diff --git a/src/client/http/Request.cpp b/src/client/http/Request.cpp
index 88963b096..b6d34c339 100644
--- a/src/client/http/Request.cpp
+++ b/src/client/http/Request.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "Request.h"
 #include "requestmanager/RequestManager.h"
 #include <memory>
+#include <iostream>
 
 namespace http
 {
@@ -97,6 +98,20 @@ namespace http
 		return { handle->statusCode, std::move(handle->responseData) };
 	}
 
+	void RequestHandle::MarkDone()
+	{
+		{
+			std::lock_guard lk(stateMx);
+			assert(state == RequestHandle::running);
+			state = RequestHandle::done;
+		}
+		stateCv.notify_one();
+		if (error.size())
+		{
+			std::cerr << error << std::endl;
+		}
+	}
+
 	std::pair<int, ByteString> Request::Simple(ByteString uri, FormData postData)
 	{
 		return SimpleAuth(uri, "", "", postData);
diff --git a/src/client/http/requestmanager/Common.cpp b/src/client/http/requestmanager/Common.cpp
index 5fa48939c..77dc48ccb 100644
--- a/src/client/http/requestmanager/Common.cpp
+++ b/src/client/http/requestmanager/Common.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #include "RequestManager.h"
 #include "client/http/Request.h"
 #include "Config.h"
-#include <iostream>
 
 namespace http
 {
@@ -19,85 +18,22 @@ namespace http
 			"; ", IDENT,
 			") TPTPP/", SAVE_VERSION, ".", MINOR_VERSION, ".", BUILD_NUM, IDENT_RELTYPE, ".", SNAPSHOT_ID
 		);
-		worker = std::thread([this]() {
-			Worker();
-		});
-	}
-
-	RequestManager::~RequestManager()
-	{
-		{
-			std::lock_guard lk(sharedStateMx);
-			running = false;
-		}
-		worker.join();
-	}
-
-	void RequestManager::Worker()
-	{
-		InitWorker();
-		while (true)
-		{
-			{
-				std::lock_guard lk(sharedStateMx);
-				for (auto &requestHandle : requestHandles)
-				{
-					if (requestHandle->statusCode)
-					{
-						requestHandlesToUnregister.push_back(requestHandle);
-					}
-				}
-				for (auto &requestHandle : requestHandlesToRegister)
-				{
-					requestHandles.push_back(requestHandle);
-					RegisterRequestHandle(requestHandle);
-				}
-				requestHandlesToRegister.clear();
-				for (auto &requestHandle : requestHandlesToUnregister)
-				{
-					auto eraseFrom = std::remove(requestHandles.begin(), requestHandles.end(), requestHandle);
-					if (eraseFrom != requestHandles.end())
-					{
-						assert(eraseFrom + 1 == requestHandles.end());
-						UnregisterRequestHandle(requestHandle);
-						requestHandles.erase(eraseFrom, requestHandles.end());
-						if (requestHandle->error.size())
-						{
-							std::cerr << requestHandle->error << std::endl;
-						}
-						{
-							std::lock_guard lk(requestHandle->stateMx);
-							requestHandle->state = RequestHandle::done;
-						}
-						requestHandle->stateCv.notify_one();
-					}
-				}
-				requestHandlesToUnregister.clear();
-				if (!running)
-				{
-					break;
-				}
-			}
-			Tick();
-		}
-		assert(!requestHandles.size());
-		ExitWorker();
-	}
-
-	bool RequestManager::DisableNetwork() const
-	{
-		return disableNetwork;
 	}
 
 	void RequestManager::RegisterRequest(Request &request)
 	{
-		std::lock_guard lk(sharedStateMx);
-		requestHandlesToRegister.push_back(request.handle);
+		if (disableNetwork)
+		{
+			request.handle->statusCode = 604;
+			request.handle->error = "network disabled upon request";
+			request.handle->MarkDone();
+			return;
+		}
+		RegisterRequestImpl(request);
 	}
 
 	void RequestManager::UnregisterRequest(Request &request)
 	{
-		std::lock_guard lk(sharedStateMx);
-		requestHandlesToUnregister.push_back(request.handle);
+		UnregisterRequestImpl(request);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/client/http/requestmanager/Libcurl.cpp b/src/client/http/requestmanager/Libcurl.cpp
index 2ec9d1d05..eda1bc3f7 100644
--- a/src/client/http/requestmanager/Libcurl.cpp
+++ b/src/client/http/requestmanager/Libcurl.cpp
@@ -96,36 +96,209 @@ namespace http
 	{
 		using RequestManager::RequestManager;
 
+		RequestManagerImpl(ByteString newProxy, ByteString newCafile, ByteString newCapath, bool newDisableNetwork);
+		~RequestManagerImpl();
+
+		std::thread worker;
+		void Worker();
+		void WorkerInit();
+		void WorkerPerform();
+		void WorkerExit();
+
+		// State shared between Request threads and the worker thread.
+		std::vector<std::shared_ptr<RequestHandle>> requestHandlesToRegister;
+		std::vector<std::shared_ptr<RequestHandle>> requestHandlesToUnregister;
+		bool running = true;
+		std::mutex sharedStateMx;
+
+		std::vector<std::shared_ptr<RequestHandle>> requestHandles;
+		void RegisterRequestHandle(std::shared_ptr<RequestHandle> requestHandle);
+		void UnregisterRequestHandle(std::shared_ptr<RequestHandle> requestHandle);
+
 		bool curlGlobalInit = false;
 		CURLM *curlMulti = NULL;
 	};
 
-	void RequestManager::InitWorker()
+	RequestManagerImpl::RequestManagerImpl(ByteString newProxy, ByteString newCafile, ByteString newCapath, bool newDisableNetwork) :
+		RequestManager(newProxy, newCafile, newCapath, newDisableNetwork)
+	{
+		worker = std::thread([this]() {
+			Worker();
+		});
+	}
+
+	RequestManagerImpl::~RequestManagerImpl()
+	{
+		{
+			std::lock_guard lk(sharedStateMx);
+			running = false;
+		}
+		worker.join();
+	}
+
+	void RequestManagerImpl::WorkerInit()
 	{
-		auto manager = static_cast<RequestManagerImpl *>(this);
 		if (!curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_DEFAULT))
 		{
-			manager->curlGlobalInit = true;
-			manager->curlMulti = curl_multi_init();
-			if (manager->curlMulti)
+			curlGlobalInit = true;
+			curlMulti = curl_multi_init();
+			if (curlMulti)
 			{
-				HandleCURLMcode(curl_multi_setopt(manager->curlMulti, CURLMOPT_MAX_HOST_CONNECTIONS, curlMaxHostConnections));
+				HandleCURLMcode(curl_multi_setopt(curlMulti, CURLMOPT_MAX_HOST_CONNECTIONS, curlMaxHostConnections));
 #if defined(CURL_AT_LEAST_VERSION) && CURL_AT_LEAST_VERSION(7, 67, 0)
-				HandleCURLMcode(curl_multi_setopt(manager->curlMulti, CURLMOPT_MAX_CONCURRENT_STREAMS, curlMaxConcurrentStreams));
+				HandleCURLMcode(curl_multi_setopt(curlMulti, CURLMOPT_MAX_CONCURRENT_STREAMS, curlMaxConcurrentStreams));
 #endif
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	void RequestManager::ExitWorker()
+	void RequestManagerImpl::WorkerPerform()
 	{
 		auto manager = static_cast<RequestManagerImpl *>(this);
-		curl_multi_cleanup(manager->curlMulti);
-		manager->curlMulti = NULL;
+		int dontcare;
+		HandleCURLMcode(curl_multi_poll(manager->curlMulti, NULL, 0, 1000, &dontcare));
+		HandleCURLMcode(curl_multi_perform(manager->curlMulti, &dontcare));
+		while (auto msg = curl_multi_info_read(manager->curlMulti, &dontcare))
+		{
+			if (msg->msg == CURLMSG_DONE)
+			{
+				RequestHandleHttp *handle;
+				HandleCURLcode(curl_easy_getinfo(msg->easy_handle, CURLINFO_PRIVATE, &handle));
+				handle->statusCode = 600;
+				switch (msg->data.result)
+				{
+				case CURLE_OK:
+					{
+						long code;
+						HandleCURLcode(curl_easy_getinfo(msg->easy_handle, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE, &code));
+						assert(code);
+						handle->statusCode = int(code);
+					}
+					break;
+				
+				case CURLE_UNSUPPORTED_PROTOCOL:     handle->statusCode = 601; break;
+				case CURLE_COULDNT_RESOLVE_HOST:     handle->statusCode = 602; break;
+				case CURLE_OPERATION_TIMEDOUT:       handle->statusCode = 605; break;
+				case CURLE_URL_MALFORMAT:            handle->statusCode = 606; break;
+				case CURLE_COULDNT_CONNECT:          handle->statusCode = 607; break;
+				case CURLE_COULDNT_RESOLVE_PROXY:    handle->statusCode = 608; break;
+				case CURLE_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS:       handle->statusCode = 611; break;
+				case CURLE_SSL_CONNECT_ERROR:        handle->statusCode = 612; break;
+				case CURLE_SSL_ENGINE_NOTFOUND:      handle->statusCode = 613; break;
+				case CURLE_SSL_ENGINE_SETFAILED:     handle->statusCode = 614; break;
+				case CURLE_SSL_CERTPROBLEM:          handle->statusCode = 615; break;
+				case CURLE_SSL_CIPHER:               handle->statusCode = 616; break;
+				case CURLE_SSL_ENGINE_INITFAILED:    handle->statusCode = 617; break;
+				case CURLE_SSL_CACERT_BADFILE:       handle->statusCode = 618; break;
+				case CURLE_SSL_CRL_BADFILE:          handle->statusCode = 619; break;
+				case CURLE_SSL_ISSUER_ERROR:         handle->statusCode = 620; break;
+				case CURLE_SSL_PINNEDPUBKEYNOTMATCH: handle->statusCode = 621; break;
+				case CURLE_SSL_INVALIDCERTSTATUS:    handle->statusCode = 609; break;
+				case CURLE_HTTP2:
+				case CURLE_HTTP2_STREAM:
+				case CURLE_FAILED_INIT:
+				case CURLE_NOT_BUILT_IN:
+				default:
+					break;
+				}
+				if (handle->statusCode >= 600)
+				{
+					handle->error = handle->curlErrorBuffer;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		for (auto &requestHandle : requestHandles)
+		{
+			auto handle = static_cast<RequestHandleHttp *>(requestHandle.get());
+			if (handle->curlEasy)
+			{
+#ifdef REQUEST_USE_CURL_OFFSET_T
+				curl_off_t total, done;
+				HandleCURLcode(curl_easy_getinfo(handle->curlEasy, CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD_T, &total)); // stores -1 if unknown
+				HandleCURLcode(curl_easy_getinfo(handle->curlEasy, CURLINFO_SIZE_DOWNLOAD_T, &done));
+#else
+				double total, done;
+				HandleCURLcode(curl_easy_getinfo(handle->curlEasy, CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD, &total)); // stores -1 if unknown
+				HandleCURLcode(curl_easy_getinfo(handle->curlEasy, CURLINFO_SIZE_DOWNLOAD, &done));
+#endif
+				handle->bytesTotal = int(total);
+				handle->bytesDone = int(done);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				handle->bytesTotal = -1;
+				handle->bytesDone = 0;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	void RequestManagerImpl::WorkerExit()
+	{
+		curl_multi_cleanup(curlMulti);
+		curlMulti = NULL;
 		curl_global_cleanup();
 	}
 
-	void RequestManager::RegisterRequestHandle(std::shared_ptr<RequestHandle> requestHandle)
+	void RequestManagerImpl::Worker()
+	{
+		WorkerInit();
+		while (true)
+		{
+			{
+				std::lock_guard lk(sharedStateMx);
+				for (auto &requestHandle : requestHandles)
+				{
+					if (requestHandle->statusCode)
+					{
+						requestHandlesToUnregister.push_back(requestHandle);
+					}
+				}
+				for (auto &requestHandle : requestHandlesToRegister)
+				{
+					requestHandles.push_back(requestHandle);
+					RegisterRequestHandle(requestHandle);
+				}
+				requestHandlesToRegister.clear();
+				for (auto &requestHandle : requestHandlesToUnregister)
+				{
+					auto eraseFrom = std::remove(requestHandles.begin(), requestHandles.end(), requestHandle);
+					if (eraseFrom != requestHandles.end())
+					{
+						assert(eraseFrom + 1 == requestHandles.end());
+						UnregisterRequestHandle(requestHandle);
+						requestHandles.erase(eraseFrom, requestHandles.end());
+						requestHandle->MarkDone();
+					}
+				}
+				requestHandlesToUnregister.clear();
+				if (!running)
+				{
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+			WorkerPerform();
+		}
+		assert(!requestHandles.size());
+		WorkerExit();
+	}
+
+	void RequestManager::RegisterRequestImpl(Request &request)
+	{
+		auto manager = static_cast<RequestManagerImpl *>(this);
+		std::lock_guard lk(manager->sharedStateMx);
+		manager->requestHandlesToRegister.push_back(request.handle);
+		curl_multi_wakeup(manager->curlMulti);
+	}
+
+	void RequestManager::UnregisterRequestImpl(Request &request)
+	{
+		auto manager = static_cast<RequestManagerImpl *>(this);
+		std::lock_guard lk(manager->sharedStateMx);
+		manager->requestHandlesToUnregister.push_back(request.handle);
+		curl_multi_wakeup(manager->curlMulti);
+	}
+
+	void RequestManagerImpl::RegisterRequestHandle(std::shared_ptr<RequestHandle> requestHandle)
 	{
 		auto manager = static_cast<RequestManagerImpl *>(this);
 		auto handle = static_cast<RequestHandleHttp *>(requestHandle.get());
@@ -133,10 +306,6 @@ namespace http
 			requestHandle->statusCode = statusCode;
 			requestHandle->error = error;
 		};
-		if (disableNetwork)
-		{
-			return failEarly(604, "network disabled upon request");
-		}
 		if (!manager->curlGlobalInit)
 		{
 			return failEarly(600, "no CURL");
@@ -293,7 +462,7 @@ namespace http
 		handle->curlAddedToMulti = true;
 	}
 
-	void RequestManager::UnregisterRequestHandle(std::shared_ptr<RequestHandle> requestHandle)
+	void RequestManagerImpl::UnregisterRequestHandle(std::shared_ptr<RequestHandle> requestHandle)
 	{
 		auto manager = static_cast<RequestManagerImpl *>(this);
 		auto handle = static_cast<RequestHandleHttp *>(requestHandle.get());
@@ -311,91 +480,6 @@ namespace http
 		curl_slist_free_all(handle->curlHeaders);
 	}
 
-	void RequestManager::Tick()
-	{
-		if (!requestHandles.size())
-		{
-			std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(TickMs));
-			return;
-		}
-		auto manager = static_cast<RequestManagerImpl *>(this);
-		int dontcare;
-		HandleCURLMcode(curl_multi_wait(manager->curlMulti, NULL, 0, TickMs, &dontcare));
-		HandleCURLMcode(curl_multi_perform(manager->curlMulti, &dontcare));
-		while (auto msg = curl_multi_info_read(manager->curlMulti, &dontcare))
-		{
-			if (msg->msg == CURLMSG_DONE)
-			{
-				RequestHandleHttp *handle;
-				HandleCURLcode(curl_easy_getinfo(msg->easy_handle, CURLINFO_PRIVATE, &handle));
-				handle->statusCode = 600;
-				switch (msg->data.result)
-				{
-				case CURLE_OK:
-					{
-						long code;
-						HandleCURLcode(curl_easy_getinfo(msg->easy_handle, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE, &code));
-						assert(code);
-						handle->statusCode = int(code);
-					}
-					break;
-				
-				case CURLE_UNSUPPORTED_PROTOCOL:     handle->statusCode = 601; break;
-				case CURLE_COULDNT_RESOLVE_HOST:     handle->statusCode = 602; break;
-				case CURLE_OPERATION_TIMEDOUT:       handle->statusCode = 605; break;
-				case CURLE_URL_MALFORMAT:            handle->statusCode = 606; break;
-				case CURLE_COULDNT_CONNECT:          handle->statusCode = 607; break;
-				case CURLE_COULDNT_RESOLVE_PROXY:    handle->statusCode = 608; break;
-				case CURLE_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS:       handle->statusCode = 611; break;
-				case CURLE_SSL_CONNECT_ERROR:        handle->statusCode = 612; break;
-				case CURLE_SSL_ENGINE_NOTFOUND:      handle->statusCode = 613; break;
-				case CURLE_SSL_ENGINE_SETFAILED:     handle->statusCode = 614; break;
-				case CURLE_SSL_CERTPROBLEM:          handle->statusCode = 615; break;
-				case CURLE_SSL_CIPHER:               handle->statusCode = 616; break;
-				case CURLE_SSL_ENGINE_INITFAILED:    handle->statusCode = 617; break;
-				case CURLE_SSL_CACERT_BADFILE:       handle->statusCode = 618; break;
-				case CURLE_SSL_CRL_BADFILE:          handle->statusCode = 619; break;
-				case CURLE_SSL_ISSUER_ERROR:         handle->statusCode = 620; break;
-				case CURLE_SSL_PINNEDPUBKEYNOTMATCH: handle->statusCode = 621; break;
-				case CURLE_SSL_INVALIDCERTSTATUS:    handle->statusCode = 609; break;
-				case CURLE_HTTP2:
-				case CURLE_HTTP2_STREAM:
-				case CURLE_FAILED_INIT:
-				case CURLE_NOT_BUILT_IN:
-				default:
-					break;
-				}
-				if (handle->statusCode >= 600)
-				{
-					handle->error = handle->curlErrorBuffer;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		for (auto &requestHandle : requestHandles)
-		{
-			auto handle = static_cast<RequestHandleHttp *>(requestHandle.get());
-			if (handle->curlEasy)
-			{
-#ifdef REQUEST_USE_CURL_OFFSET_T
-				curl_off_t total, done;
-				HandleCURLcode(curl_easy_getinfo(handle->curlEasy, CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD_T, &total)); // stores -1 if unknown
-				HandleCURLcode(curl_easy_getinfo(handle->curlEasy, CURLINFO_SIZE_DOWNLOAD_T, &done));
-#else
-				double total, done;
-				HandleCURLcode(curl_easy_getinfo(handle->curlEasy, CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD, &total)); // stores -1 if unknown
-				HandleCURLcode(curl_easy_getinfo(handle->curlEasy, CURLINFO_SIZE_DOWNLOAD, &done));
-#endif
-				handle->bytesTotal = int(total);
-				handle->bytesDone = int(done);
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				handle->bytesTotal = -1;
-				handle->bytesDone = 0;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 	RequestManagerPtr RequestManager::Create(ByteString newProxy, ByteString newCafile, ByteString newCapath, bool newDisableNetwork)
 	{
 		return RequestManagerPtr(new RequestManagerImpl(newProxy, newCafile, newCapath, newDisableNetwork));
diff --git a/src/client/http/requestmanager/Null.cpp b/src/client/http/requestmanager/Null.cpp
index 2e6678d38..6e1e4ece3 100644
--- a/src/client/http/requestmanager/Null.cpp
+++ b/src/client/http/requestmanager/Null.cpp
@@ -8,29 +8,17 @@ namespace http
 		return std::make_shared<RequestHandle>(CtorTag{});
 	}
 
-	void RequestManager::InitWorker()
+	void RequestManager::RegisterRequestImpl(Request &request)
 	{
+		request.handle->statusCode = 604;
+		request.handle->error = "network support not compiled in";
+		request.handle->MarkDone();
 	}
 
-	void RequestManager::ExitWorker()
+	void RequestManager::UnregisterRequestImpl(Request &request)
 	{
 	}
 
-	void RequestManager::RegisterRequestHandle(std::shared_ptr<RequestHandle> requestHandle)
-	{
-		requestHandle->statusCode = 604;
-		requestHandle->error = "network support not compiled in";
-	}
-
-	void RequestManager::UnregisterRequestHandle(std::shared_ptr<RequestHandle> requestHandle)
-	{
-	}
-
-	void RequestManager::Tick()
-	{
-		std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(TickMs));
-	}
-
 	RequestManagerPtr RequestManager::Create(ByteString newProxy, ByteString newCafile, ByteString newCapath, bool newDisableNetwork)
 	{
 		return RequestManagerPtr(new RequestManager(newProxy, newCafile, newCapath, newDisableNetwork));
diff --git a/src/client/http/requestmanager/RequestManager.h b/src/client/http/requestmanager/RequestManager.h
index 1342138ef..883e4c610 100644
--- a/src/client/http/requestmanager/RequestManager.h
+++ b/src/client/http/requestmanager/RequestManager.h
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ namespace http
 		RequestHandle(const RequestHandle &) = delete;
 		RequestHandle &operator =(const RequestHandle &) = delete;
 
+		void MarkDone();
+
 		static std::shared_ptr<RequestHandle> Create();
 	};
 
@@ -62,41 +64,27 @@ namespace http
 	using RequestManagerPtr = std::unique_ptr<RequestManager, RequestManagerDeleter>;
 	class RequestManager : public ExplicitSingleton<RequestManager>
 	{
+	protected:
 		ByteString proxy;
 		ByteString cafile;
 		ByteString capath;
 		ByteString userAgent;
 		bool disableNetwork;
 
-		std::thread worker;
-		void InitWorker();
-		void Worker();
-		void ExitWorker();
-
-		std::vector<std::shared_ptr<RequestHandle>> requestHandles;
-		void RegisterRequestHandle(std::shared_ptr<RequestHandle> requestHandle);
-		void UnregisterRequestHandle(std::shared_ptr<RequestHandle> requestHandle);
-		void Tick();
-
-		// State shared between Request threads and the worker thread.
-		std::vector<std::shared_ptr<RequestHandle>> requestHandlesToRegister;
-		std::vector<std::shared_ptr<RequestHandle>> requestHandlesToUnregister;
-		bool running = true;
-		std::mutex sharedStateMx;
-
-	protected:
 		RequestManager(ByteString newProxy, ByteString newCafile, ByteString newCapath, bool newDisableNetwork);
 
-	public:
-		~RequestManager();
+		void RegisterRequestImpl(Request &request);
+		void UnregisterRequestImpl(Request &request);
 
+	public:
 		void RegisterRequest(Request &request);
 		void UnregisterRequest(Request &request);
 
-		bool DisableNetwork() const;
+		bool DisableNetwork() const
+		{
+			return disableNetwork;
+		}
 
 		static RequestManagerPtr Create(ByteString newProxy, ByteString newCafile, ByteString newCapath, bool newDisableNetwork);
 	};
-
-	constexpr int TickMs = 100;
 }