diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Definitions/Cardigann/CardigannRequestGenerator.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Definitions/Cardigann/CardigannRequestGenerator.cs
index be7d2a81e..46d951b95 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Definitions/Cardigann/CardigannRequestGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Definitions/Cardigann/CardigannRequestGenerator.cs
@@ -945,6 +945,11 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Cardigann
 
         public bool CheckIfLoginIsNeeded(HttpResponse response)
         {
+            if (_definition.Login == null || _definition.Login.Test == null)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
             if (response.HasHttpRedirect)
             {
                 var domainHint = GetRedirectDomainHint(response);
@@ -958,11 +963,6 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Cardigann
                 return true;
             }
 
-            if (_definition.Login == null || _definition.Login.Test == null)
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-
             if (response.HasHttpError)
             {
                 return true;
@@ -1124,6 +1124,8 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Cardigann
 
                 var request = new CardigannRequest(requestbuilder.SetEncoding(_encoding).Build(), variables, searchPath);
 
+                request.HttpRequest.AllowAutoRedirect = searchPath.Followredirect;
+
                 yield return request;
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Definitions/Newznab/NewznabRequestGenerator.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Definitions/Newznab/NewznabRequestGenerator.cs
index 08a05debb..4ca28f18e 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Definitions/Newznab/NewznabRequestGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Definitions/Newznab/NewznabRequestGenerator.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Collections.Specialized;
 using System.Linq;
+using DryIoc;
 using NzbDrone.Common.Extensions;
 using NzbDrone.Common.Http;
 using NzbDrone.Core.IndexerSearch.Definitions;
@@ -268,7 +269,10 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Newznab
                 parameters.Add("offset", searchCriteria.Offset.ToString());
             }
 
-            yield return new IndexerRequest(string.Format("{0}&{1}", baseUrl, parameters.GetQueryString()), HttpAccept.Rss);
+            var request = new IndexerRequest(string.Format("{0}&{1}", baseUrl, parameters.GetQueryString()), HttpAccept.Rss);
+            request.HttpRequest.AllowAutoRedirect = true;
+
+            yield return request;
         }
 
         private static string NewsnabifyTitle(string title)
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/HttpIndexerBase.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/HttpIndexerBase.cs
index 802803997..7ab4417a4 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/HttpIndexerBase.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/HttpIndexerBase.cs
@@ -355,8 +355,6 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers
                 request.HttpRequest.LogResponseContent = true;
             }
 
-            request.HttpRequest.AllowAutoRedirect = FollowRedirect;
-
             var originalUrl = request.Url;
 
             Cookies = GetCookies();