diff --git a/packages/flamenco-manager-go/src/flamenco-manager/flamenco/upstream.go b/packages/flamenco-manager-go/src/flamenco-manager/flamenco/upstream.go
index ed0ac752b4f670375e26e49599b8c6cafd5de301..de64b5904c4538a9309db5cb7dd8d98fe53908c2 100644
--- a/packages/flamenco-manager-go/src/flamenco-manager/flamenco/upstream.go
+++ b/packages/flamenco-manager-go/src/flamenco-manager/flamenco/upstream.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func (self *UpstreamConnection) KickDownloader(synchronous bool) {
 func (self *UpstreamConnection) download_task_loop() {
 	timer_chan := Timer("download_task_loop",
 		self.config.DownloadTaskSleep,
-		true,
+		false,
 		self.done,
 		self.done_wg,
 	)