diff --git a/src/Etterna/Singletons/DownloadManager.cpp b/src/Etterna/Singletons/DownloadManager.cpp
index 8bb7cbd5f6..fa70f17e62 100644
--- a/src/Etterna/Singletons/DownloadManager.cpp
+++ b/src/Etterna/Singletons/DownloadManager.cpp
@@ -2145,6 +2145,7 @@ DownloadManager::StartSession(string user,
 		Document d;
 		if (d.Parse(req.result.c_str()).HasParseError()) {
 			LOG->Trace(("Malformed request response: " + req.result).c_str());
+			DLMAN->loggingIn = false;
 			return;
 		}