diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/etesync/syncadapter/HttpClient.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/etesync/syncadapter/HttpClient.kt
index b37c2d68..273d6c28 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/etesync/syncadapter/HttpClient.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/etesync/syncadapter/HttpClient.kt
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ class HttpClient private constructor(
     ) {
         private var certManager: CustomCertManager? = null
         private var certificateAlias: String? = null
+        private var foreground = true
 
         private val orig = sharedClient.newBuilder()
 
@@ -138,8 +139,9 @@ class HttpClient private constructor(
         fun customCertManager(manager: CustomCertManager) {
             certManager = manager
         }
+
         fun setForeground(foreground: Boolean): Builder {
-            certManager?.appInForeground = foreground
+            this.foreground = foreground
             return this
         }
 
@@ -223,6 +225,8 @@ class HttpClient private constructor(
             orig.sslSocketFactory(CertTlsSocketFactory(keyManager, trustManager), trustManager)
             orig.hostnameVerifier(hostnameVerifier)
 
+            certManager?.appInForeground = foreground
+
             return HttpClient(orig.build(), certManager)
         }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/etesync/syncadapter/syncadapter/ContactsSyncManager.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/etesync/syncadapter/syncadapter/ContactsSyncManager.kt
index 914e5527..0dabd3c9 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/etesync/syncadapter/syncadapter/ContactsSyncManager.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/etesync/syncadapter/syncadapter/ContactsSyncManager.kt
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ constructor(context: Context, account: Account, settings: AccountSettings, extra
                 return null
             }
 
-            val resourceClient = HttpClient.Builder(context).build().okHttpClient
+            val resourceClient = HttpClient.Builder(context).setForeground(false).build().okHttpClient
 
             try {
                 val response = resourceClient.newCall(Request.Builder()
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/etesync/syncadapter/syncadapter/SyncAdapterService.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/etesync/syncadapter/syncadapter/SyncAdapterService.kt
index cf946f94..11fc8f38 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/etesync/syncadapter/syncadapter/SyncAdapterService.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/etesync/syncadapter/syncadapter/SyncAdapterService.kt
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ abstract class SyncAdapterService : Service() {
                 Logger.log.info("Refreshing " + serviceType + " collections of service #" + serviceType.toString())
 
                 val settings = AccountSettings(context, account)
-                val httpClient = HttpClient.Builder(context, settings).build().okHttpClient
+                val httpClient = HttpClient.Builder(context, settings).setForeground(false).build().okHttpClient
 
                 val journalsManager = JournalManager(httpClient, HttpUrl.get(settings.uri!!)!!)
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/etesync/syncadapter/syncadapter/SyncManager.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/etesync/syncadapter/syncadapter/SyncManager.kt
index fcfe4582..5fe21ef3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/etesync/syncadapter/syncadapter/SyncManager.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/etesync/syncadapter/syncadapter/SyncManager.kt
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ constructor(protected val context: Context, protected val account: Account, prot
     init {
 
         // create HttpClient with given logger
-        httpClient = HttpClient.Builder(context, settings).build().okHttpClient
+        httpClient = HttpClient.Builder(context, settings).setForeground(false).build().okHttpClient
 
         data = (context.applicationContext as App).data
         val serviceEntity = JournalModel.Service.fetch(data, accountName, serviceType)