diff --git a/Kavita.Server/Controllers/PersonController.cs b/Kavita.Server/Controllers/PersonController.cs
index 4209be842..88245491a 100644
--- a/Kavita.Server/Controllers/PersonController.cs
+++ b/Kavita.Server/Controllers/PersonController.cs
@@ -221,19 +221,6 @@ public class PersonController(
         return Ok(await unitOfWork.PersonRepository.GetSeriesKnownFor(personId, UserId));
     }
 
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Return external Series the person is an artist/author of. Requires Admin due to age rating restrictions.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="personId"></param>
-    /// <returns></returns>
-    [PersonAccess]
-    [KPlus]
-    [Authorize(PolicyGroups.AdminPolicy)]
-    [HttpGet("external-series")]
-    public async Task<ActionResult<IEnumerable<ExternalSeriesDto>>> GetExternalSeries(int personId)
-    {
-        return Ok(await unitOfWork.ExternalSeriesMetadataRepository.GetExternalSeriesForPerson(personId, UserId));
-    }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Returns all individual chapters by role. Limited to 20 results.
diff --git a/UI/Web/src/app/_services/account.service.ts b/UI/Web/src/app/_services/account.service.ts
index 49bcaded1..e4a7358da 100644
--- a/UI/Web/src/app/_services/account.service.ts
+++ b/UI/Web/src/app/_services/account.service.ts
@@ -272,15 +272,14 @@ export class AccountService {
 
     this.stopRefreshTokenTimer();
 
-    if (user) {
-      if (!isSameUser) {
-        this.messageHub.stopHubConnection();
-        this.messageHub.createHubConnection(user);
-        this.licenseService.checkForValidLicense().subscribe();
-      }
-      if (user.token) {
-        this.startRefreshTokenTimer();
-      }
+    if (user && !isSameUser) {
+      this.messageHub.stopHubConnection();
+      this.messageHub.createHubConnection(user);
+      this.licenseService.checkForValidLicense().subscribe();
+    }
+
+    if (user?.token) {
+      this.startRefreshTokenTimer();
     }
   }
 
@@ -447,7 +446,10 @@ export class AccountService {
   refreshAccount(): Observable<null | User> {
     if (!this._currentUser()) return of(null);
     return this.httpClient.get<User>(this.baseUrl + 'account/refresh-account').pipe(map((user: User) => {
-      if (user) this.setCurrentUser({ ...user });
+      if (user) {
+        this.setCurrentUser({...user});
+        this.licenseService.checkForValidLicense().subscribe();
+      }
       return user;
     }));
   }
diff --git a/UI/Web/src/app/dashboard/_components/dashboard.component.ts b/UI/Web/src/app/dashboard/_components/dashboard.component.ts
index 05e96a2f5..d0c58cfc9 100644
--- a/UI/Web/src/app/dashboard/_components/dashboard.component.ts
+++ b/UI/Web/src/app/dashboard/_components/dashboard.component.ts
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ export class DashboardComponent {
       }
     });
 
-    this.licenseService.checkForValidLicense()
+    this.licenseService.hasAnyLicense()
       .pipe(
         filter((hasLic: boolean) => hasLic),
         switchMap(_ => this.scrobblingService.hasTokenExpired(ScrobbleProvider.AniList)),
diff --git a/UI/Web/src/app/shared/_services/download.service.ts b/UI/Web/src/app/shared/_services/download.service.ts
index 7cf480235..0457f2e34 100644
--- a/UI/Web/src/app/shared/_services/download.service.ts
+++ b/UI/Web/src/app/shared/_services/download.service.ts
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ export class DownloadService {
         this.downloadSeries(entity as Series);
         break;
       case 'volume':
-        this.enqueueSingle(entity as Volume, 'volume', '', libraryId, seriesId);
+        this.downloadVolume(entity as Volume, libraryId, seriesId);
         break;
       case 'chapter':
         this.enqueueSingle(entity as Chapter, 'chapter', '', libraryId, seriesId);
@@ -489,6 +489,41 @@ export class DownloadService {
     return this.httpClient.post<Record<number, number>>(this.baseUrl + 'download/bulk-series-size', seriesIds);
   }
 
+  private downloadVolumeSize(volumeId: number) {
+    return this.httpClient.get<number>(this.baseUrl + 'download/volume-size?volumeId=' + volumeId);
+  }
+
+  private downloadChapterSize(chapterId: number) {
+    return this.httpClient.get<number>(this.baseUrl + 'download/chapter-size?chapterId=' + chapterId);
+  }
+
+  private downloadVolume(volume: Volume, libraryId: number, seriesId: number) {
+    this.debugLog('downloadVolume()', volume.minNumber);
+
+    // Volumes can be either a bunch of chapters or just 1
+    if (volume.chapters.length === 1) {
+      this.enqueueSingle(volume, 'volume', '', libraryId, seriesId);
+      return;
+    }
+    this.debugLog(`downloadVolume() decomposed into ${volume.chapters.length} items`);
+
+    const items = volume.chapters.map(c => ({ entity: c as Chapter, entityType: 'chapter' as const }));
+
+    const userPrefs = this.accountService.userPreferences();
+    if (userPrefs?.promptForDownloadSize && items.length > 0) {
+      // Single size call for the whole series, single confirm dialog
+      this.downloadVolumeSize(volume.id).pipe(
+        switchMap(async size => this.confirmSize(size, 'volume')),
+        filter(confirmed => confirmed),
+        takeUntilDestroyed(this.destroyRef)
+      ).subscribe(() => this.enqueueItems(items, '', libraryId, seriesId));
+    } else {
+      this.enqueueItems(items, '', libraryId, seriesId);
+    }
+
+
+  }
+
   private downloadSeries(series: Series) {
     this.debugLog('downloadSeries()', series.name);
     this.seriesService.getSeriesDetail(series.id).pipe(