diff --git a/DisplayManual.cpp b/DisplayManual.cpp
index caea2ebc6..155c22006 100644
--- a/DisplayManual.cpp
+++ b/DisplayManual.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ public:
 
   void display (QUrl const& url, QString const& name_we)
   {
+    if (QNetworkAccessManager::Accessible != qnam_->networkAccessible ()) {
+      // try and recover network access for QNAM
+      qnam_->setNetworkAccessible (QNetworkAccessManager::Accessible);
+    }
+
     // try and find a localized manual
     auto lang = QLocale::system ().name ();
     // try for language and country first
diff --git a/SampleDownloader/RemoteFile.cpp b/SampleDownloader/RemoteFile.cpp
index 57d33463c..295301317 100644
--- a/SampleDownloader/RemoteFile.cpp
+++ b/SampleDownloader/RemoteFile.cpp
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ bool RemoteFile::sync (QUrl const& url, bool local, bool force)
 
 void RemoteFile::download (QUrl const& url)
 {
+  if (QNetworkAccessManager::Accessible != network_manager_->networkAccessible ()) {
+    // try and recover network access for QNAM
+    network_manager_->setNetworkAccessible (QNetworkAccessManager::Accessible);
+  }
+
   QNetworkRequest request {url};
   request.setRawHeader ("User-Agent", "WSJT Sample Downloader");
   request.setOriginatingObject (this);
diff --git a/wsprnet.cpp b/wsprnet.cpp
index 9685b2760..06c7943d1 100644
--- a/wsprnet.cpp
+++ b/wsprnet.cpp
@@ -207,14 +207,18 @@ QString WSPRNet::urlEncodeSpot(QHash<QString,QString> const& query)
 
 void WSPRNet::work()
 {
-    if (!urlQueue.isEmpty()) {
-        QUrl url(urlQueue.dequeue());
-        QNetworkRequest request(url);
-        m_outstandingRequests << networkManager->get(request);
-        emit uploadStatus(QString {"Uploading Spot %1/%2"}.arg (m_urlQueueSize - urlQueue.size()).arg (m_urlQueueSize));
-    } else {
-        uploadTimer->stop();
+  if (!urlQueue.isEmpty()) {
+    if (QNetworkAccessManager::Accessible != networkManager->networkAccessible ()) {
+      // try and recover network access for QNAM
+      networkManager->setNetworkAccessible (QNetworkAccessManager::Accessible);
     }
+    QUrl url(urlQueue.dequeue());
+    QNetworkRequest request(url);
+    m_outstandingRequests << networkManager->get(request);
+    emit uploadStatus(QString {"Uploading Spot %1/%2"}.arg (m_urlQueueSize - urlQueue.size()).arg (m_urlQueueSize));
+  } else {
+    uploadTimer->stop();
+  }
 }
 
 void WSPRNet::abortOutstandingRequests () {
@@ -222,4 +226,5 @@ void WSPRNet::abortOutstandingRequests () {
   for (auto& request : m_outstandingRequests) {
     request->abort ();
   }
+  m_urlQueueSize = 0;
 }