diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager.cs
index dd2044b4bc..6e485f642a 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager.cs
@@ -392,8 +392,15 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
 
                 req.Failure += e => { LogForModel(set, $"Online retrieval failed for {beatmap} ({e.Message})"); };
 
-                // intentionally blocking to limit web request concurrency
-                req.Perform(api);
+                try
+                {
+                    // intentionally blocking to limit web request concurrency
+                    req.Perform(api);
+                }
+                catch (Exception e)
+                {
+                    LogForModel(set, $"Online retrieval failed for {beatmap} ({e.Message})");
+                }
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Database/DownloadableArchiveModelManager.cs b/osu.Game/Database/DownloadableArchiveModelManager.cs
index e3c6ad25e6..a81dff3475 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Database/DownloadableArchiveModelManager.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Database/DownloadableArchiveModelManager.cs
@@ -86,16 +86,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
                 }, TaskCreationOptions.LongRunning);
             };
 
-            request.Failure += error =>
-            {
-                DownloadFailed?.Invoke(request);
-
-                if (error is OperationCanceledException) return;
-
-                notification.State = ProgressNotificationState.Cancelled;
-                Logger.Error(error, $"{HumanisedModelName.Titleize()} download failed!");
-                currentDownloads.Remove(request);
-            };
+            request.Failure += triggerFailure;
 
             notification.CancelRequested += () =>
             {
@@ -108,11 +99,31 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
             currentDownloads.Add(request);
             PostNotification?.Invoke(notification);
 
-            Task.Factory.StartNew(() => request.Perform(api), TaskCreationOptions.LongRunning);
+            Task.Factory.StartNew(() =>
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    request.Perform(api);
+                }
+                catch (Exception error)
+                {
+                    triggerFailure(error);
+                }
+            }, TaskCreationOptions.LongRunning);
 
             DownloadBegan?.Invoke(request);
-
             return true;
+
+            void triggerFailure(Exception error)
+            {
+                DownloadFailed?.Invoke(request);
+
+                if (error is OperationCanceledException) return;
+
+                notification.State = ProgressNotificationState.Cancelled;
+                Logger.Error(error, $"{HumanisedModelName.Titleize()} download failed!");
+                currentDownloads.Remove(request);
+            }
         }
 
         public bool IsAvailableLocally(TModel model) => CheckLocalAvailability(model, modelStore.ConsumableItems.Where(m => !m.DeletePending));
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Changelog/ChangelogSingleBuild.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Changelog/ChangelogSingleBuild.cs
index 9c3504f477..adcd33fb48 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/Changelog/ChangelogSingleBuild.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Changelog/ChangelogSingleBuild.cs
@@ -44,7 +44,17 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Changelog
             req.Failure += _ => complete = true;
 
             // This is done on a separate thread to support cancellation below
-            Task.Run(() => req.Perform(api));
+            Task.Run(() =>
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    req.Perform(api);
+                }
+                catch
+                {
+                    complete = true;
+                }
+            });
 
             while (!complete)
             {
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/ChangelogOverlay.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/ChangelogOverlay.cs
index dfe3669813..559989af5c 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/ChangelogOverlay.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/ChangelogOverlay.cs
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays
                 var tcs = new TaskCompletionSource<bool>();
 
                 var req = new GetChangelogRequest();
+
                 req.Success += res => Schedule(() =>
                 {
                     // remap streams to builds to ensure model equality
@@ -183,8 +184,22 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays
 
                     tcs.SetResult(true);
                 });
-                req.Failure += _ => initialFetchTask = null;
-                req.Perform(API);
+
+                req.Failure += _ =>
+                {
+                    initialFetchTask = null;
+                    tcs.SetResult(false);
+                };
+
+                try
+                {
+                    req.Perform(API);
+                }
+                catch
+                {
+                    initialFetchTask = null;
+                    tcs.SetResult(false);
+                }
 
                 await tcs.Task;
             });