diff --git a/content/cache.c b/content/cache.c
index 5e95f4c6e..760f54679 100644
--- a/content/cache.c
+++ b/content/cache.c
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ void cache_shrink(void)
 		LOG(("size %lu, removing %p '%s'", size, e->content, e->content->url));
 		/* TODO: move to disc cache */
 		size -= e->content->size;
+		e->content->cache = 0;
 		content_destroy(e->content);
 		unused_list->prev = e->prev;
 		e->prev->next = unused_list;
diff --git a/content/content.c b/content/content.c
index 596672b9d..4b4e19bff 100644
--- a/content/content.c
+++ b/content/content.c
@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ struct content * content_create(char *url)
 	user_sentinel->p1 = user_sentinel->p2 = 0;
 	user_sentinel->next = 0;
 	c->user_list = user_sentinel;
+	c->lock = 0;
+	c->destroy_pending = false;
 	return c;
 }
 
@@ -326,8 +328,16 @@ void content_reformat(struct content *c, unsigned long width, unsigned long heig
 void content_destroy(struct content *c)
 {
 	struct content_user *user, *next;
-	assert(c != 0);
+	assert(c);
 	LOG(("content %p %s", c, c->url));
+	assert(!c->fetch);
+	assert(!c->cache);
+
+	if (c->lock) {
+		c->destroy_pending = true;
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (c->type < HANDLER_MAP_COUNT)
 		handler_map[c->type].destroy(c);
 	for (user = c->user_list; user != 0; user = next) {
@@ -435,8 +445,10 @@ void content_remove_user(struct content *c,
 	 * and destroy content structure if not in state READY or DONE */
 	if (c->user_list->next == 0) {
 		LOG(("no users for %p %s", c, c->url));
-		if (c->fetch != 0)
+		if (c->fetch != 0) {
 			fetch_abort(c->fetch);
+			c->fetch = 0;
+		}
 		if (c->status < CONTENT_STATUS_READY) {
 			if (c->cache)
 				cache_destroy(c);
@@ -444,6 +456,8 @@ void content_remove_user(struct content *c,
 		} else {
 			if (c->cache)
 				cache_freeable(c);
+			else
+				content_destroy(c);
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -457,11 +471,14 @@ void content_broadcast(struct content *c, content_msg msg, char *error)
 {
 	struct content_user *user, *next;
         LOG(("content %s, message %i", c->url, msg));
+        c->lock++;
 	for (user = c->user_list->next; user != 0; user = next) {
 		next = user->next;  /* user may be destroyed during callback */
 		if (user->callback != 0)
 			user->callback(msg, c, user->p1, user->p2, error);
 	}
+	if (--(c->lock) == 0 && c->destroy_pending)
+		content_destroy(c);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/content/content.h b/content/content.h
index 7235011a4..737942187 100644
--- a/content/content.h
+++ b/content/content.h
@@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ struct content {
 	struct fetch *fetch;		/**< Associated fetch, or 0. */
 	unsigned long fetch_size;	/**< Amount of data fetched so far. */
 	unsigned long total_size;	/**< Total data size, 0 if unknown. */
+
+	int lock;			/**< Content in use, do not destroy. */
+	bool destroy_pending;		/**< Destroy when lock returns to 0. */
+	bool no_error_pages;		/**< Used by fetchcache(). */
 };
 
 
diff --git a/content/fetchcache.c b/content/fetchcache.c
index e7e8f2b3a..f2ad43a71 100644
--- a/content/fetchcache.c
+++ b/content/fetchcache.c
@@ -44,13 +44,28 @@ static void fetchcache_error_page(struct content *c, const char *error);
  *
  * If an error occurs immediately, 0 may be returned. Later errors will be
  * reported via the callback.
+ *
+ * \param url address to fetch
+ * \param referer url of referring page, or 0 if none
+ * \param callback function to call when anything interesting happens to
+ *              the new content
+ * \param p1 user parameter for callback
+ * \param p2 user parameter for callback
+ * \param width available space
+ * \param height available space
+ * \param no_error_pages if an error occurs, send CONTENT_MSG_ERROR instead
+ *              of generating an error page
+ * \param post_urlenc url encoded post data, or 0 if none
+ * \param post_multipart multipart post data, or 0 if none
+ * \param cookies send and accept cookies
+ * \return a new content, or 0 if an error occurred and no_error_pages is true
  */
 
-struct content * fetchcache(const char *url0, char *referer,
+struct content * fetchcache(const char *url, char *referer,
 		void (*callback)(content_msg msg, struct content *c, void *p1,
 			void *p2, const char *error),
 		void *p1, void *p2, unsigned long width, unsigned long height,
-		bool only_2xx
+		bool no_error_pages
 #ifdef WITH_POST
 		, char *post_urlenc,
 		struct form_successful_control *post_multipart
@@ -61,8 +76,8 @@ struct content * fetchcache(const char *url0, char *referer,
 		)
 {
 	struct content *c;
-	char *url = xstrdup(url0);
-	char *hash = strchr(url, '#');
+	char *url1 = xstrdup(url);
+	char *hash = strchr(url1, '#');
 	const char *params[] = { 0 };
 	char error_message[500];
 
@@ -70,21 +85,21 @@ struct content * fetchcache(const char *url0, char *referer,
 	if (hash != 0)
 		*hash = 0;
 
-	LOG(("url %s", url));
+	LOG(("url %s", url1));
 
 #ifdef WITH_POST
 	if (!post_urlenc && !post_multipart)
 #endif
 	{
-		c = cache_get(url);
+		c = cache_get(url1);
 		if (c != 0) {
-			free(url);
+			free(url1);
 			content_add_user(c, callback, p1, p2);
 			return c;
 		}
 	}
 
-	c = content_create(url);
+	c = content_create(url1);
 	content_add_user(c, callback, p1, p2);
 
 #ifdef WITH_POST
@@ -95,7 +110,8 @@ struct content * fetchcache(const char *url0, char *referer,
 	c->fetch_size = 0;
 	c->width = width;
 	c->height = height;
-	c->fetch = fetch_start(url, referer, fetchcache_callback, c, only_2xx
+	c->no_error_pages = no_error_pages;
+	c->fetch = fetch_start(url1, referer, fetchcache_callback, c, no_error_pages
 #ifdef WITH_POST
 			,post_urlenc, post_multipart
 #endif
@@ -107,11 +123,16 @@ struct content * fetchcache(const char *url0, char *referer,
 		LOG(("warning: fetch_start failed"));
 		if (c->cache)
 			cache_destroy(c);
+		if (no_error_pages) {
+			content_destroy(c);
+			free(url1);
+			return 0;
+		}
 		snprintf(error_message, sizeof error_message,
-				messages_get("InvalidURL"), url);
+				messages_get("InvalidURL"), url1);
 		fetchcache_error_page(c, error_message);
 	}
-	free(url);
+	free(url1);
 	return c;
 }
 
@@ -130,6 +151,8 @@ void fetchcache_callback(fetch_msg msg, void *p, char *data, unsigned long size)
 	char **params;
 	unsigned int i;
 
+        c->lock++;
+
 	switch (msg) {
 		case FETCH_TYPE:
 			c->total_size = size;
@@ -167,11 +190,15 @@ void fetchcache_callback(fetch_msg msg, void *p, char *data, unsigned long size)
 		case FETCH_ERROR:
 			LOG(("FETCH_ERROR, '%s'", data));
 			c->fetch = 0;
-/* 			content_broadcast(c, CONTENT_MSG_ERROR, data); */
 			if (c->cache)
 				cache_destroy(c);
-			content_reset(c);
-			fetchcache_error_page(c, data);
+			if (c->no_error_pages) {
+				content_broadcast(c, CONTENT_MSG_ERROR, data);
+				content_destroy(c);
+			} else {
+				content_reset(c);
+				fetchcache_error_page(c, data);
+			}
 			break;
 
 		case FETCH_REDIRECT:
@@ -202,6 +229,9 @@ void fetchcache_callback(fetch_msg msg, void *p, char *data, unsigned long size)
 		default:
 			assert(0);
 	}
+
+	if (--(c->lock) == 0 && c->destroy_pending)
+		content_destroy(c);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/content/fetchcache.h b/content/fetchcache.h
index cbd447aa1..37d3e1f18 100644
--- a/content/fetchcache.h
+++ b/content/fetchcache.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ struct content * fetchcache(const char *url, char *referer,
 		void (*callback)(content_msg msg, struct content *c, void *p1,
 			void *p2, const char *error),
 		void *p1, void *p2, unsigned long width, unsigned long height,
-		bool only_2xx
+		bool no_error_pages
 #ifdef WITH_POST
 		, char *post_urlenc,
 		struct form_successful_control *post_multipart