diff --git a/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/opml/OpmlReader.java b/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/opml/OpmlReader.java
index 476fc151a..b7673dcb5 100644
--- a/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/opml/OpmlReader.java
+++ b/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/opml/OpmlReader.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public class OpmlReader {
 						Log.d(TAG, "Found new Opml element");
 					OpmlElement element = new OpmlElement();
 					element.setText(xpp.getAttributeValue(null, TEXT));
-					element.setXmlUrl(URLChecker.prepareURL(xpp.getAttributeValue(null, XMLURL)));
+					element.setXmlUrl(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 0f341e568..356201a2d 100644
--- a/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/storage/DownloadRequester.java
+++ b/src/de/danoeh/antennapod/storage/DownloadRequester.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import de.danoeh.antennapod.feed.FeedImage;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.feed.FeedMedia;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.service.DownloadService;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.util.NumberGenerator;
+import de.danoeh.antennapod.util.URLChecker;
 
 public class DownloadRequester {// TODO handle externalstorage missing
 	private static final String TAG = "DownloadRequester";
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ public class DownloadRequester {// TODO handle externalstorage missing
 			}
 			if (AppConfig.DEBUG) Log.d(TAG, "Requesting download of url " + item.getDownload_url());
 			downloads.add(item);
+			item.setDownload_url(URLChecker.prepareURL(item.getDownload_url()));
 			DownloadManager.Request request = new DownloadManager.Request(
 					Uri.parse(item.getDownload_url())).setDestinationUri(Uri
 					.fromFile(dest));