diff --git a/src/libcalamares/geoip/Handler.cpp b/src/libcalamares/geoip/Handler.cpp
index d954b8fc0..648ea69f4 100644
--- a/src/libcalamares/geoip/Handler.cpp
+++ b/src/libcalamares/geoip/Handler.cpp
@@ -113,7 +113,9 @@ do_query( Handler::Type type, const QString& url, const QString& selector )
         return RegionZonePair();
     }
 
-    return interface->processReply( CalamaresUtils::Network::Manager::instance().synchronousGet( url ) );
+    using namespace CalamaresUtils::Network;
+    return interface->processReply(
+        CalamaresUtils::Network::Manager::instance().synchronousGet( url, { RequestOptions::FakeUserAgent } ) );
 }
 
 static QString
@@ -125,7 +127,9 @@ do_raw_query( Handler::Type type, const QString& url, const QString& selector )
         return QString();
     }
 
-    return interface->rawReply( CalamaresUtils::Network::Manager::instance().synchronousGet( url ) );
+    using namespace CalamaresUtils::Network;
+    return interface->rawReply(
+        CalamaresUtils::Network::Manager::instance().synchronousGet( url, { RequestOptions::FakeUserAgent } ) );
 }
 
 RegionZonePair
diff --git a/src/libcalamares/geoip/test_geoip.cpp b/src/libcalamares/geoip/test_geoip.cpp
index 0c475b9c0..fd50cecff 100644
--- a/src/libcalamares/geoip/test_geoip.cpp
+++ b/src/libcalamares/geoip/test_geoip.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
  * This is a test-application that does one GeoIP parse.
  */
 
-#include <iostream>
 
 #include "GeoIPFixed.h"
 #include "GeoIPJSON.h"
@@ -19,6 +18,10 @@
 #include "GeoIPXML.h"
 #endif
 
+#include "utils/Logger.h"
+
+#include <iostream>
+
 using std::cerr;
 using namespace CalamaresUtils::GeoIP;
 
@@ -34,6 +37,9 @@ main( int argc, char** argv )
     QString format( argv[ 1 ] );
     QString selector = argc == 3 ? QString( argv[ 2 ] ) : QString();
 
+    Logger::setupLogLevel(Logger::LOGVERBOSE);
+    cDebug() << "Doing GeoIP interpretation with format=" << format << "selector=" << selector;
+
     Interface* handler = nullptr;
     if ( QStringLiteral( "json" ) == format )
     {
diff --git a/src/libcalamares/network/Manager.cpp b/src/libcalamares/network/Manager.cpp
index 57faae28c..d089551bb 100644
--- a/src/libcalamares/network/Manager.cpp
+++ b/src/libcalamares/network/Manager.cpp
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ synchronousRun( QNetworkAccessManager* nam, const QUrl& url, const RequestOption
     auto* reply = asynchronousRun( nam, url, options );
     if ( !reply )
     {
+        cDebug() << "Could not create request for" << url;
         return qMakePair( RequestStatus( RequestStatus::Failed ), nullptr );
     }
 
@@ -232,10 +233,12 @@ synchronousRun( QNetworkAccessManager* nam, const QUrl& url, const RequestOption
     reply->deleteLater();
     if ( reply->isRunning() )
     {
+        cDebug() << "Timeout on request for" << url;
         return qMakePair( RequestStatus( RequestStatus::Timeout ), nullptr );
     }
     else if ( reply->error() != QNetworkReply::NoError )
     {
+        cDebug() << "HTTP error" << reply->error() << "on request for" << url;
         return qMakePair( RequestStatus( RequestStatus::HttpError ), nullptr );
     }
     else