diff --git a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/group_html.h b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/group_html.h
index c10858933..d448b9d5f 100644
--- a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/group_html.h
+++ b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/group_html.h
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		
 		// add image download (used by view_bitmap.cpp to load web images)
 		void addImageDownload(const std::string &url, CViewBase *img, const CStyleParams &style = CStyleParams(), const TImageType type = NormalImage);
+		// remove image from download list if present
+		void removeImageDownload(CViewBase *img);
 		std::string localImageName(const std::string &url);
 
 		// Timeout
diff --git a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/view_bitmap.h b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/view_bitmap.h
index 4afd37588..ef7735857 100644
--- a/code/nel/include/nel/gui/view_bitmap.h
+++ b/code/nel/include/nel/gui/view_bitmap.h
@@ -56,8 +56,14 @@ namespace NLGUI
 			_TxtOffsetY = 0;
 			_TxtWidth = -1;
 			_TxtHeight = -1;
+
+			// Support for https://.. textures
+			_HtmlDownload = false;
 		}
 
+		/// Destructor
+		virtual ~CViewBitmap();
+
 		std::string getProperty( const std::string &name ) const;
 		void setProperty( const std::string &name, const std::string &value );
 		xmlNodePtr serialize( xmlNodePtr parentNode, const char *type ) const;
@@ -132,6 +138,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		bool	_Flip           : 1;
 		bool	_Tile           : 1;
 		bool	_InheritGCAlpha : 1;
+		bool	_HtmlDownload   : 1;
 
 		// For single texture
 
diff --git a/code/nel/src/gui/group_html.cpp b/code/nel/src/gui/group_html.cpp
index b2808ad14..9e7275c07 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/gui/group_html.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/gui/group_html.cpp
@@ -740,6 +740,24 @@ namespace NLGUI
 		pumpCurlQueue();
 	}
 
+	void CGroupHTML::removeImageDownload(CViewBase *img)
+	{
+		for(std::list<CDataDownload>::iterator it = Curls.begin(); it != Curls.end(); ++it)
+		{
+			// check all active downloads because image does not keep url around
+			std::vector<CDataImageDownload>::iterator imgIter = it->imgs.begin();
+			while(imgIter != it->imgs.end())
+			{
+				if (imgIter->Image == img)
+				{
+					it->imgs.erase(imgIter);
+					break;
+				}
+				++imgIter;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	void CGroupHTML::initImageDownload()
 	{
 		LOG_DL("Init Image Download");
diff --git a/code/nel/src/gui/view_bitmap.cpp b/code/nel/src/gui/view_bitmap.cpp
index 79b8c32a4..659d8e45d 100644
--- a/code/nel/src/gui/view_bitmap.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/src/gui/view_bitmap.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,18 @@ REGISTER_UI_CLASS(CViewBitmap)
 namespace NLGUI
 {
 
+	CViewBitmap::~CViewBitmap()
+	{
+		if (_HtmlDownload)
+		{
+			CGroupHTML *groupHtml = dynamic_cast<CGroupHTML*>(CWidgetManager::getInstance()->getElementFromId("ui:interface:webig:content:html"));
+			if (groupHtml) {
+				_HtmlDownload = false;
+				groupHtml->removeImageDownload(dynamic_cast<CViewBase*>(this));
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	std::string CViewBitmap::getProperty( const std::string &name ) const
 	{
 		if( name == "color" )
@@ -461,6 +473,7 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				if (!CFile::fileExists(localname))
 					localname = "web_del.tga";
 				_TextureId.setTexture (localname.c_str(), _TxtOffsetX, _TxtOffsetY, _TxtWidth, _TxtHeight, false);
+				_HtmlDownload = true;
 				groupHtml->addImageDownload(TxName, dynamic_cast<CViewBase*>(this));
 			}
 		}