diff --git a/couchpotato/core/plugins/base.py b/couchpotato/core/plugins/base.py
index 29b3432..5054b32 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/plugins/base.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/plugins/base.py
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ class Plugin(object):
                 'timeout': timeout,
                 'files': files,
                 'verify': False, #verify_ssl, Disable for now as to many wrongly implemented certificates..
-                'stream': stream
+                'stream': stream,
             }
             method = 'post' if len(data) > 0 or files else 'get'
 
diff --git a/couchpotato/runner.py b/couchpotato/runner.py
index bc46518..8718355 100644
--- a/couchpotato/runner.py
+++ b/couchpotato/runner.py
@@ -151,12 +151,15 @@ def runCouchPotato(options, base_path, args, data_dir = None, log_dir = None, En
     if not os.path.exists(python_cache):
         os.mkdir(python_cache)
 
+    session = requests.Session()
+    session.max_redirects = 1
+
     # Register environment settings
     Env.set('app_dir', sp(base_path))
     Env.set('data_dir', sp(data_dir))
     Env.set('log_path', sp(os.path.join(log_dir, 'CouchPotato.log')))
     Env.set('db', db)
-    Env.set('http_opener', requests.Session())
+    Env.set('http_opener', session)
     Env.set('cache_dir', cache_dir)
     Env.set('cache', FileSystemCache(python_cache))
     Env.set('console_log', options.console_log)