diff --git a/dep/Makefile b/dep/Makefile
index f0ab8231..98f52f5b 100755
--- a/dep/Makefile
+++ b/dep/Makefile
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ curl-7.79.1:
 	rm curl-7.79.1.tar.gz
 
 CURL_FLAGS += --enable-symbol-hiding --enable-shared=no
-CURL_FLAGS += --enable-http --disable-ftp --disable-file --disable-ldap --disable-ldaps --disable-rtsp --enable-proxy --disable-dict --disable-telnet --disable-tftp --disable-pop3 --disable-imap --disable-smb --disable-smtp --disable-gopher --disable-mqtt --disable-manual --enable-threaded-resolver --enable-pthreads --disable-verbose --disable-sspi --disable-ntlm --disable-ntlm-wb --disable-tls-srp --disable-unix-sockets --disable-doh --disable-mime --disable-dateparse --disable-netrc --disable-progress-meter --disable-alt-svc
+CURL_FLAGS += --enable-http --disable-ftp --disable-file --disable-ldap --disable-ldaps --disable-rtsp --enable-proxy --disable-dict --disable-telnet --disable-tftp --disable-pop3 --disable-imap --disable-smb --disable-smtp --disable-gopher --disable-mqtt --disable-manual --disable-threaded-resolver --disable-pthreads --enable-verbose --disable-sspi --disable-ntlm --disable-ntlm-wb --disable-tls-srp --disable-unix-sockets --disable-doh --disable-mime --disable-dateparse --disable-netrc --disable-progress-meter --disable-alt-svc
 CURL_FLAGS += --without-hyper --without-zlib --without-brotli --without-zstd --without-libpsl --without-libgsasl --without-libssh2 --without-librtmp --without-winidn --without-libidn2 --without-nghttp2 --without-ngtcp2 --without-nghttp3 --without-quiche
 CURL_FLAGS += --with-ssl="$(DEP_PATH)"
 
diff --git a/src/network.cpp b/src/network.cpp
index 0fcbf24f..cda57aea 100644
--- a/src/network.cpp
+++ b/src/network.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ static CURL* createCurl() {
 	CURL* curl = curl_easy_init();
 	assert(curl);
 
-	// curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1L);
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1L);
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
 	// 15 second timeout for requests
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 15);
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ bool requestDownload(const std::string& url, const std::string& filename, float*
 
 
 std::string encodeUrl(const std::string& s) {
-	CURL* curl = curl_easy_init();
+	CURL* curl = createCurl();
 	DEFER({curl_easy_cleanup(curl);});
 	assert(curl);
 	char* escaped = curl_easy_escape(curl, s.c_str(), s.size());