diff --git a/cockatrice/src/interface/window_main.cpp b/cockatrice/src/interface/window_main.cpp
index 815cec1d2..57d6e8b15 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/interface/window_main.cpp
+++ b/cockatrice/src/interface/window_main.cpp
@@ -1253,7 +1253,7 @@ void MainWindow::createCardUpdateProcess(bool background)
                                          << dir.absoluteFilePath(binaryName);
         QMessageBox::warning(this, tr("Error"),
                              tr("Unable to run the card database updater: ") + dir.absoluteFilePath(binaryName));
-        exitCardDatabaseUpdate();
+        exitCardDatabaseUpdate(false);
         emit cardDatabaseUpdateFinished(false);
         return;
     }
@@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@ void MainWindow::cardUpdateStandardError()
     }
 }
 
-void MainWindow::exitCardDatabaseUpdate()
+void MainWindow::exitCardDatabaseUpdate(bool doReload)
 {
     if (!cardUpdateProcess) {
         return;
@@ -1339,9 +1339,11 @@ void MainWindow::exitCardDatabaseUpdate()
     cardUpdateProcess = nullptr;
     statusBar()->clearMessage();
 
-    // This can be the first successful load of the session (e.g. the onboarding
-    // download), so it must own the set check for that load.
-    reloadCardDatabaseAndCheckSets();
+    if (doReload) {
+        // This can be the first successful load of the session (e.g. the onboarding
+        // download), so it must own the set check for that load.
+        reloadCardDatabaseAndCheckSets();
+    }
 }
 
 void MainWindow::reloadCardDatabaseAndCheckSets()
@@ -1387,7 +1389,7 @@ void MainWindow::cardUpdateError(QProcess::ProcessError err)
     }
 
     qCWarning(CardDatabaseUpdateLog) << "The card database updater exited with an error:" << error;
-    exitCardDatabaseUpdate();
+    exitCardDatabaseUpdate(false);
     QMessageBox::warning(this, tr("Error"), tr("The card database updater exited with an error:\n%1").arg(error));
     emit cardDatabaseUpdateFinished(false);
 }
@@ -1400,12 +1402,14 @@ void MainWindow::cardUpdateFinished(int exitCode, QProcess::ExitStatus exitStatu
     cardUpdateProgressOutput(); // drain any progress lines not yet parsed
 
     const bool success = (exitStatus == QProcess::NormalExit) && (exitCode == 0);
-    if (exitStatus == QProcess::NormalExit) {
+    if (success) {
         SettingsCache::instance().updates().setLastCardUpdateCheck(QDateTime::currentDateTime().date());
+    } else if (exitStatus == QProcess::NormalExit) {
+        statusBar()->showMessage(tr("Card database update cancelled."), 10000);
     }
     qCInfo(CardDatabaseUpdateLog) << "The card database updater finished with exit code" << exitCode << "exit status"
                                   << static_cast<int>(exitStatus) << "success:" << success;
-    exitCardDatabaseUpdate();
+    exitCardDatabaseUpdate(success);
     notifyCardUpdateFinishedFromTray(success);
     emit cardDatabaseUpdateFinished(success);
 }
diff --git a/cockatrice/src/interface/window_main.h b/cockatrice/src/interface/window_main.h
index ee8873000..2b6ed5633 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/interface/window_main.h
+++ b/cockatrice/src/interface/window_main.h
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ private:
         return "oracle";
     }
     void createCardUpdateProcess(bool background = false);
-    void exitCardDatabaseUpdate();
+    void exitCardDatabaseUpdate(bool doReload);
     /**
      * @brief Reloads the card database on a worker thread and runs checkUnknownSets() once the finished
      *        snapshot has been swapped in.
diff --git a/oracle/src/main.cpp b/oracle/src/main.cpp
index cae2ee37d..bf56df5c9 100644
--- a/oracle/src/main.cpp
+++ b/oracle/src/main.cpp
@@ -85,5 +85,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         QTimer::singleShot(0, &wizard, [&wizard]() { wizard.runInBackground(); });
     }
 
-    return app.exec();
+    const int execResult = app.exec();
+    // A cancel only counts when nothing was written yet: closing the wizard
+    // after the card database was already saved on disk is still an update.
+    return (wizard.wasCancelled() && !wizard.hasSavedDatabase()) ? 1 : execResult;
 }
diff --git a/oracle/src/oraclewizard.cpp b/oracle/src/oraclewizard.cpp
index 05f08ce64..d2b3a71a4 100644
--- a/oracle/src/oraclewizard.cpp
+++ b/oracle/src/oraclewizard.cpp
@@ -128,12 +128,20 @@ void OracleWizard::accept()
 
 void OracleWizard::reject()
 {
+    cancelled = true;
+
     // The wizard is being closed while a page may still run a worker on the
     // importer. Ask it to stop before the wizard (and the importer child) is
     // destroyed, so the worker thread never touches freed memory.
     if (auto *active = dynamic_cast<OracleWizardPage *>(currentPage())) {
         active->cancelWork();
     }
+
+    const auto replies = nam->findChildren<QNetworkReply *>();
+    for (QNetworkReply *reply : replies) {
+        reply->abort();
+    }
+
     QWizard::reject();
 }
 
diff --git a/oracle/src/oraclewizard.h b/oracle/src/oraclewizard.h
index ea652bdc5..b1dc5eab2 100644
--- a/oracle/src/oraclewizard.h
+++ b/oracle/src/oraclewizard.h
@@ -20,6 +20,19 @@ public:
     explicit OracleWizard(QWidget *parent = nullptr);
     void accept() override;
     void reject() override;
+    bool wasCancelled()
+    {
+        return cancelled;
+    }
+    /** @brief Records that the card database was written to disk, so a later cancel still counts as an update. */
+    void markDatabaseSaved()
+    {
+        databaseSaved = true;
+    }
+    bool hasSavedDatabase()
+    {
+        return databaseSaved;
+    }
     void enableButtons();
     void disableButtons();
     void retranslateUi();
@@ -67,6 +80,8 @@ private:
     QByteArray tokensData;
     QString cardSourceUrl;
     QString cardSourceVersion;
+    bool cancelled = false;
+    bool databaseSaved = false;
 
     void migrateOracleSettings();
     /**
diff --git a/oracle/src/pages.cpp b/oracle/src/pages.cpp
index 8c286fb46..ed8e04d1a 100644
--- a/oracle/src/pages.cpp
+++ b/oracle/src/pages.cpp
@@ -484,6 +484,10 @@ void LoadSetsPage::actDownloadFinishedSetsFile()
 {
     // check for a reply
     auto *reply = dynamic_cast<QNetworkReply *>(sender());
+    if (wizard()->wasCancelled()) {
+        reply->deleteLater();
+        return;
+    }
     auto errorCode = reply->error();
     if (errorCode != QNetworkReply::NoError) {
         QMessageBox::critical(this, tr("Error"), tr("Network error: %1.").arg(reply->errorString()));
@@ -895,6 +899,7 @@ bool SaveSetsPage::validatePage()
         return false;
     }
 
+    wizard()->markDatabaseSaved();
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/oracle/src/pagetemplates.cpp b/oracle/src/pagetemplates.cpp
index d37818dcb..dcc8e070c 100644
--- a/oracle/src/pagetemplates.cpp
+++ b/oracle/src/pagetemplates.cpp
@@ -178,6 +178,10 @@ void SimpleDownloadFilePage::actDownloadFinished()
 {
     // check for a reply
     auto *reply = dynamic_cast<QNetworkReply *>(sender());
+    if (wizard()->wasCancelled()) {
+        reply->deleteLater();
+        return;
+    }
     QNetworkReply::NetworkError errorCode = reply->error();
     if (errorCode != QNetworkReply::NoError) {
         QMessageBox::critical(this, tr("Error"), tr("Network error: %1.").arg(reply->errorString()));
@@ -242,6 +246,7 @@ bool SimpleDownloadFilePage::saveToFile()
 
     // clean saved downloadData
     downloadData = QByteArray();
+    wizard()->markDatabaseSaved();
     return true;
 }