diff --git a/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp b/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
index b68a94eb4..7bcc23ae8 100644
--- a/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
+++ b/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@
 #include <libtorrent/torrent_info.hpp>
 #include <libtorrent/version.hpp>
 
+#if (LIBTORRENT_VERSION_NUM >= 10200)
+#include <libtorrent/read_resume_data.hpp>
+#endif
+
 #include "base/algorithm.h"
 #include "base/exceptions.h"
 #include "base/global.h"
@@ -1843,17 +1847,15 @@ bool Session::addTorrent_impl(CreateTorrentParams params, const MagnetUri &magne
     params.savePath = normalizeSavePath(params.savePath, "");
 
     if (!params.category.isEmpty()) {
-        if (!m_categories.contains(params.category) && !addCategory(params.category)) {
-            qWarning() << "Couldn't create category" << params.category;
+        if (!m_categories.contains(params.category) && !addCategory(params.category))
             params.category = "";
-        }
     }
 
+    const bool fromMagnetUri = magnetUri.isValid();
     // If empty then Automatic mode, otherwise Manual mode
     QString savePath = params.savePath.isEmpty() ? categorySavePath(params.category) : params.savePath;
     lt::add_torrent_params p;
     InfoHash hash;
-    const bool fromMagnetUri = magnetUri.isValid();
 
     if (fromMagnetUri) {
         hash = magnetUri.hash();
@@ -1887,8 +1889,58 @@ bool Session::addTorrent_impl(CreateTorrentParams params, const MagnetUri &magne
 
         p = magnetUri.addTorrentParams();
     }
-    else if (torrentInfo.isValid()) {
-        if (!params.restored) {
+    else {
+        if (!torrentInfo.isValid()) {
+            // We can have an invalid torrentInfo when there isn't a matching
+            // .torrent file to the .fastresume we loaded. Possibly from a
+            // failed upgrade.
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        hash = torrentInfo.hash();
+    }
+
+    // We should not add the torrent if it is already
+    // processed or is pending to add to session
+    if (m_addingTorrents.contains(hash) || m_loadedMetadata.contains(hash))
+        return false;
+
+    TorrentHandle *const torrent = m_torrents.value(hash);
+    if (torrent) {  // a duplicate torrent is added
+        if (torrent->isPrivate() || (!fromMagnetUri && torrentInfo.isPrivate()))
+            return false;
+
+        // merge trackers and web seeds
+        torrent->addTrackers(fromMagnetUri ? magnetUri.trackers() : torrentInfo.trackers());
+        torrent->addUrlSeeds(fromMagnetUri ? magnetUri.urlSeeds() : torrentInfo.urlSeeds());
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    // Record if .fastresume is complete, that is whether it contains
+    // the required fields to resume a torrent.
+    bool hasCompleteFastresume = false;
+
+    if (!fromMagnetUri) {
+        if (params.restored) {  // load from existing fastresume
+#if (LIBTORRENT_VERSION_NUM < 10200)
+            p.resume_data = std::vector<char> {fastresumeData.constData()
+                , (fastresumeData.constData() + fastresumeData.size())};
+            p.flags |= lt::add_torrent_params::flag_use_resume_save_path;
+
+            // Still setup the default parameters and let libtorrent handle
+            // the parameter merging
+            hasCompleteFastresume = false;
+#else
+            lt::error_code ec;
+            p = lt::read_resume_data(fastresumeData, ec);
+
+            // libtorrent will always apply `file_priorities` to torrents,
+            // if the field is present then the fastresume is considered to
+            // be correctly generated and should be complete.
+            hasCompleteFastresume = !p.file_priorities.empty();
+#endif
+        }
+        else {  // new torrent
             if (!params.hasRootFolder)
                 torrentInfo.stripRootFolder();
 
@@ -1906,108 +1958,78 @@ bool Session::addTorrent_impl(CreateTorrentParams params, const MagnetUri &magne
                 if (!contentName.isEmpty() && (contentName != torrentInfo.name()))
                     params.name = contentName;
             }
+
+            Q_ASSERT(p.file_priorities.empty());
+            std::transform(params.filePriorities.cbegin(), params.filePriorities.cend()
+                           , std::back_inserter(p.file_priorities), [](const DownloadPriority priority)
+            {
+#if (LIBTORRENT_VERSION_NUM < 10200)
+                return static_cast<boost::uint8_t>(priority);
+#else
+                return static_cast<lt::download_priority_t>(
+                            static_cast<lt::download_priority_t::underlying_type>(priority));
+#endif
+            });
         }
 
         p.ti = torrentInfo.nativeInfo();
-        hash = torrentInfo.hash();
-    }
-    else {
-        // We can have an invalid torrentInfo when there isn't a matching
-        // .torrent file to the .fastresume we loaded. Possibly from a
-        // failed upgrade.
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    // We should not add torrent if it already
-    // processed or adding to session
-    if (m_addingTorrents.contains(hash) || m_loadedMetadata.contains(hash)) return false;
-
-    TorrentHandle *const torrent = m_torrents.value(hash);
-    if (torrent) {
-        if (torrent->isPrivate() || (!fromMagnetUri && torrentInfo.isPrivate()))
-            return false;
-        torrent->addTrackers(fromMagnetUri ? magnetUri.trackers() : torrentInfo.trackers());
-        torrent->addUrlSeeds(fromMagnetUri ? magnetUri.urlSeeds() : torrentInfo.urlSeeds());
-        return true;
     }
 
-    qDebug("Adding torrent...");
-    qDebug(" -> Hash: %s", qUtf8Printable(hash));
-
-    // Preallocation mode
-    if (isPreallocationEnabled())
-        p.storage_mode = lt::storage_mode_allocate;
-    else
-        p.storage_mode = lt::storage_mode_sparse;
-
+    if (!hasCompleteFastresume) {
+        // Common
 #if (LIBTORRENT_VERSION_NUM < 10200)
-    p.flags |= lt::add_torrent_params::flag_paused; // Start in pause
-    p.flags &= ~lt::add_torrent_params::flag_auto_managed; // Because it is added in paused state
-    p.flags &= ~lt::add_torrent_params::flag_duplicate_is_error; // Already checked
+        p.flags |= lt::add_torrent_params::flag_paused; // Start in pause
+        p.flags &= ~lt::add_torrent_params::flag_auto_managed; // Because it is added in paused state
+        p.flags &= ~lt::add_torrent_params::flag_duplicate_is_error; // Already checked
 #else
-    p.flags |= lt::torrent_flags::paused; // Start in pause
-    p.flags &= ~lt::torrent_flags::auto_managed; // Because it is added in paused state
-    p.flags &= ~lt::torrent_flags::duplicate_is_error; // Already checked
+        p.flags |= lt::torrent_flags::paused; // Start in pause
+        p.flags &= ~lt::torrent_flags::auto_managed; // Because it is added in paused state
+        p.flags &= ~lt::torrent_flags::duplicate_is_error; // Already checked
 #endif
 
-    // Seeding mode
-    // Skip checking and directly start seeding (new in libtorrent v0.15)
-    if (params.skipChecking) {
-#if (LIBTORRENT_VERSION_NUM < 10200)
-        p.flags |= lt::add_torrent_params::flag_seed_mode;
-#else
-        p.flags |= lt::torrent_flags::seed_mode;
-#endif
-    }
-    else {
+        // Limits
+        p.max_connections = maxConnectionsPerTorrent();
+        p.max_uploads = maxUploadsPerTorrent();
+        p.save_path = Utils::Fs::toNativePath(savePath).toStdString();
+        p.upload_limit = params.uploadLimit;
+        p.download_limit = params.downloadLimit;
+
+        // Preallocation mode
+        p.storage_mode = isPreallocationEnabled()
+            ? lt::storage_mode_allocate : lt::storage_mode_sparse;
+
+        // Seeding mode
+        // Skip checking and directly start seeding
+        if (params.skipChecking) {
 #if (LIBTORRENT_VERSION_NUM < 10200)
-        p.flags &= ~lt::add_torrent_params::flag_seed_mode;
+            p.flags |= lt::add_torrent_params::flag_seed_mode;
 #else
-        p.flags &= ~lt::torrent_flags::seed_mode;
+            p.flags |= lt::torrent_flags::seed_mode;
 #endif
-    }
-
-    if (!fromMagnetUri) {
-        if (params.restored) {
-            // Set torrent fast resume data
-            p.resume_data = std::vector<char> {fastresumeData.constData(), fastresumeData.constData() + fastresumeData.size()};
-            p.flags |= lt::add_torrent_params::flag_use_resume_save_path;
         }
         else {
-            Q_ASSERT(p.file_priorities.empty());
-            std::transform(params.filePriorities.cbegin(), params.filePriorities.cend()
-                           , std::back_inserter(p.file_priorities), [](DownloadPriority priority)
-            {
 #if (LIBTORRENT_VERSION_NUM < 10200)
-                return static_cast<boost::uint8_t>(priority);
+            p.flags &= ~lt::add_torrent_params::flag_seed_mode;
 #else
-                return static_cast<lt::download_priority_t>(
-                            static_cast<lt::download_priority_t::underlying_type>(priority));
+            p.flags &= ~lt::torrent_flags::seed_mode;
 #endif
-            });
         }
-    }
 
-    if (params.restored && !params.paused) {
-        // Make sure the torrent will restored in "paused" state
-        // Then we will start it if needed
+        if (params.restored && !params.paused) {
+            // Make sure the torrent will restored in "paused" state
+            // Then we will start it if needed
 #if (LIBTORRENT_VERSION_NUM < 10200)
-        p.flags |= lt::add_torrent_params::flag_stop_when_ready;
+            p.flags |= lt::add_torrent_params::flag_stop_when_ready;
 #else
-        p.flags |= lt::torrent_flags::stop_when_ready;
+            p.flags |= lt::torrent_flags::stop_when_ready;
 #endif
+        }
     }
 
-    // Limits
-    p.max_connections = maxConnectionsPerTorrent();
-    p.max_uploads = maxUploadsPerTorrent();
-    p.save_path = Utils::Fs::toNativePath(savePath).toStdString();
-    p.upload_limit = params.uploadLimit;
-    p.download_limit = params.downloadLimit;
-
     m_addingTorrents.insert(hash, params);
     // Adding torrent to BitTorrent session
     m_nativeSession->async_add_torrent(p);
+
     return true;
 }