata) -> size_t {
-			Debug(net, 4, "HTTP callback: {} bytes", size * nmemb);
+			Debug(net, 6, "HTTP callback: {} bytes", size * nmemb);
 			HTTPThreadSafeCallback *callback = static_cast<HTTPThreadSafeCallback *>(userdata);
 
 			/* Copy the buffer out of CURL. OnReceiveData() will free it when done. */
diff --git a/src/network/core/http_winhttp.cpp b/src/network/core/http_winhttp.cpp
index 8acab0a5a3..0efcbe69df 100644
--- a/src/network/core/http_winhttp.cpp
+++ b/src/network/core/http_winhttp.cpp
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ void NetworkHTTPRequest::WinHttpCallback(DWORD code, void *info, DWORD length)
 		} break;
 
 		case WINHTTP_CALLBACK_STATUS_READ_COMPLETE:
-			Debug(net, 4, "HTTP callback: {} bytes", length);
+			Debug(net, 6, "HTTP callback: {} bytes", length);
 
 			this->callback.OnReceiveData(std::unique_ptr<char[]>(static_cast<char *>(info)), length);
 
diff --git a/src/network/network_content.cpp b/src/network/network_content.cpp
index 638c8860f8..caa437f2fe 100644
--- a/src/network/network_content.cpp
+++ b/src/network/network_content.cpp
@@ -611,8 +611,6 @@ void ClientNetworkContentSocketHandler::OnReceiveData(std::unique_ptr<char[]> da
 		return;
 	}
 
-	this->lastActivity = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
-
 	if (this->http_response_index == -1) {
 		if (data != nullptr) {
 			/* Append the rest of the response. */
@@ -799,7 +797,6 @@ void ClientNetworkContentSocketHandler::Connect()
  */
 NetworkRecvStatus ClientNetworkContentSocketHandler::CloseConnection(bool)
 {
-	this->isCancelled = true;
 	NetworkContentSocketHandler::CloseConnection();
 
 	if (this->sock == INVALID_SOCKET) return NETWORK_RECV_STATUS_OKAY;
@@ -810,6 +807,15 @@ NetworkRecvStatus ClientNetworkContentSocketHandler::CloseConnection(bool)
 	return NETWORK_RECV_STATUS_OKAY;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Cancel the current download.
+ */
+void ClientNetworkContentSocketHandler::Cancel(void)
+{
+	this->isCancelled = true;
+	this->CloseConnection();
+}
+
 /**
  * Check whether we received/can send some data from/to the content server and
  * when that's the case handle it appropriately
@@ -818,6 +824,7 @@ void ClientNetworkContentSocketHandler::SendReceive()
 {
 	if (this->sock == INVALID_SOCKET || this->isConnecting) return;
 
+	/* Close the connection to the content server after inactivity; there can still be downloads pending via HTTP. */
 	if (std::chrono::steady_clock::now() > this->lastActivity + IDLE_TIMEOUT) {
 		this->CloseConnection();
 		return;
diff --git a/src/network/network_content.h b/src/network/network_content.h
index 1d4764feed..741148ddf3 100644
--- a/src/network/network_content.h
+++ b/src/network/network_content.h
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ public:
 	void Connect();
 	void SendReceive();
 	NetworkRecvStatus CloseConnection(bool error = true) override;
+	void Cancel();
 
 	void RequestContentList(ContentType type);
 	void RequestContentList(uint count, const ContentID *content_ids);
diff --git a/src/network/network_content_gui.cpp b/src/network/network_content_gui.cpp
index 6b16a91647..9b0229e116 100644
--- a/src/network/network_content_gui.cpp
+++ b/src/network/network_content_gui.cpp
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ public:
 	{
 		if (widget == WID_NCDS_CANCELOK) {
 			if (this->downloaded_bytes != this->total_bytes) {
-				_network_content_client.CloseConnection();
+				_network_content_client.Cancel();
 				this->Close();
 			} else {
 				/* If downloading succeeded, close the online content window. This will close