diff --git a/src/activities/reader/MdReaderActivity.cpp b/src/activities/reader/MdReaderActivity.cpp
index 2cda2fbc..3b0a7f65 100644
--- a/src/activities/reader/MdReaderActivity.cpp
+++ b/src/activities/reader/MdReaderActivity.cpp
@@ -1001,6 +1001,8 @@ void MdReaderActivity::onButtonAction(const CrossPointSettings::BUTTON_ACTION ac
       SETTINGS.orientation = nextOrientation;
       SETTINGS.saveToFile();
       ReaderUtils::applyOrientation(renderer, SETTINGS.orientation);
+      initialized = false;
+      initializeReader();
       requestUpdate();
       break;
     }
diff --git a/src/activities/reader/TxtReaderActivity.cpp b/src/activities/reader/TxtReaderActivity.cpp
index d5840cfb..4ba4f35a 100644
--- a/src/activities/reader/TxtReaderActivity.cpp
+++ b/src/activities/reader/TxtReaderActivity.cpp
@@ -839,6 +839,8 @@ void TxtReaderActivity::onButtonAction(const CrossPointSettings::BUTTON_ACTION a
       SETTINGS.orientation = nextOrientation;
       SETTINGS.saveToFile();
       ReaderUtils::applyOrientation(renderer, SETTINGS.orientation);
+      initialized = false;
+      initializeReader();
       requestUpdate();
       break;
     }
diff --git a/src/network/HttpDownloader.cpp b/src/network/HttpDownloader.cpp
index 7f8aec68..d8b15a22 100644
--- a/src/network/HttpDownloader.cpp
+++ b/src/network/HttpDownloader.cpp
@@ -82,9 +82,7 @@ bool HttpDownloader::fetchUrl(const std::string& url, Stream& outContent, const
   if (httpCode != HTTP_CODE_OK) {
     LOG_ERR("HTTP", "Fetch failed: %d", httpCode);
     http.end();
-    if (client) {
-      client->stop();
-    }
+    client->stop();
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -142,9 +140,7 @@ HttpDownloader::DownloadError HttpDownloader::downloadToFile(const std::string&
   if (httpCode != HTTP_CODE_OK) {
     LOG_ERR("HTTP", "Download failed: %d", httpCode);
     http.end();
-    if (client) {
-      client->stop();
-    }
+    client->stop();
     return HTTP_ERROR;
   }
 
@@ -221,9 +217,7 @@ HttpDownloader::DownloadError HttpDownloader::downloadToFile(const std::string&
   file.flush();
   file.close();
   http.end();
-  if (client) {
-    client->stop();
-  }
+  client->stop();
 
   if (writeResult < 0) {
     LOG_ERR("HTTP", "writeToStream error: %d", writeResult);