diff --git a/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/asynctask/DownloadObserver.java b/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/asynctask/DownloadObserver.java
index 0a75a4471..a626be34e 100644
--- a/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/asynctask/DownloadObserver.java
+++ b/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/asynctask/DownloadObserver.java
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public class DownloadObserver extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void> {
 		int numDownloads = requester.getNumberOfDownloads();
 		long ids[] = new long[numDownloads];
 		for (int i = 0; i < numDownloads; i++) {
-			ids[i] = requester.downloads.get(i).getDownloadId();
+			ids[i] = requester.getDownloadAt(i).getDownloadId();
 		}
 		DownloadManager.Query query = new DownloadManager.Query();
 		query.setFilterById(ids);
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ public class DownloadObserver extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void> {
 	}
 
 	private boolean downloadsLeft() {
-		return !requester.downloads.isEmpty();
+		return !requester.hasNoDownloads();
 	}
 
 	public void registerCallback(DownloadObserver.Callback callback) {
diff --git a/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/opml/OpmlReader.java b/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/opml/OpmlReader.java
index 0deed97ea..476fc151a 100644
--- a/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/opml/OpmlReader.java
+++ b/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/opml/OpmlReader.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
 import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserFactory;
 
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.AppConfig;
+import de.danoeh.antennapod.util.URLChecker;
 
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.util.Log;
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ public class OpmlReader {
 						Log.d(TAG, "Found new Opml element");
 					OpmlElement element = new OpmlElement();
 					element.setText(xpp.getAttributeValue(null, TEXT));
-					element.setXmlUrl(xpp.getAttributeValue(null, XMLURL));
+					element.setXmlUrl(URLChecker.prepareURL(xpp.getAttributeValue(null, XMLURL)));
 					element.setHtmlUrl(xpp.getAttributeValue(null, HTMLURL));
 					element.setType(xpp.getAttributeValue(null, TYPE));
 					if (element.getXmlUrl() != null) {
diff --git a/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/storage/DownloadRequester.java b/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/storage/DownloadRequester.java
index 9ec9b0a86..0f341e568 100644
--- a/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/storage/DownloadRequester.java
+++ b/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/storage/DownloadRequester.java
@@ -1,31 +1,26 @@
 package de.danoeh.antennapod.storage;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.List;
 import java.io.File;
-import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
 
-import de.danoeh.antennapod.feed.*;
-import de.danoeh.antennapod.service.DownloadService;
-import de.danoeh.antennapod.util.NumberGenerator;
-import de.danoeh.antennapod.AppConfig;
-import de.danoeh.antennapod.R;
-
-import android.util.Log;
-import android.database.Cursor;
 import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
 import android.app.DownloadManager;
-import android.content.Context;
-import android.net.Uri;
-import android.os.Messenger;
-import android.content.ServiceConnection;
-import android.os.IBinder;
 import android.content.ComponentName;
-import android.os.Message;
-import android.os.RemoteException;
+import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.Intent;
+import android.content.ServiceConnection;
+import android.net.Uri;
+import android.os.IBinder;
+import android.util.Log;
 import android.webkit.URLUtil;
+import de.danoeh.antennapod.AppConfig;
+import de.danoeh.antennapod.feed.Feed;
+import de.danoeh.antennapod.feed.FeedFile;
+import de.danoeh.antennapod.feed.FeedImage;
+import de.danoeh.antennapod.feed.FeedMedia;
+import de.danoeh.antennapod.service.DownloadService;
+import de.danoeh.antennapod.util.NumberGenerator;
 
 public class DownloadRequester {// TODO handle externalstorage missing
 	private static final String TAG = "DownloadRequester";
@@ -44,10 +39,10 @@ public class DownloadRequester {// TODO handle externalstorage missing
 	private static DownloadRequester downloader;
 	private DownloadManager manager;
 
-	public List<FeedFile> downloads;
+	private List<FeedFile> downloads;
 
 	private DownloadRequester() {
-		downloads = Collections.synchronizedList(new ArrayList<FeedFile>());
+		downloads = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<FeedFile>();
 	}
 
 	public static DownloadRequester getInstance() {
@@ -176,6 +171,14 @@ public class DownloadRequester {// TODO handle externalstorage missing
 		}
 		return false;
 	}
+	
+	public boolean hasNoDownloads() {
+		return downloads.isEmpty();
+	}
+	
+	public FeedFile getDownloadAt(int index) {
+		return downloads.get(index);
+	}
 
 	/** Remove an object from the downloads-list of the requester. */
 	public void removeDownload(FeedFile f) {
diff --git a/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/util/URLChecker.java b/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/util/URLChecker.java
index 7eca63f4a..94a9c276e 100644
--- a/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/util/URLChecker.java
+++ b/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/util/URLChecker.java
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ public final class URLChecker {
         if (!url.startsWith("http")) {
             builder.append("http://");
             if (AppConfig.DEBUG) Log.d(TAG, "Missing http; appending");
+        } else if (url.startsWith("https")) {
+        	if (AppConfig.DEBUG) Log.d(TAG, "Replacing https with http");
+        	url.replaceFirst("https", "http");
         }
         builder.append(url);