diff --git a/cockatrice/src/client/ui/window_main.cpp b/cockatrice/src/client/ui/window_main.cpp
index 4de3b3cb3..28e8a186e 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/client/ui/window_main.cpp
+++ b/cockatrice/src/client/ui/window_main.cpp
@@ -878,6 +878,7 @@ void MainWindow::startupConfigCheck()
         // no config found, 99% new clean install
         qDebug() << "Startup: old client version empty, assuming first start after clean install";
         alertForcedOracleRun(VERSION_STRING, false);
+        SettingsCache::instance().downloads().resetToDefaultURLs(); // populate the download urls
         SettingsCache::instance().setClientVersion(VERSION_STRING);
     } else if (SettingsCache::instance().getClientVersion() != VERSION_STRING) {
         // config found, from another (presumably older) version
diff --git a/cockatrice/src/settings/download_settings.cpp b/cockatrice/src/settings/download_settings.cpp
index 636bdfbad..922ad74c5 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/settings/download_settings.cpp
+++ b/cockatrice/src/settings/download_settings.cpp
@@ -12,19 +12,9 @@ void DownloadSettings::setDownloadUrls(const QStringList &downloadURLs)
     setValue(QVariant::fromValue(downloadURLs), "urls", "downloads");
 }
 
-/**
- * If reset or first run, this method contains the default URLs we will populate
- */
 QStringList DownloadSettings::getAllURLs()
 {
-    auto downloadURLs = getValue("urls", "downloads").toStringList();
-
-    // First run, these will be empty
-    if (downloadURLs.count() == 0) {
-        resetToDefaultURLs();
-    }
-
-    return downloadURLs;
+    return getValue("urls", "downloads").toStringList();
 }
 
 void DownloadSettings::resetToDefaultURLs()