diff --git a/main/Extensions/URL.swift b/main/Extensions/URL.swift
index 6e2a0aa..8c41fc7 100644
--- a/main/Extensions/URL.swift
+++ b/main/Extensions/URL.swift
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ extension URL {
 		return components.url
 	}
 	
-	func download(to file: URL, onSuccess: @escaping () -> Void) {
-		URLSession.shared.downloadTask(with: self) { location, response, error in
+	@discardableResult func download(to file: URL, onSuccess: @escaping () -> Void) -> URLSessionDownloadTask {
+		let task = URLSession.shared.downloadTask(with: self) { location, response, error in
 			if let loc = location {
 				try? FileManager.default.removeItem(at: file)
 				do {
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ extension URL {
 					NSLog("[VPN.ERROR] \(error)")
 				}
 			}
-		}.resume()
+		}
+		task.resume()
+		return task
 	}
 }
diff --git a/main/Recordings/App Icons/AppStoreSearch.swift b/main/Recordings/App Icons/AppStoreSearch.swift
index d16190a..ff814d3 100644
--- a/main/Recordings/App Icons/AppStoreSearch.swift	
+++ b/main/Recordings/App Icons/AppStoreSearch.swift	
@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@ struct AppStoreSearch {
 		let developer, imageURL: String?
 	}
 	
-	static func search(_ term: String, _ closure: @escaping ([Result]?) -> Void) {
+	static func search(_ term: String, _ closure: @escaping ([Result]?, Error?) -> Void) {
 		URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: .init(url: .appStoreSearch(query: term))) { data, response, error in
 			guard let data = data, error == nil,
 				let response = response as? HTTPURLResponse,
 				(200 ..< 300) ~= response.statusCode else {
-					closure(nil)
+					closure(nil, error ?? URLError(.badServerResponse))
 					return
 			}
-			closure(jsonSearchToList(data))
+			closure(jsonSearchToList(data), nil)
 		}.resume()
 	}
 	
diff --git a/main/Recordings/App Icons/BundleIcon.swift b/main/Recordings/App Icons/BundleIcon.swift
index 21951cd..07fe2a8 100644
--- a/main/Recordings/App Icons/BundleIcon.swift	
+++ b/main/Recordings/App Icons/BundleIcon.swift	
@@ -98,9 +98,7 @@ struct BundleIcon {
 		return img
 	}
 
-	static func download(_ bundleId: String, urlStr: String, whenDone: @escaping () -> Void) {
-		if let url = URL(string: urlStr) {
-			url.download(to: local(bundleId), onSuccess: whenDone)
-		}
+	static func download(_ bundleId: String, url: URL, whenDone: @escaping () -> Void) -> URLSessionDownloadTask {
+		return url.download(to: local(bundleId), onSuccess: whenDone)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/main/Recordings/TVCAppSearch.swift b/main/Recordings/TVCAppSearch.swift
index abe3dcf..d266ea2 100644
--- a/main/Recordings/TVCAppSearch.swift
+++ b/main/Recordings/TVCAppSearch.swift
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ class TVCAppSearch: UITableViewController, UISearchBarDelegate {
 	private var searchActive: Bool = false
 	var delegate: TVCAppSearchDelegate?
 	
+	private var searchNo = 0
+	private var searchError: Bool = false
+	private var downloadQueue: [URLSessionDownloadTask] = []
+	
 	@IBOutlet private var searchBar: UISearchBar!
 	
 	override func viewDidLoad() {
@@ -29,6 +33,18 @@ class TVCAppSearch: UITableViewController, UISearchBarDelegate {
 		dismiss(animated: true)
 	}
 	
+	private func showManualEntryAlert() {
+		let alert = AskAlert(title: "App Name",
+							 text: "Be as descriptive as possible. Preferably use app bundle id if available. Alternatively use app name or a link to a public repository.",
+							 buttonText: "Set") {
+			self.delegate?.appSearch(didSelect: "_manually", appName: $0.textFields?.first?.text, developer: nil)
+			self.closeThis()
+		}
+		alert.addTextField { $0.placeholder = "com.apple.notes" }
+		alert.presentIn(self)
+	}
+	
+	
 	// MARK: - Table View Data Source
 	
 	override func numberOfSections(in _: UITableView) -> Int {
@@ -60,7 +76,13 @@ class TVCAppSearch: UITableViewController, UISearchBarDelegate {
 		case 0:
 			guard dataSource.count > 0, indexPath.row < dataSource.count else {
 				if indexPath.row == 0 {
-					cell.textLabel?.text = isLoading ? "Loading …" : "no results"
+					if searchError {
+						cell.textLabel?.text = "Error loading results"
+					} else if isLoading {
+						cell.textLabel?.text = "Loading …"
+					} else {
+						cell.textLabel?.text = "No results"
+					}
 					cell.isUserInteractionEnabled = false
 				} else {
 					cell.textLabel?.text = "Create manually …"
@@ -84,13 +106,16 @@ class TVCAppSearch: UITableViewController, UISearchBarDelegate {
 			preconditionFailure()
 		}
 		
+		let sno = searchNo
 		cell.imageView?.image = BundleIcon.image(bundleId) {
-			guard let url = altLoadUrl else { return }
-			BundleIcon.download(bundleId, urlStr: url) {
+			guard let u = altLoadUrl, let url = URL(string: u) else { return }
+			self.downloadQueue.append(BundleIcon.download(bundleId, url: url) {
 				DispatchQueue.main.async {
+					// make sure its the same request
+					guard sno == self.searchNo else { return }
 					tableView.reloadRows(at: [indexPath], with: .automatic)
 				}
-			}
+			})
 		}
 		cell.isUserInteractionEnabled = true
 		cell.imageView?.layer.cornerRadius = 6.75
@@ -103,14 +128,7 @@ class TVCAppSearch: UITableViewController, UISearchBarDelegate {
 		switch indexPath.section {
 		case 0:
 			guard indexPath.row < dataSource.count else {
-				let alert = AskAlert(title: "App Name",
-									 text: "Be as descriptive as possible. Preferably use app bundle id if available. Alternatively use app name or a link to a public repository.",
-									 buttonText: "Set") {
-					self.delegate?.appSearch(didSelect: "_manually", appName: $0.textFields?.first?.text, developer: nil)
-					self.closeThis()
-				}
-				alert.addTextField { $0.placeholder = "com.apple.notes" }
-				alert.presentIn(self)
+				showManualEntryAlert()
 				return
 			}
 			let src = dataSource[indexPath.row]
@@ -130,6 +148,8 @@ class TVCAppSearch: UITableViewController, UISearchBarDelegate {
 		NSObject.cancelPreviousPerformRequests(withTarget: self, selector: #selector(performSearch), object: nil)
 		isLoading = true
 		tableView.reloadData()
+		for x in downloadQueue { x.cancel() }
+		downloadQueue = []
 		if searchText.count > 0 {
 			perform(#selector(performSearch), with: nil, afterDelay: 0.4)
 		} else {
@@ -140,18 +160,22 @@ class TVCAppSearch: UITableViewController, UISearchBarDelegate {
 	/// Internal callback function for delayed text evaluation.
 	/// This way we can avoid unnecessary searches while user is typing.
 	@objc private func performSearch() {
+		func setSource(_ newSource: [AppStoreSearch.Result], _ err: Bool) {
+			searchNo += 1
+			searchError = err
+			dataSource = searchActive ? newSource : []
+			tableView.reloadData()
+		}
 		isLoading = false
 		let term = searchBar.text?.lowercased() ?? ""
 		searchActive = term.count > 0
 		guard searchActive else {
-			dataSource = []
-			tableView.reloadData()
+			setSource([], false)
 			return
 		}
-		AppStoreSearch.search(term) {
-			self.dataSource = $0 ?? []
+		AppStoreSearch.search(term) { source, error in
 			DispatchQueue.main.async {
-				self.tableView.reloadData()
+				setSource(source ?? [], error != nil)
 			}
 		}
 	}