diff --git a/src/daemon/xmrig_manager.cpp b/src/daemon/xmrig_manager.cpp
index 1235e76..f35a160 100644
--- a/src/daemon/xmrig_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/daemon/xmrig_manager.cpp
@@ -745,12 +745,16 @@ void XmrigManager::fetchStatsHttp() {
     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS, 2000L);       // 2s timeout — generous for loaded system
     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT_MS, 1000L); // 1s connect timeout
     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOSIGNAL, 1L);            // Avoid signal issues in threads
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 0L);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_XFERINFOFUNCTION, &XmrigManager::abortCb);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_XFERINFODATA, this);
 
     CURLcode res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
     curl_slist_free_all(headers);
     curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
 
     if (res != CURLE_OK) {
+        if (should_stop_.load()) return;  // aborted by stop(): not a failure
         static int s_fail_count = 0;
         if (++s_fail_count <= 5 || s_fail_count % 30 == 0) {
             DEBUG_LOGF("[WARN] XmrigManager::pollStats: curl failed (%d): %s  url=%s\n",
@@ -845,6 +849,9 @@ void XmrigManager::fetchPoolApiStats() {
     // pool.dragonx.cc sits behind Cloudflare and 403s odd User-Agents.
     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; ObsidianDragon)");
     curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING, "");
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, 0L);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_XFERINFOFUNCTION, &XmrigManager::abortCb);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_XFERINFODATA, this);
 
     CURLcode res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
     curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
diff --git a/src/daemon/xmrig_manager.h b/src/daemon/xmrig_manager.h
index cc240c5..438562a 100644
--- a/src/daemon/xmrig_manager.h
+++ b/src/daemon/xmrig_manager.h
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ private:
     // Set last_error_ under error_mutex_ (writers run on both the main thread and the monitor thread).
     void setLastError(std::string e) { std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(error_mutex_); last_error_ = std::move(e); }
     void fetchStatsHttp();  // Blocking HTTP call — runs on monitor thread only
+    // curl xfer-info callback: abort an in-flight stats fetch once stop() is requested.
+    static int abortCb(void* p, int64_t, int64_t, int64_t, int64_t)
+    { return static_cast<const XmrigManager*>(p)->should_stop_.load() ? 1 : 0; }
     void fetchPoolApiStats();  // Fetch pool-side stats (hashrate) from pool HTTP API
 
     std::atomic<State> state_{State::Stopped};