diff --git a/src/downloadthread.cpp b/src/downloadthread.cpp
index 6ac8c0a2a..a10cae002 100644
--- a/src/downloadthread.cpp
+++ b/src/downloadthread.cpp
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@
 
 /** Download Thread **/
 
-downloadThread::downloadThread(QObject* parent) : QObject(parent) {
+DownloadThread::DownloadThread(QObject* parent) : QObject(parent) {
   connect(&m_networkManager, SIGNAL(finished (QNetworkReply*)), this, SLOT(processDlFinished(QNetworkReply*)));
 #ifndef QT_NO_OPENSSL
   connect(&m_networkManager, SIGNAL(sslErrors(QNetworkReply*,QList<QSslError>)), this, SLOT(ignoreSslErrors(QNetworkReply*,QList<QSslError>)));
 #endif
 }
 
-void downloadThread::processDlFinished(QNetworkReply* reply) {
+void DownloadThread::processDlFinished(QNetworkReply* reply) {
   QString url = reply->url().toString();
   qDebug("Download finished: %s", qPrintable(url));
   // Check if the request was successful
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ void downloadThread::processDlFinished(QNetworkReply* reply) {
 }
 
 #ifndef DISABLE_GUI
-void downloadThread::loadCookies(const QString &host_name, QString url) {
+void DownloadThread::loadCookies(const QString &host_name, QString url) {
   const QList<QByteArray> raw_cookies = RssSettings().getHostNameCookies(host_name);
   QNetworkCookieJar *cookie_jar = m_networkManager.cookieJar();
   QList<QNetworkCookie> cookies;
@@ -117,19 +117,13 @@ void downloadThread::loadCookies(const QString &host_name, QString url) {
 }
 #endif
 
-void downloadThread::downloadTorrentUrl(const QString &url) {
-#ifndef DISABLE_GUI
-  // Load cookies
-  QString host_name = QUrl::fromEncoded(url.toLocal8Bit()).host();
-  if(!host_name.isEmpty())
-    loadCookies(host_name, url);
-#endif
+void DownloadThread::downloadTorrentUrl(const QString &url) {
   // Process request
   QNetworkReply *reply = downloadUrl(url);
   connect(reply, SIGNAL(downloadProgress(qint64,qint64)), this, SLOT(checkDownloadSize(qint64,qint64)));
 }
 
-QNetworkReply* downloadThread::downloadUrl(const QString &url){
+QNetworkReply* DownloadThread::downloadUrl(const QString &url){
   // Update proxy settings
   applyProxySettings();
 #ifndef DISABLE_GUI
@@ -154,8 +148,9 @@ QNetworkReply* downloadThread::downloadUrl(const QString &url){
   return m_networkManager.get(request);
 }
 
-void downloadThread::checkDownloadSize(qint64 bytesReceived, qint64 bytesTotal) {
-  QNetworkReply *reply = static_cast<QNetworkReply*>(sender());
+void DownloadThread::checkDownloadSize(qint64 bytesReceived, qint64 bytesTotal) {
+  QNetworkReply *reply = qobject_cast<QNetworkReply*>(sender());
+  if(!reply) return;
   if(bytesTotal > 0) {
     // Total number of bytes is available
     if(bytesTotal > 1048576) {
@@ -174,7 +169,7 @@ void downloadThread::checkDownloadSize(qint64 bytesReceived, qint64 bytesTotal)
   }
 }
 
-void downloadThread::applyProxySettings() {
+void DownloadThread::applyProxySettings() {
   QNetworkProxy proxy;
   const Preferences pref;
   if(pref.isProxyEnabled()) {
@@ -202,7 +197,7 @@ void downloadThread::applyProxySettings() {
   m_networkManager.setProxy(proxy);
 }
 
-QString downloadThread::errorCodeToString(QNetworkReply::NetworkError status) {
+QString DownloadThread::errorCodeToString(QNetworkReply::NetworkError status) {
   switch(status){
   case QNetworkReply::HostNotFoundError:
     return tr("The remote host name was not found (invalid hostname)");
@@ -252,7 +247,7 @@ QString downloadThread::errorCodeToString(QNetworkReply::NetworkError status) {
 }
 
 #ifndef QT_NO_OPENSSL
-void downloadThread::ignoreSslErrors(QNetworkReply* reply, const QList<QSslError> &errors) {
+void DownloadThread::ignoreSslErrors(QNetworkReply* reply, const QList<QSslError> &errors) {
   Q_UNUSED(errors)
   // Ignore all SSL errors
   reply->ignoreSslErrors();
diff --git a/src/downloadthread.h b/src/downloadthread.h
index 8fd9781be..887630ca2 100644
--- a/src/downloadthread.h
+++ b/src/downloadthread.h
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@
 
 class QNetworkAccessManager;
 
-class downloadThread : public QObject {
+class DownloadThread : public QObject {
   Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
-  downloadThread(QObject* parent = 0);
+  DownloadThread(QObject* parent = 0);
   QNetworkReply* downloadUrl(const QString &url);
   void downloadTorrentUrl(const QString &url);
   //void setProxy(QString IP, int port, QString username, QString password);
diff --git a/src/properties/trackersadditiondlg.h b/src/properties/trackersadditiondlg.h
index 56bef79cf..71170a047 100644
--- a/src/properties/trackersadditiondlg.h
+++ b/src/properties/trackersadditiondlg.h
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public:
 
 public slots:
   void on_uTorrentListButton_clicked() {
-    downloadThread *d = new downloadThread(this);
+    DownloadThread *d = new DownloadThread(this);
     connect(d, SIGNAL(downloadFinished(QString,QString)), this, SLOT(parseUTorrentList(QString,QString)));
     connect(d, SIGNAL(downloadFailure(QString,QString)), this, SLOT(getTrackerError(QString,QString)));
     //Just to show that it takes times
diff --git a/src/qtlibtorrent/qbtsession.cpp b/src/qtlibtorrent/qbtsession.cpp
index c68fcebc6..323e1376a 100644
--- a/src/qtlibtorrent/qbtsession.cpp
+++ b/src/qtlibtorrent/qbtsession.cpp
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ QBtSession::QBtSession()
   connect(&resumeDataTimer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(saveTempFastResumeData()));
   resumeDataTimer.start(180000); // 3min
   // To download from urls
-  downloader = new downloadThread(this);
+  downloader = new DownloadThread(this);
   connect(downloader, SIGNAL(downloadFinished(QString, QString)), this, SLOT(processDownloadedFile(QString, QString)));
   connect(downloader, SIGNAL(downloadFailure(QString, QString)), this, SLOT(handleDownloadFailure(QString, QString)));
   appendLabelToSavePath = pref.appendTorrentLabel();
@@ -2428,7 +2428,7 @@ void QBtSession::downloadUrlAndSkipDialog(QString url, QString save_path, QStrin
   savepathLabel_fromurl[qurl] = qMakePair(save_path, label);
   url_skippingDlg << qurl;
   // Launch downloader thread
-  downloader->downloadUrl(url);
+  downloader->downloadTorrentUrl(url);
 }
 
 // Add to Bittorrent session the downloaded torrent file
diff --git a/src/qtlibtorrent/qbtsession.h b/src/qtlibtorrent/qbtsession.h
index d8b8efc97..c300d9ed9 100644
--- a/src/qtlibtorrent/qbtsession.h
+++ b/src/qtlibtorrent/qbtsession.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 
 #define MAX_SAMPLES 20
 
-class downloadThread;
+class DownloadThread;
 class QTimer;
 class FilterParserThread;
 class HttpServer;
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ private:
   // Ratio
   QPointer<QTimer> BigRatioTimer;
   // HTTP
-  QPointer<downloadThread> downloader;
+  DownloadThread* downloader;
   // File System
   ScanFoldersModel *m_scanFolders;
   // Console / Log
diff --git a/src/rss/rssfeed.cpp b/src/rss/rssfeed.cpp
index 37b56db68..a67519023 100644
--- a/src/rss/rssfeed.cpp
+++ b/src/rss/rssfeed.cpp
@@ -313,11 +313,11 @@ short RssFeed::readDoc(QIODevice* device) {
 }
 
 void RssFeed::resizeList() {
-  unsigned int max_articles = RssSettings().getRSSMaxArticlesPerFeed();
-  unsigned int nb_articles = this->size();
+  const unsigned int max_articles = RssSettings().getRSSMaxArticlesPerFeed();
+  const unsigned int nb_articles = this->size();
   if(nb_articles > max_articles) {
     QList<RssArticle*> listItem = RssManager::sortNewsList(this->values());
-    int excess = nb_articles - max_articles;
+    const int excess = nb_articles - max_articles;
     for(int i=0; i<excess; ++i){
       RssArticle *lastItem = listItem.takeLast();
       delete this->take(lastItem->getId());
diff --git a/src/rss/rssfolder.cpp b/src/rss/rssfolder.cpp
index 3478d30f4..2eeaa7cc5 100644
--- a/src/rss/rssfolder.cpp
+++ b/src/rss/rssfolder.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #include "rssfeed.h"
 
 RssFolder::RssFolder(RssFolder *parent, QString name): parent(parent), name(name) {
-  downloader = new downloadThread(this);
+  downloader = new DownloadThread(this);
   connect(downloader, SIGNAL(downloadFinished(QString, QString)), this, SLOT(processFinishedDownload(QString, QString)));
   connect(downloader, SIGNAL(downloadFailure(QString, QString)), this, SLOT(handleDownloadFailure(QString, QString)));
 }
diff --git a/src/rss/rssfolder.h b/src/rss/rssfolder.h
index 3152b93a6..1bd6eba24 100644
--- a/src/rss/rssfolder.h
+++ b/src/rss/rssfolder.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #include "rssfile.h"
 
 class RssArticle;
-class downloadThread;
+class DownloadThread;
 class RssFeed;
 
 class RssFolder: public RssFile, public QHash<QString, RssFile*> {
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public slots:
 
 private:
   RssFolder *parent;
-  downloadThread *downloader;
+  DownloadThread *downloader;
   QString name;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/searchengine/engineselectdlg.cpp b/src/searchengine/engineselectdlg.cpp
index 6ec2e97be..3f5021f3f 100644
--- a/src/searchengine/engineselectdlg.cpp
+++ b/src/searchengine/engineselectdlg.cpp
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ engineSelectDlg::engineSelectDlg(QWidget *parent, SupportedEngines *supported_en
   actionUninstall->setIcon(IconProvider::instance()->getIcon("list-remove"));
   connect(actionEnable, SIGNAL(toggled(bool)), this, SLOT(enableSelection(bool)));
   connect(pluginsTree, SIGNAL(customContextMenuRequested(const QPoint&)), this, SLOT(displayContextMenu(const QPoint&)));
-  downloader = new downloadThread(this);
+  downloader = new DownloadThread(this);
   connect(downloader, SIGNAL(downloadFinished(QString, QString)), this, SLOT(processDownloadedFile(QString, QString)));
   connect(downloader, SIGNAL(downloadFailure(QString, QString)), this, SLOT(handleDownloadFailure(QString, QString)));
   loadSupportedSearchEngines();
diff --git a/src/searchengine/engineselectdlg.h b/src/searchengine/engineselectdlg.h
index 16be96c6e..4141a5091 100644
--- a/src/searchengine/engineselectdlg.h
+++ b/src/searchengine/engineselectdlg.h
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@
 #include "ui_engineselect.h"
 #include "supportedengines.h"
 
-class downloadThread;
+class DownloadThread;
 class QDropEvent;
 
 class engineSelectDlg : public QDialog, public Ui::engineSelect{
   Q_OBJECT
 
   private:
-    downloadThread *downloader;
+    DownloadThread *downloader;
     SupportedEngines *supported_engines;
 
   public:
diff --git a/src/searchengine/searchengine.h b/src/searchengine/searchengine.h
index 3316979ac..a86b52ad1 100644
--- a/src/searchengine/searchengine.h
+++ b/src/searchengine/searchengine.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 #include "searchtab.h"
 #include "supportedengines.h"
 
-class downloadThread;
+class DownloadThread;
 class QTimer;
 class SearchEngine;
 class MainWindow;