diff --git a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/api/MastodonAPIController.java b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/api/MastodonAPIController.java
index a2d2a320..12858830 100644
--- a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/api/MastodonAPIController.java
+++ b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/api/MastodonAPIController.java
@@ -123,8 +123,10 @@ public class MastodonAPIController{
 
 					@Override
 					public void onResponse(@NonNull Call call, @NonNull Response response) throws IOException{
-						if(req.canceled)
+						if(req.canceled){
+							response.close();
 							return;
+						}
 						if(BuildConfig.DEBUG)
 							Log.d(TAG, logTag(session)+hreq+" received response: "+response);
 						synchronized(req){
diff --git a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/fragments/onboarding/InstanceCatalogFragment.java b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/fragments/onboarding/InstanceCatalogFragment.java
index 22790395..78365f6f 100644
--- a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/fragments/onboarding/InstanceCatalogFragment.java
+++ b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/fragments/onboarding/InstanceCatalogFragment.java
@@ -316,8 +316,10 @@ abstract class InstanceCatalogFragment extends BaseRecyclerFragment<CatalogInsta
 				loadingInstanceRedirectRequest=null;
 				loadingInstanceDomain=null;
 				Activity a=getActivity();
-				if(a==null)
+				if(a==null) {
+					response.close();
 					return;
+				}
 				try(response){
 					if(!response.isSuccessful()){
 						a.runOnUiThread(()->{