diff --git a/index.json b/index.json
index bd993c4..bb9d90d 100644
--- a/index.json
+++ b/index.json
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
 {
   "plugin_manager_url": "http://github.com/bombsquad-community/plugin-manager/{content_type}/{tag}/plugin_manager.py",
   "versions": {
-    "0.1.7": {
-      "api_version": 7,
-      "commit_sha": "09991f7",
-      "released_on": "03-10-2022",
-      "md5sum": "283fdf4b1b16102d77b8b67615780d5d"
-    },
+    "0.1.7": null,
     "0.1.6": {
       "api_version": 7,
       "commit_sha": "2a7ad8e",
@@ -32,4 +27,4 @@
     "http://github.com/bombsquad-community/plugin-manager/{content_type}/{tag}/plugins/maps.json"
   ],
   "external_source_url": "http://github.com/{repository}/{content_type}/{tag}/category.json"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/plugin_manager.py b/plugin_manager.py
index eef9e53..618b139 100644
--- a/plugin_manager.py
+++ b/plugin_manager.py
@@ -920,6 +920,7 @@ class PluginManager:
         self._index = _CACHE.get("index", {})
         self.categories = {}
         self.module_path = sys.modules[__name__].__file__
+        self._index_setup_in_progress = False
 
     async def get_index(self):
         if not self._index:
@@ -932,13 +933,20 @@ class PluginManager:
                 headers=self.request_headers,
             )
             response = await async_send_network_request(request)
-            self._index = json.loads(response.read())
-            self.set_index_global_cache(self._index)
+            index = json.loads(response.read())
+            self.set_index_global_cache(index)
+            self._index = index
         return self._index
 
     async def setup_index(self):
+        while self._index_setup_in_progress:
+            # Avoid making multiple network calls to the same resource in parallel.
+            # Rather wait for the previous network call to complete.
+            await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
+        self._index_setup_in_progress = not bool(self._index)
         index = await self.get_index()
         await self.setup_plugin_categories(index)
+        self._index_setup_in_progress = False
 
     async def setup_plugin_categories(self, plugin_index):
         # A hack to have the "All" category show at the top.