diff --git a/downloadthread.cpp b/downloadthread.cpp
index 067d2aa..d9741df 100644
--- a/downloadthread.cpp
+++ b/downloadthread.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ QByteArray DownloadThread::_proxy;
 int DownloadThread::_curlCount = 0;
 
 DownloadThread::DownloadThread(const QByteArray &url, const QByteArray &localfilename, const QByteArray &expectedHash, QObject *parent) :
-    QThread(parent), _startOffset(0), _lastDlTotal(0), _lastDlNow(0), _verifyTotal(0), _lastVerifyNow(0), _bytesWritten(0), _sectorsStart(-1), _url(url), _filename(localfilename), _expectedHash(expectedHash),
+    QThread(parent), _startOffset(0), _lastDlTotal(0), _lastDlNow(0), _verifyTotal(0), _lastVerifyNow(0), _bytesWritten(0), _lastFailureOffset(0), _sectorsStart(-1), _url(url), _filename(localfilename), _expectedHash(expectedHash),
     _firstBlock(nullptr), _cancelled(false), _successful(false), _verifyEnabled(false), _cacheEnabled(false), _lastModified(0), _serverTime(0),  _lastFailureTime(0),
     _inputBufferSize(0), _file(NULL), _writehash(OSLIST_HASH_ALGORITHM), _verifyhash(OSLIST_HASH_ALGORITHM)
 {
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ void DownloadThread::run()
     /* Deal with badly configured HTTP servers that terminate the connection quickly
        if connections stalls for some seconds while kernel commits buffers to slow SD card.
        And also reconnect if we detect from our end that transfer stalled for more than one minute */
-    while (ret == CURLE_PARTIAL_FILE || ret == CURLE_OPERATION_TIMEDOUT)
+    while (ret == CURLE_PARTIAL_FILE || ret == CURLE_OPERATION_TIMEDOUT || (ret == CURLE_RECV_ERROR && _lastDlNow != _lastFailureOffset) )
     {
         time_t t = time(NULL);
         qDebug() << "HTTP connection lost. Time:" << t;
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ void DownloadThread::run()
         _lastFailureTime = t;
 
         _startOffset = _lastDlNow;
+        _lastFailureOffset = _lastDlNow;
         curl_easy_setopt(_c, CURLOPT_RESUME_FROM_LARGE, _startOffset);
 
         ret = curl_easy_perform(_c);
diff --git a/downloadthread.h b/downloadthread.h
index 63827c5..479841e 100644
--- a/downloadthread.h
+++ b/downloadthread.h
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ protected:
     CURL *_c;
     curl_off_t _startOffset;
     std::atomic<std::uint64_t> _lastDlTotal, _lastDlNow, _verifyTotal, _lastVerifyNow, _bytesWritten;
+    std::uint64_t _lastFailureOffset;
     qint64 _sectorsStart;
     QByteArray _url, _useragent, _buf, _filename, _lastError, _expectedHash, _config, _cmdline, _firstrun, _cloudinit, _cloudinitNetwork, _initFormat;
     char *_firstBlock;