diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Definitions/Cardigann/Cardigann.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Definitions/Cardigann/Cardigann.cs
index 51ebc6638..07d2e5b0d 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Definitions/Cardigann/Cardigann.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Definitions/Cardigann/Cardigann.cs
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Cardigann
 
             generator = (CardigannRequestGenerator)SetCookieFunctions(generator);
 
+            generator.Settings = Settings;
+
             _generatorCache.ClearExpired();
 
             return generator;
@@ -136,11 +138,6 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Cardigann
 
         protected override bool CheckIfLoginNeeded(HttpResponse httpResponse)
         {
-            if (httpResponse.HasHttpError)
-            {
-                return true;
-            }
-
             var generator = (CardigannRequestGenerator)GetRequestGenerator();
 
             SetCookieFunctions(generator);
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Definitions/Cardigann/CardigannRequestGenerator.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Definitions/Cardigann/CardigannRequestGenerator.cs
index d8c042850..eea4efcba 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Definitions/Cardigann/CardigannRequestGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Definitions/Cardigann/CardigannRequestGenerator.cs
@@ -798,6 +798,11 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Cardigann
                 return false;
             }
 
+            if (response.HasHttpError)
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+
             var parser = new HtmlParser();
             var document = parser.ParseDocument(response.Content);