diff --git a/LightlessSync/PlayerData/Pairs/PairHandlerAdapter.cs b/LightlessSync/PlayerData/Pairs/PairHandlerAdapter.cs
index 82c4a94..b0f2710 100644
--- a/LightlessSync/PlayerData/Pairs/PairHandlerAdapter.cs
+++ b/LightlessSync/PlayerData/Pairs/PairHandlerAdapter.cs
@@ -1423,7 +1423,7 @@ internal sealed class PairHandlerAdapter : DisposableMediatorSubscriberBase, IPa
     private Task _visibilityGraceTask;
 
     private async Task DownloadAndApplyCharacterAsync(Guid applicationBase, CharacterData charaData, Dictionary<ObjectKind, HashSet<PlayerChanges>> updatedData,
-        bool updateModdedPaths, bool updateManip, Dictionary<(string GamePath, string? Hash), string>? cachedModdedPaths, CancellationToken downloadToken)
+     bool updateModdedPaths, bool updateManip, Dictionary<(string GamePath, string? Hash), string>? cachedModdedPaths, CancellationToken downloadToken)
     {
         var concurrencyLease = await _pairProcessingLimiter.AcquireAsync(downloadToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
         try
@@ -1577,24 +1577,37 @@ internal sealed class PairHandlerAdapter : DisposableMediatorSubscriberBase, IPa
                 RecordFailure("Handler not available for application", "HandlerUnavailable");
                 return;
             }
+            _applicationCancellationTokenSource = _applicationCancellationTokenSource.CancelRecreate() ?? new CancellationTokenSource();
 
-            var appToken = _applicationCancellationTokenSource?.Token;
-            while ((!_applicationTask?.IsCompleted ?? false)
-                   && !downloadToken.IsCancellationRequested
-                   && (!appToken?.IsCancellationRequested ?? false))
+            if (_applicationTask != null && !_applicationTask.IsCompleted)
             {
-                Logger.LogDebug("[BASE-{appBase}] Waiting for current data application (Id: {id}) for player ({handler}) to finish", applicationBase, _applicationId, PlayerName);
-                await Task.Delay(250).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                Logger.LogDebug("[BASE-{appBase}] Cancelling current data application (Id: {id}) for player ({handler})", applicationBase, _applicationId, PlayerName);
+
+                var timeoutCts = new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
+                var combinedCts = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(downloadToken, timeoutCts.Token);
+
+                try
+                {
+                    await _applicationTask.WaitAsync(combinedCts.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                }
+                catch (OperationCanceledException)
+                {
+                    Logger.LogWarning("[BASE-{appBase}] Timeout waiting for application task {id} to complete, proceeding anyway", applicationBase, _applicationId);
+                }
+                finally
+                {
+                    timeoutCts.Dispose();
+                    combinedCts.Dispose();
+                }
             }
 
-            if (downloadToken.IsCancellationRequested || (appToken?.IsCancellationRequested ?? false))
+            if (downloadToken.IsCancellationRequested)
             {
                 _forceFullReapply = true;
                 RecordFailure("Application cancelled", "Cancellation");
                 return;
             }
 
-            _applicationCancellationTokenSource = _applicationCancellationTokenSource.CancelRecreate() ?? new CancellationTokenSource();
             var token = _applicationCancellationTokenSource.Token;
 
             _applicationTask = ApplyCharacterDataAsync(applicationBase, handlerForApply, charaData, updatedData, updateModdedPaths, updateManip, moddedPaths, wantsModApply, pendingModReapply, token);
diff --git a/LightlessSync/UI/SyncshellAdminUI.cs b/LightlessSync/UI/SyncshellAdminUI.cs
index 0458c05..526b5ae 100644
--- a/LightlessSync/UI/SyncshellAdminUI.cs
+++ b/LightlessSync/UI/SyncshellAdminUI.cs
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public class SyncshellAdminUI : WindowMediatorSubscriberBase
         var drawList = ImGui.GetWindowDrawList();
 
         var purple = UIColors.Get("LightlessPurple");
-        var gradLeft = purple.WithAlpha(0.0f); 
+        var gradLeft = purple.WithAlpha(0.0f);
         var gradRight = purple.WithAlpha(0.85f);
 
         uint colTopLeft = ImGui.ColorConvertFloat4ToU32(gradLeft);
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ public class SyncshellAdminUI : WindowMediatorSubscriberBase
 
         var subtitlePos = new Vector2(
             pMin.X + 12f * scale,
-            titlePos.Y + titleHeight - 2f * scale); 
+            titlePos.Y + titleHeight - 2f * scale);
 
         ImGui.SetCursorScreenPos(subtitlePos);
         ImGui.PushStyleColor(ImGuiCol.Text, ImGuiColors.DalamudGrey);
@@ -392,25 +392,27 @@ public class SyncshellAdminUI : WindowMediatorSubscriberBase
         }
         UiSharedService.AttachToolTip("When enabled, inactive non-pinned, non-moderator users will be pruned automatically on the server.");
 
-        ImGui.SameLine();
-        ImGui.SetNextItemWidth(150);
-
-        using (ImRaii.Disabled(!_autoPruneEnabled))
-        {
-            _uiSharedService.DrawCombo(
-                "Day(s) of inactivity",
-                [1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 90],
-                days => $"{days} day(s)",
-                selected =>
-                {
-                    _autoPruneDays = selected;
-                    SavePruneSettings();
-                },
-                _autoPruneDays);
-        }
 
         if (!_autoPruneEnabled)
         {
+            ImGui.BeginDisabled();
+        }
+        ImGui.SameLine();
+        ImGui.SetNextItemWidth(150);
+        _uiSharedService.DrawCombo(
+            "Day(s) of inactivity (gets checked hourly)",
+            [0, 1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 90],
+            (count) => count == 0 ? "2 hours(s)" : count + " day(s)",
+            selected =>
+            {
+                _autoPruneDays = selected;
+                SavePruneSettings();
+            },
+            _autoPruneDays);
+
+        if (!_autoPruneEnabled)
+        {
+            ImGui.EndDisabled();
             UiSharedService.ColorTextWrapped(
                 "Automatic prune is currently disabled. Enable it and choose an inactivity threshold to let the server clean up inactive users automatically.",
                 ImGuiColors.DalamudGrey);
@@ -593,7 +595,7 @@ public class SyncshellAdminUI : WindowMediatorSubscriberBase
         _uiSharedService.DrawCombo(
             "Day(s) of inactivity",
             [0, 1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 90],
-            (count) => count == 0 ? "15 minute(s)" : count + " day(s)",
+            (count) => count == 0 ? "2 hours(s)" : count + " day(s)",
             (selected) =>
             {
                 _pruneDays = selected;
@@ -663,8 +665,8 @@ public class SyncshellAdminUI : WindowMediatorSubscriberBase
         var style = ImGui.GetStyle();
         float fullW = ImGui.GetContentRegionAvail().X;
 
-        float colIdentity = fullW * 0.45f; 
-        float colMeta = fullW * 0.35f; 
+        float colIdentity = fullW * 0.45f;
+        float colMeta = fullW * 0.35f;
         float colActions = fullW - colIdentity - colMeta - style.ItemSpacing.X * 2.0f;
 
         // Header
@@ -873,7 +875,7 @@ public class SyncshellAdminUI : WindowMediatorSubscriberBase
 
         var boolcolor = UiSharedService.GetBoolColor(pair.IsOnline);
         UiSharedService.ColorText(text, boolcolor);
-        
+
         if (ImGui.IsItemClicked())
             ImGui.SetClipboardText(pair.UserData.AliasOrUID);
 
@@ -1093,6 +1095,7 @@ public class SyncshellAdminUI : WindowMediatorSubscriberBase
 
         ImGui.Dummy(new Vector2(0, 4 * ImGuiHelpers.GlobalScale));
     }
+
     private void SavePruneSettings()
     {
         if (_autoPruneDays <= 0)
@@ -1100,8 +1103,7 @@ public class SyncshellAdminUI : WindowMediatorSubscriberBase
             _autoPruneEnabled = false;
         }
 
-        var enabled = _autoPruneEnabled && _autoPruneDays > 0;
-        var dto = new GroupPruneSettingsDto(Group: GroupFullInfo.Group, AutoPruneEnabled: enabled, AutoPruneDays: enabled ? _autoPruneDays : 0);
+        var dto = new GroupPruneSettingsDto(Group: GroupFullInfo.Group, AutoPruneEnabled: _autoPruneEnabled, AutoPruneDays: _autoPruneDays);
 
         try
         {
diff --git a/LightlessSync/WebAPI/Files/FileDownloadManager.cs b/LightlessSync/WebAPI/Files/FileDownloadManager.cs
index 2731619..8aa2b0b 100644
--- a/LightlessSync/WebAPI/Files/FileDownloadManager.cs
+++ b/LightlessSync/WebAPI/Files/FileDownloadManager.cs
@@ -502,6 +502,14 @@ public partial class FileDownloadManager : DisposableMediatorSubscriberBase
         }
     }
 
+    private void RemoveStatus(string key)
+    {
+        lock (_downloadStatusLock)
+        {
+            _downloadStatus.Remove(key);
+        }
+    }
+
     private async Task DecompressBlockFileAsync(
         string downloadStatusKey,
         string blockFilePath,
@@ -595,6 +603,10 @@ public partial class FileDownloadManager : DisposableMediatorSubscriberBase
         {
             Logger.LogError(ex, "{dlName}: Error during block file read", downloadLabel);
         }
+        finally
+        {
+            RemoveStatus(downloadStatusKey);
+        }
     }
 
     public async Task<List<DownloadFileTransfer>> InitiateDownloadList(
@@ -866,6 +878,8 @@ public partial class FileDownloadManager : DisposableMediatorSubscriberBase
 
             MarkTransferredFiles(directDownload.DirectDownloadUrl!, 1);
             Logger.LogDebug("Finished direct download of {hash}.", directDownload.Hash);
+
+            RemoveStatus(directDownload.DirectDownloadUrl!);
         }
         catch (OperationCanceledException ex)
         {