diff --git a/gui/slick/js/core.js b/gui/slick/js/core.js
index 32ba8b947abbc19be4b84b7d54ba2d762006b009..e1cb8c23f8c927a803edaac5059793fd0c72ce70 100644
--- a/gui/slick/js/core.js
+++ b/gui/slick/js/core.js
@@ -1626,8 +1626,8 @@ var SICKRAGE = {
                         $('#torrent_auth_type_option').show();
                     } else if (selectedProvider.toLowerCase() === 'qbittorrent'){
                         client = 'qbittorrent';
-                        $('#torrent_path_option').hide();
-                        $('#torrent_label_option').hide();
+                        $('#label_warning_qbittorrent').show();
+                        $('#label_anime_warning_qbittorrrent').show();
                         $('#torrent_label_anime_option').hide();
                         $('#host_desc_torrent').text('URL to your qbittorrent client (e.g. http://localhost:8080)');
                     } else if (selectedProvider.toLowerCase() === 'mlnet'){
diff --git a/gui/slick/js/core.min.js b/gui/slick/js/core.min.js
index cafbadcdf14649b20160670b8b1aeb477f850f23..a87d718c27160fbd0e288b185772a86e0e0fd332 100644
Binary files a/gui/slick/js/core.min.js and b/gui/slick/js/core.min.js differ
diff --git a/gui/slick/views/config_search.mako b/gui/slick/views/config_search.mako
index 6fce79b211d20566e8b6dd9711ccabb931524541..d5d87f199e82fd4f7c533fcc337d822676f60a04 100644
--- a/gui/slick/views/config_search.mako
+++ b/gui/slick/views/config_search.mako
@@ -565,6 +565,9 @@
                                             <span id="label_warning_deluge" style="display:none"><p>(blank spaces are not allowed)</p>
                                                 <div class="clear-left"><p>note: label plugin must be enabled in Deluge clients</p></div>
                                             </span>
+                                            <span id="label_warning_qbittorrent" style="display:none"><p>(blank spaces are not allowed)</p>
+                                                <div class="clear-left"><p>note: for QBitTorrent 3.3.1 and up</p></div>
+                                            </span>                                            
                                         </span>
                                     </label>
                                 </div>
@@ -577,6 +580,9 @@
                                             <span id="label_anime_warning_deluge" style="display:none"><p>(blank spaces are not allowed)</p>
                                                 <div class="clear-left"><p>note: label plugin must be enabled in Deluge clients</p></div>
                                             </span>
+                                            <span id="label_anime_warning_qbittorrent" style="display:none"><p>(blank spaces are not allowed)</p>
+                                                <div class="clear-left"><p>note: for QBitTorrent 3.3.1 and up </p></div>
+                                            </span>          
                                         </span>
                                     </label>
                                 </div>
diff --git a/sickbeard/clients/generic.py b/sickbeard/clients/generic.py
index bcea0118ceec9836ce9ececa6917ce590555d03b..40970480a9abeaab4ebc234528d2381f5db83875 100644
--- a/sickbeard/clients/generic.py
+++ b/sickbeard/clients/generic.py
@@ -173,9 +173,10 @@ class GenericClient(object):
 
         logger.log(u'Calling ' + self.name + ' Client', logger.DEBUG)
 
-        if not self._get_auth():
-            logger.log(self.name + u': Authentication Failed', logger.ERROR)
-            return r_code
+        if not self.auth:
+            if not self._get_auth():
+                logger.log(self.name + u': Authentication Failed', logger.ERROR)
+                return r_code
 
         try:
             # Sets per provider seed ratio
diff --git a/sickbeard/clients/qbittorrent_client.py b/sickbeard/clients/qbittorrent_client.py
index a89f7ae6057d15a7f786aabb3c5f48f032520337..d68e12f75e94843318f73c11b07e6cb282199ea6 100644
--- a/sickbeard/clients/qbittorrent_client.py
+++ b/sickbeard/clients/qbittorrent_client.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class qbittorrentAPI(GenericClient):
 
         if self.api > 6:
             self.url = self.host + 'command/setLabel'
-            data = {'hashes': result.hash, 'label': label}
+            data = {'hashes': result.hash.lower(), 'label': label}
             return self._request(method='post', data=data, cookies=self.session.cookies)
         return None
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class qbittorrentAPI(GenericClient):
         if result.priority == 1:
             self.url = self.host + 'command/increasePrio'
 
-        data = {'hashes': result.hash}
+        data = {'hashes': result.hash.lower()}
         return self._request(method='post', data=data, cookies=self.session.cookies)
 
     def _set_torrent_pause(self, result):