diff --git a/src/js/components/utility/Util.ts b/src/js/components/utility/Util.ts
index 62930aaa..9aaec5cb 100644
--- a/src/js/components/utility/Util.ts
+++ b/src/js/components/utility/Util.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { UtilDOM } from "./UtilDOM";
 import { UtilEvents } from "./UtilEvents";
 import { UtilID } from "./UtilID";
 import { UtilMath } from "./UtilMath";
-import { UtilNetwork } from "./UtilNetwork";
 import { UtilSize } from "./UtilSize";
 import { UtilTime } from "./UtilTime";
 
@@ -15,7 +14,6 @@ export class Util {
     public static Events = UtilEvents;
     public static ID = UtilID;
     public static Math = UtilMath;
-    public static Network = UtilNetwork;
     public static Time = UtilTime;
     public static Size = UtilSize;
 
diff --git a/src/js/components/utility/UtilNetwork.ts b/src/js/components/utility/UtilNetwork.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e289063..00000000
--- a/src/js/components/utility/UtilNetwork.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-import { XM } from "../api/XM";
-
-export class UtilNetwork {
-
-    public static async isOnline(): Promise<boolean> {
-
-        // Not terribly reliable.
-        // If the computer is connected to any network, including LAN, this
-        // will return true. So, if there's a connection to the router, but
-        // not to the internet as a whole, this will not work.
-        if (!navigator.onLine) return Promise.resolve(false);
-
-        // Fallback method
-        // Tries to make a HEAD request to e621.net, and checks if it works
-        return new Promise((resolve) => {
-            XM.Connect.xmlHttpRequest({
-                method: "HEAD",
-                url: window.location.host == "e621.net" ? "https://e621.net/" : "https://e926.net/",
-                onerror: () => { resolve(false); },
-                onload: () => { resolve(true); },
-            });
-        })
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/src/js/modules/subscriptions/_SubscriptionManager.ts b/src/js/modules/subscriptions/_SubscriptionManager.ts
index fc6ba285..016f8975 100644
--- a/src/js/modules/subscriptions/_SubscriptionManager.ts
+++ b/src/js/modules/subscriptions/_SubscriptionManager.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ export class SubscriptionManager extends RE6Module {
 
             cacheVersion: 0,                // utility variable, cache is cleared if it does not match the hardcoded one
 
-            skipPreflightChecks: false,     // suppresses the network status check before the update
             loadLargeThumbs: false,         // replaces the preview-sized thumbnails with (animated) sample sized ones
 
             windowWidth: "37",              // width of the notifications window, in REM
@@ -284,18 +283,6 @@ export class SubscriptionManager extends RE6Module {
                 }
             ),
 
-            Form.checkbox(
-                {
-                    value: this.fetchSettings("skipPreflightChecks"),
-                    label: "<b>Skip Preflight Checks</b><br />Disables the extra network checks before updating the subscriptions",
-                    width: 2,
-                },
-                async (data) => {
-                    await this.pushSettings("skipPreflightChecks", data);
-                }
-            ),
-            Form.spacer(2, true),
-
             Form.checkbox(
                 {
                     value: this.fetchSettings("loadLargeThumbs"),
@@ -437,8 +424,8 @@ export class SubscriptionManager extends RE6Module {
                             }
 
                             if (instance.isNetworkOffline()) {
-                                $el.val("Network Offline")
-                                    .attr("title", "Unable to reach e621 servers.\nPlease, check your Internet connection.")
+                                $el.val("Error")
+                                    .attr("title", "At least one update request failed to complete.")
                                     .addClass("failed-attempt");
                                 eventLock = false;
                                 return;
diff --git a/src/js/modules/subscriptions/_SubscriptionTracker.ts b/src/js/modules/subscriptions/_SubscriptionTracker.ts
index df26287a..39f4bbd2 100644
--- a/src/js/modules/subscriptions/_SubscriptionTracker.ts
+++ b/src/js/modules/subscriptions/_SubscriptionTracker.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { XM } from "../../components/api/XM";
 import { Page } from "../../components/data/Page";
 import { ModuleController } from "../../components/ModuleController";
 import { RE6Module, Settings } from "../../components/RE6Module";
+import { ErrorHandler } from "../../components/utility/ErrorHandler";
 import { Util } from "../../components/utility/Util";
 import { SubscriptionCache, UpdateContent, UpdateData } from "./_SubscriptionCache";
 import { SubscriptionList } from "./_SubscriptionList";
@@ -397,14 +398,15 @@ export class SubscriptionTracker extends RE6Module {
         this.updateInProgress = true;
         SubscriptionManager.trigger("inprogress." + this.trackerID, 0);
 
-        if (ModuleController.fetchSettings(SubscriptionManager, "skipPreflightChecks") || await Util.Network.isOnline()) {
+        try {
             this.execPreUpdate();
             await this.cache.fetch();
             this.execPostUpdate();
             this.networkOffline = false;
             this.updateInProgress = false;
             SubscriptionManager.trigger("inprogress." + this.trackerID, 2);
-        } else {
+        } catch(error) {
+            ErrorHandler.error(this, JSON.stringify(error), "update");
             this.networkOffline = true;
             this.updateInProgress = false;
             SubscriptionManager.trigger("inprogress." + this.trackerID, 3);