diff --git a/resources/lib/downloadutils.py b/resources/lib/downloadutils.py
index 11faa6d7..c9d42276 100644
--- a/resources/lib/downloadutils.py
+++ b/resources/lib/downloadutils.py
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ log = logging.getLogger("EMBY."+__name__)
 
 ##################################################################################################
 
+class HTTPException(Exception):
+    # Emby HTTP exception
+    def __init__(self, status):
+        self.status = status
+
 
 class DownloadUtils(object):
 
@@ -112,18 +117,18 @@ class DownloadUtils(object):
             )
         }
 
-        self.downloadUrl(url, postBody=data, action_type="POST")
-        log.debug("Posted capabilities to %s", self.session['Server'])
-
-        # Attempt at getting sessionId
-        url = "{server}/emby/Sessions?DeviceId=%s&format=json" % device_id
-
         try:
+            self.downloadUrl(url, postBody=data, action_type="POST")
+            log.debug("Posted capabilities to %s", self.session['Server'])
+
+            # Attempt at getting sessionId
+            url = "{server}/emby/Sessions?DeviceId=%s&format=json" % device_id
             result = self.downloadUrl(url)
             session_id = result[0]['Id']
 
         except Exception as error:
             log.error("Failed to retrieve the session id: " + str(error))
+            return False
 
         else:
             log.info("SessionId: %s", session_id)
@@ -153,6 +158,8 @@ class DownloadUtils(object):
                                    % (session_id, user_id))
                             self.downloadUrl(url, postBody={}, action_type="POST")
 
+        return True
+
     def start_session(self):
         # User is identified from this point
         # Attach authenticated header to the session
@@ -160,8 +167,8 @@ class DownloadUtils(object):
         session.headers = self.get_header()
         session.verify = self.session['SSL']
         # Retry connections to the server
-        session.mount("http://", requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter(max_retries=1))
-        session.mount("https://", requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter(max_retries=1))
+        session.mount("http://", requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter(max_retries=3))
+        session.mount("https://", requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter(max_retries=3))
         self.session_requests = session
 
         log.info("requests session started on: %s", self.session['Server'])
@@ -227,9 +234,7 @@ class DownloadUtils(object):
 
             if requires_server and (not server or not server.get("Server") or not server.get("UserId")):
                 log.info("Aborting download, Server Details Error: %s url=%s" % (server, url))
-                exc = Exception("Aborting download, Server Details Error: %s url=%s" % (server, url))
-                exc.quiet = True
-                raise exc
+                raise Exception("Aborting download, Server Details Error: %s url=%s" % (server, url))
 
             if server_id is None and self.session_requests is not None: # Main server
                 session = self.session_requests
@@ -247,9 +252,7 @@ class DownloadUtils(object):
 
             # does the URL look ok
             if url.startswith('/'):
-                exc = Exception("URL Error: " + url)
-                exc.quiet = True
-                raise exc
+                raise Exception("URL Error: " + url)
 
             ##### PREPARE REQUEST #####
             kwargs.update({
@@ -263,6 +266,8 @@ class DownloadUtils(object):
             log.debug(kwargs)
             response = self._requests(action_type, session, **kwargs)
             #response = requests.get('http://httpbin.org/status/400')
+            if window('emby_test') == "false":
+                raise requests.exceptions.ConnectionError
 
             if response.status_code == 204:
                 # No body in the response
@@ -288,28 +293,20 @@ class DownloadUtils(object):
 
         ##### EXCEPTIONS #####
 
-        except requests.exceptions.SSLError as error:
-            log.error("Invalid SSL certificate for: %s", url)
-            error.quiet = True
-            raise
-
-        except requests.exceptions.ConnectTimeout as error:
-            log.error("ConnectTimeout at: %s", url)
-            error.quiet = True
-            raise
-
-        except requests.exceptions.ReadTimeout as error:
-            log.error("ReadTimeout at: %s", url)
-            error.quiet = True
-            raise
-
         except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError as error:
             # Make the addon aware of status
+            window('emby_test', value="true")
+
             if window('emby_online') != "false":
                 log.error("Server unreachable at: %s", url)
                 window('emby_online', value="false")
-            error.quiet = True
-            raise
+
+            raise HTTPException(None)
+
+        except requests.exceptions.ReadTimeout as error:
+            log.error("ReadTimeout at: %s", url)
+
+            raise HTTPException(None)
 
         except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as error:
 
@@ -336,13 +333,10 @@ class DownloadUtils(object):
                                                   message="Unauthorized.",
                                                   icon=xbmcgui.NOTIFICATION_ERROR)
 
-            error.quiet = True
-            raise
+            raise HTTPException(response.status_code)
 
         # if we got to here and did not process the download for some reason then that is bad
-        exc = Exception("Unhandled Download : %s", url)
-        #exc.quiet = True
-        raise exc
+        raise Exception("Unhandled Download : %s", url)
 
     def _ensure_server(self, server_id=None):
 
@@ -365,7 +359,7 @@ class DownloadUtils(object):
             'UserId': "",
             'Server': "",
             'Token': "",
-            'SSL': False
+            'SSL': True
         }
 
         if server_id is None: # Main server
@@ -388,4 +382,4 @@ class DownloadUtils(object):
         elif action == "DELETE":
             response = session.delete(**kwargs)
 
-        return response
+        return response
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