diff --git a/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/BaseIndexer.cs b/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/BaseIndexer.cs
index 69db2dfac..1cef37c62 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/BaseIndexer.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/BaseIndexer.cs
@@ -584,7 +584,17 @@ namespace Jackett.Common.Indexers
             }
         }
 
-        protected async Task FollowIfRedirect(BaseWebResult response, string referrer = null, string overrideRedirectUrl = null, string overrideCookies = null, bool accumulateCookies = false)
+        protected async Task FollowIfRedirect(WebClientStringResult response, string referrer = null, string overrideRedirectUrl = null, string overrideCookies = null, bool accumulateCookies = false)
+        {
+            var byteResult = new WebClientByteResult();
+            // Map to byte
+            Mapper.Map(response, byteResult);
+            await FollowIfRedirect(byteResult, referrer, overrideRedirectUrl, overrideCookies, accumulateCookies);
+            // Map to string
+            Mapper.Map(byteResult, response);
+        }
+
+        protected async Task FollowIfRedirect(WebClientByteResult response, string referrer = null, string overrideRedirectUrl = null, string overrideCookies = null, bool accumulateCookies = false)
         {
             // Follow up  to 5 redirects
             for (var i = 0; i < 5; i++)
@@ -629,7 +639,7 @@ namespace Jackett.Common.Indexers
             }
         }
 
-        private async Task DoFollowIfRedirect(BaseWebResult incomingResponse, string referrer = null, string overrideRedirectUrl = null, string overrideCookies = null, bool accumulateCookies = false)
+        private async Task DoFollowIfRedirect(WebClientByteResult incomingResponse, string referrer = null, string overrideRedirectUrl = null, string overrideCookies = null, bool accumulateCookies = false)
         {
             if (incomingResponse.IsRedirect)
             {
diff --git a/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/CardigannIndexer.cs b/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/CardigannIndexer.cs
index ef15fe2b0..f1e2aac91 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/CardigannIndexer.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett.Common/Indexers/CardigannIndexer.cs
@@ -782,7 +782,9 @@ namespace Jackett.Common.Indexers
             return null;
         }
 
-        protected string getRedirectDomainHint(BaseWebResult result) => getRedirectDomainHint(result.Request.Url, result.RedirectingTo);
+        protected string getRedirectDomainHint(WebClientByteResult result) => getRedirectDomainHint(result.Request.Url, result.RedirectingTo);
+
+        protected string getRedirectDomainHint(WebClientStringResult result) => getRedirectDomainHint(result.Request.Url, result.RedirectingTo);
 
         protected async Task<bool> TestLogin()
         {
@@ -826,7 +828,7 @@ namespace Jackett.Common.Indexers
             return true;
         }
 
-        protected bool CheckIfLoginIsNeeded(BaseWebResult Result, IHtmlDocument document)
+        protected bool CheckIfLoginIsNeeded(WebClientStringResult Result, IHtmlDocument document)
         {
             if (Result.IsRedirect)
             {