diff --git a/src/ui/windows/network_tab.cpp b/src/ui/windows/network_tab.cpp
index ec95ad9..463b694 100644
--- a/src/ui/windows/network_tab.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/windows/network_tab.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ namespace {
 
 util::LiteServerProbe s_probe;
 bool  s_probeStarted = false;
+bool  s_probeDirty = false;
 bool  s_showHidden   = false;
 char  s_addUrl[256]  = "";
 char  s_addLabel[128] = "";
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ void RenderLiteNetworkTab(App* app)
     const float dp = Layout::dpiScale();
 
     if (!s_probeStarted) { startProbe(st); s_probeStarted = true; }
+    if (s_probeDirty && !s_probe.busy()) { startProbe(st); s_probeDirty = false; }
     const auto probe = s_probe.results();
 
     const bool randomMode = st->getLiteServerSelectionMode() == LiteMode::Random;
@@ -221,7 +223,7 @@ void RenderLiteNetworkTab(App* app)
                     servers.push_back(p);
                     st->setLiteServers(servers);
                     st->save();
-                    startProbe(st);
+                    s_probeDirty = true;   // re-probe after the current pass ends (don't join the UI thread here)
                     s_addUrl[0] = '\0'; s_addLabel[0] = '\0'; s_addError.clear();
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/util/lite_server_probe.cpp b/src/util/lite_server_probe.cpp
index af71bf8..5cb0d0d 100644
--- a/src/util/lite_server_probe.cpp
+++ b/src/util/lite_server_probe.cpp
@@ -8,11 +8,17 @@
 
 #include <curl/curl.h>
 
+#include <atomic>
 #include <utility>
 
 namespace dragonx {
 namespace util {
 
+static int liteProbeXferCb(void* p, curl_off_t, curl_off_t, curl_off_t, curl_off_t)
+{
+    return static_cast<const std::atomic<bool>*>(p)->load(std::memory_order_relaxed) ? 1 : 0;
+}
+
 std::string liteServerHost(const std::string& url)
 {
     // Strip scheme ("scheme://") then take everything up to the first '/', '?' or '#'.
@@ -69,7 +75,12 @@ void LiteServerProbe::run(std::vector<std::string> urls)
             curl_easy_setopt(c, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 1L);
             curl_easy_setopt(c, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 2L);
 
+            curl_easy_setopt(c, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 0L);
+            curl_easy_setopt(c, CURLOPT_XFERINFOFUNCTION, liteProbeXferCb);
+            curl_easy_setopt(c, CURLOPT_XFERINFODATA, const_cast<std::atomic<bool>*>(&cancel_));
+
             const CURLcode res = curl_easy_perform(c);
+            if (res == CURLE_ABORTED_BY_CALLBACK) { curl_easy_cleanup(c); break; }
             if (res == CURLE_OK) {
                 r.online = true;
                 double t = 0.0;