diff --git a/applets/comic/comic.cpp b/applets/comic/comic.cpp
--- a/applets/comic/comic.cpp
+++ b/applets/comic/comic.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 
     configChanged();
 
-    mEngine = Plasma::PluginLoader::self()->loadDataEngine(QStringLiteral("comic"));
+    mEngine = dataEngine(QStringLiteral("comic"));
     mModel = new ComicModel(mEngine, QStringLiteral("providers"), mTabIdentifier, this);
     mProxy = new QSortFilterProxyModel( this );
     mProxy->setSourceModel( mModel );
@@ -163,12 +163,6 @@
 
 ComicApplet::~ComicApplet()
 {
-    if (mEngine && mEngine->isValid()) {
-        auto sources = mEngine->sources();
-        Q_FOREACH(auto source, sources) {
-            mEngine->disconnectSource(source, this);
-        }
-    }
     delete mSavingDir;
     delete m_newStuffDialog;
 }
diff --git a/dataengines/comic/comicproviderwrapper.cpp b/dataengines/comic/comicproviderwrapper.cpp
--- a/dataengines/comic/comicproviderwrapper.cpp
+++ b/dataengines/comic/comicproviderwrapper.cpp
@@ -719,9 +719,6 @@
         mKrossImage = new ImageWrapper(this, data);
         callFunction(QLatin1String("pageRetrieved"), QVariantList() << id <<
                       qVariantFromValue(qobject_cast<QObject*>(mKrossImage)));
-        if (mRequests < 1) { // Don't finish if we still have pageRequests
-            finished();
-        }
     } else {
         QTextCodec *codec = nullptr;
         if (!mTextCodec.isEmpty()) {
@@ -734,6 +731,10 @@
 
         callFunction(QLatin1String("pageRetrieved"), QVariantList() << id << html);
     }
+    if (mRequests < 1) { // Don't finish if we still have pageRequests
+        finished();
+    }
+    qWarning() << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ << id << mRequests << this;
 }
 
 void ComicProviderWrapper::pageError(int id, const QString &message)
@@ -743,6 +744,7 @@
     if (!functionCalled()) {
         emit mProvider->error(mProvider);
     }
+    qWarning() << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ << id << mRequests << this;
 }
 
 void ComicProviderWrapper::redirected(int id, const QUrl &newUrl)
@@ -752,6 +754,7 @@
     if (mRequests < 1) { //Don't finish while there are still requests
         finished();
     }
+    qWarning() << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ << id << mRequests << this;
 }
 
 void ComicProviderWrapper::finished() const
@@ -783,6 +786,7 @@
     }
     mProvider->requestPage(QUrl(url), id, map);
     ++mRequests;
+    qWarning() << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ << url << id << mRequests << this;
 }
 
 void ComicProviderWrapper::requestRedirectedUrl(const QString &url, int id, const QVariantMap &infos)
@@ -794,6 +798,7 @@
     }
     mProvider->requestRedirectedUrl(QUrl(url), id, map);
     ++mRequests;
+    qWarning() << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ << url << id << mRequests << this;
 }