diff --git a/launcher/Application.cpp b/launcher/Application.cpp
index 5eb1d58d5..6c0319984 100644
--- a/launcher/Application.cpp
+++ b/launcher/Application.cpp
@@ -559,6 +559,7 @@ Application::Application(int& argc, char** argv) : QApplication(argc, argv)
 
         m_settings->registerSetting("NumberOfConcurrentTasks", 10);
         m_settings->registerSetting("NumberOfConcurrentDownloads", 6);
+        m_settings->registerSetting("NumberOfManualRetries", 1);
         m_settings->registerSetting("RequestTimeout", 60);
 
         QString defaultMonospace;
diff --git a/launcher/modplatform/flame/FileResolvingTask.cpp b/launcher/modplatform/flame/FileResolvingTask.cpp
index 8d23896d9..3f9685892 100644
--- a/launcher/modplatform/flame/FileResolvingTask.cpp
+++ b/launcher/modplatform/flame/FileResolvingTask.cpp
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ void Flame::FileResolvingTask::netJobFinished()
     setProgress(1, 3);
     // job to check modrinth for blocked projects
     m_checkJob.reset(new NetJob("Modrinth check", m_network));
+    m_checkJob->setAskRetry(false);
     blockedProjects = QMap<File*, std::shared_ptr<QByteArray>>();
 
     QJsonDocument doc;
diff --git a/launcher/net/ApiDownload.cpp b/launcher/net/ApiDownload.cpp
index 8768b63f8..0494d18ad 100644
--- a/launcher/net/ApiDownload.cpp
+++ b/launcher/net/ApiDownload.cpp
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ auto ApiDownload::makeFile(QUrl url, QString path, Options options) -> Download:
 
 void ApiDownload::init()
 {
-    qDebug() << "Setting up api download";
     auto api_headers = new ApiHeaderProxy();
     addHeaderProxy(api_headers);
 }
diff --git a/launcher/net/ApiUpload.cpp b/launcher/net/ApiUpload.cpp
index 505cbd9f9..01b081dd5 100644
--- a/launcher/net/ApiUpload.cpp
+++ b/launcher/net/ApiUpload.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ Upload::Ptr ApiUpload::makeByteArray(QUrl url, std::shared_ptr<QByteArray> outpu
 
 void ApiUpload::init()
 {
-    qDebug() << "Setting up api upload";
     auto api_headers = new ApiHeaderProxy();
     addHeaderProxy(api_headers);
 }
diff --git a/launcher/net/NetJob.cpp b/launcher/net/NetJob.cpp
index a66210bc8..e363c911d 100644
--- a/launcher/net/NetJob.cpp
+++ b/launcher/net/NetJob.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "NetJob.h"
+#include <QNetworkReply>
 #include "net/NetRequest.h"
 #include "tasks/ConcurrentTask.h"
 #if defined(LAUNCHER_APPLICATION)
@@ -145,10 +146,23 @@ void NetJob::updateState()
                   .arg(QString::number(m_doing.count()), QString::number(m_done.count()), QString::number(totalSize())));
 }
 
+bool NetJob::isOnline()
+{
+    // check some errors that are ussually associated with the lack of internet
+    for (auto job : getFailedActions()) {
+        auto err = job->error();
+        if (err != QNetworkReply::HostNotFoundError && err != QNetworkReply::NetworkSessionFailedError) {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+};
+
 void NetJob::emitFailed(QString reason)
 {
 #if defined(LAUNCHER_APPLICATION)
-    if (m_ask_retry) {
+    if (m_ask_retry && m_manual_try < APPLICATION->settings()->get("NumberOfManualRetries").toInt() && isOnline()) {
+        m_manual_try++;
         auto response = CustomMessageBox::selectable(nullptr, "Confirm retry",
                                                      "The tasks failed.\n"
                                                      "Failed urls\n" +
diff --git a/launcher/net/NetJob.h b/launcher/net/NetJob.h
index af09f03ba..59213ba15 100644
--- a/launcher/net/NetJob.h
+++ b/launcher/net/NetJob.h
@@ -74,10 +74,12 @@ class NetJob : public ConcurrentTask {
 
    protected:
     void updateState() override;
+    bool isOnline();
 
    private:
     shared_qobject_ptr<QNetworkAccessManager> m_network;
 
     int m_try = 1;
     bool m_ask_retry = true;
+    int m_manual_try = 0;
 };
diff --git a/launcher/news/NewsChecker.cpp b/launcher/news/NewsChecker.cpp
index 33fb7eceb..169589f78 100644
--- a/launcher/news/NewsChecker.cpp
+++ b/launcher/news/NewsChecker.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ void NewsChecker::reloadNews()
 
     NetJob::Ptr job{ new NetJob("News RSS Feed", m_network) };
     job->addNetAction(Net::Download::makeByteArray(m_feedUrl, newsData));
+    job->setAskRetry(false);
     QObject::connect(job.get(), &NetJob::succeeded, this, &NewsChecker::rssDownloadFinished);
     QObject::connect(job.get(), &NetJob::failed, this, &NewsChecker::rssDownloadFailed);
     m_newsNetJob.reset(job);
diff --git a/launcher/translations/TranslationsModel.cpp b/launcher/translations/TranslationsModel.cpp
index 56ade8e32..016428d1c 100644
--- a/launcher/translations/TranslationsModel.cpp
+++ b/launcher/translations/TranslationsModel.cpp
@@ -553,6 +553,7 @@ void TranslationsModel::downloadIndex()
     auto task = Net::Download::makeCached(QUrl(BuildConfig.TRANSLATIONS_BASE_URL + "index_v2.json"), entry);
     d->m_index_task = task.get();
     d->m_index_job->addNetAction(task);
+    d->m_index_job->setAskRetry(false);
     connect(d->m_index_job.get(), &NetJob::failed, this, &TranslationsModel::indexFailed);
     connect(d->m_index_job.get(), &NetJob::succeeded, this, &TranslationsModel::indexReceived);
     d->m_index_job->start();
diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.cpp b/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.cpp
index 179f06bbf..6a240389a 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.cpp
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ void LauncherPage::applySettings()
 
     s->set("NumberOfConcurrentTasks", ui->numberOfConcurrentTasksSpinBox->value());
     s->set("NumberOfConcurrentDownloads", ui->numberOfConcurrentDownloadsSpinBox->value());
+    s->set("NumberOfManualRetries", ui->numberOfManualRetriesSpinBox->value());
     s->set("RequestTimeout", ui->timeoutSecondsSpinBox->value());
 
     // Console settings
@@ -261,6 +262,7 @@ void LauncherPage::loadSettings()
 
     ui->numberOfConcurrentTasksSpinBox->setValue(s->get("NumberOfConcurrentTasks").toInt());
     ui->numberOfConcurrentDownloadsSpinBox->setValue(s->get("NumberOfConcurrentDownloads").toInt());
+    ui->numberOfManualRetriesSpinBox->setValue(s->get("NumberOfManualRetries").toInt());
     ui->timeoutSecondsSpinBox->setValue(s->get("RequestTimeout").toInt());
 
     // Console settings
diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.ui b/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.ui
index b3d677ce2..b3387ba02 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.ui
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/global/LauncherPage.ui
@@ -307,6 +307,20 @@
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
+          <item row="3" column="0">
+           <widget class="QLabel" name="numberOfManualRetriesLabel">
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>Number of manual retries</string>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
+          <item row="3" column="1">
+           <widget class="QSpinBox" name="numberOfManualRetriesSpinBox">
+            <property name="minimum">
+             <number>0</number>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
          </layout>
         </widget>
        </item>
diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/ResourceModel.cpp b/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/ResourceModel.cpp
index e85bba9c4..c8eb91570 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/ResourceModel.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/ResourceModel.cpp
@@ -317,8 +317,10 @@ std::optional<QIcon> ResourceModel::getIcon(QModelIndex& index, const QUrl& url)
     if (QPixmapCache::find(url.toString(), &pixmap))
         return { pixmap };
 
-    if (!m_current_icon_job)
+    if (!m_current_icon_job) {
         m_current_icon_job.reset(new NetJob("IconJob", APPLICATION->network()));
+        m_current_icon_job->setAskRetry(false);
+    }
 
     if (m_currently_running_icon_actions.contains(url))
         return {};
diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/atlauncher/AtlListModel.cpp b/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/atlauncher/AtlListModel.cpp
index d46b97af1..f116ca915 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/atlauncher/AtlListModel.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/atlauncher/AtlListModel.cpp
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ void ListModel::requestLogo(QString file, QString url)
 
     MetaEntryPtr entry = APPLICATION->metacache()->resolveEntry("ATLauncherPacks", QString("logos/%1").arg(file));
     auto job = new NetJob(QString("ATLauncher Icon Download %1").arg(file), APPLICATION->network());
+    job->setAskRetry(false);
     job->addNetAction(Net::ApiDownload::makeCached(QUrl(url), entry));
 
     auto fullPath = entry->getFullPath();
diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/flame/FlameModel.cpp b/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/flame/FlameModel.cpp
index 604a9a38d..a92d5b579 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/flame/FlameModel.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/flame/FlameModel.cpp
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ void ListModel::requestLogo(QString logo, QString url)
 
     MetaEntryPtr entry = APPLICATION->metacache()->resolveEntry("FlamePacks", QString("logos/%1").arg(logo));
     auto job = new NetJob(QString("Flame Icon Download %1").arg(logo), APPLICATION->network());
+    job->setAskRetry(false);
     job->addNetAction(Net::ApiDownload::makeCached(QUrl(url), entry));
 
     auto fullPath = entry->getFullPath();
diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/legacy_ftb/ListModel.cpp b/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/legacy_ftb/ListModel.cpp
index 49666cf6e..98922123c 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/legacy_ftb/ListModel.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/legacy_ftb/ListModel.cpp
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ void ListModel::requestLogo(QString file)
 
     MetaEntryPtr entry = APPLICATION->metacache()->resolveEntry("FTBPacks", QString("logos/%1").arg(file));
     NetJob* job = new NetJob(QString("FTB Icon Download for %1").arg(file), APPLICATION->network());
+    job->setAskRetry(false);
     job->addNetAction(Net::ApiDownload::makeCached(QUrl(QString(BuildConfig.LEGACY_FTB_CDN_BASE_URL + "static/%1").arg(file)), entry));
 
     auto fullPath = entry->getFullPath();
diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/modrinth/ModrinthModel.cpp b/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/modrinth/ModrinthModel.cpp
index ccfe7eccb..b53eea4ef 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/modrinth/ModrinthModel.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/modrinth/ModrinthModel.cpp
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ void ModpackListModel::requestLogo(QString logo, QString url)
 
     MetaEntryPtr entry = APPLICATION->metacache()->resolveEntry(m_parent->metaEntryBase(), QString("logos/%1").arg(logo));
     auto job = new NetJob(QString("%1 Icon Download %2").arg(m_parent->debugName()).arg(logo), APPLICATION->network());
+    job->setAskRetry(false);
     job->addNetAction(Net::ApiDownload::makeCached(QUrl(url), entry));
 
     auto fullPath = entry->getFullPath();
diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/technic/TechnicModel.cpp b/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/technic/TechnicModel.cpp
index 6f1810d71..4181edab6 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/technic/TechnicModel.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/technic/TechnicModel.cpp
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ void Technic::ListModel::requestLogo(QString logo, QString url)
 
     MetaEntryPtr entry = APPLICATION->metacache()->resolveEntry("TechnicPacks", QString("logos/%1").arg(logo));
     auto job = new NetJob(QString("Technic Icon Download %1").arg(logo), APPLICATION->network());
+    job->setAskRetry(false);
     job->addNetAction(Net::ApiDownload::makeCached(QUrl(url), entry));
 
     auto fullPath = entry->getFullPath();
diff --git a/launcher/ui/widgets/VariableSizedImageObject.cpp b/launcher/ui/widgets/VariableSizedImageObject.cpp
index 3dd9d5634..9723a2c56 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/widgets/VariableSizedImageObject.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/widgets/VariableSizedImageObject.cpp
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ void VariableSizedImageObject::drawObject(QPainter* painter,
 {
     if (!format.hasProperty(ImageData)) {
         QUrl image_url{ qvariant_cast<QString>(format.property(QTextFormat::ImageName)) };
-        if (m_fetching_images.contains(image_url))
+        if (m_fetching_images.contains(image_url) || image_url.isEmpty())
             return;
 
         auto meta = std::make_shared<ImageMetadata>();
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ void VariableSizedImageObject::loadImage(QTextDocument* doc, std::shared_ptr<Ima
         QString("images/%1").arg(QString(QCryptographicHash::hash(meta->url.toEncoded(), QCryptographicHash::Algorithm::Sha1).toHex())));
 
     auto job = new NetJob(QString("Load Image: %1").arg(meta->url.fileName()), APPLICATION->network());
+    job->setAskRetry(false);
     job->addNetAction(Net::ApiDownload::makeCached(meta->url, entry));
 
     auto full_entry_path = entry->getFullPath();