diff --git a/deb/remote.go b/deb/remote.go
index 266c2466..0b7d71e5 100644
--- a/deb/remote.go
+++ b/deb/remote.go
@@ -550,12 +550,14 @@ func (repo *RemoteRepo) DownloadPackageIndexes(progress aptly.Progress, d aptly.
 				}
 			}
 			err = repo.packageList.Add(p)
-			if _, ok := err.(*PackageConflictError); ok {
-				if progress != nil {
-					progress.ColoredPrintf("@y[!]@| @!skipping package %s: duplicate in packages index@|", p)
+			if err != nil {
+				if _, ok := err.(*PackageConflictError); ok {
+					if progress != nil {
+						progress.ColoredPrintf("@y[!]@| @!skipping package %s: duplicate in packages index@|", p)
+					}
+				} else if err != nil {
+					return err
 				}
-			} else if err != nil {
-				return err
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/http/download.go b/http/download.go
index 402ac49e..2b237b84 100644
--- a/http/download.go
+++ b/http/download.go
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ func retryableError(err error) bool {
 
 func (downloader *downloaderImpl) newRequest(ctx context.Context, method, url string) (*http.Request, error) {
 	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, nil)
+
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, url)
 	}
@@ -230,7 +231,11 @@ func (downloader *downloaderImpl) download(req *http.Request, url, destination s
 	defer outfile.Close()
 
 	checksummer := utils.NewChecksumWriter()
-	writers := []io.Writer{outfile, downloader.aggWriter}
+	writers := []io.Writer{outfile}
+
+	if downloader.progress != nil {
+		writers = append(writers, downloader.progress)
+	}
 
 	if expected != nil {
 		writers = append(writers, checksummer)