diff --git a/admin_autoupdate.php b/admin_autoupdate.php
index 8598a5b0..f9978700 100644
--- a/admin_autoupdate.php
+++ b/admin_autoupdate.php
@@ -43,8 +43,11 @@ if ($page == 'overview') {
 	$log->logAction(\Froxlor\FroxlorLogger::ADM_ACTION, LOG_NOTICE, "checking auto-update");
 
 	// check for new version
-	$latestversion = HttpClient::urlGet(UPDATE_URI);
-
+	try {
+		$latestversion = HttpClient::urlGet(UPDATE_URI, true, 3);
+	} catch (\Exception $e) {
+		\Froxlor\UI\Response::dynamic_error("Version-check currently unavailable, please try again later");
+	}
 	$latestversion = explode('|', $latestversion);
 
 	if (is_array($latestversion) && count($latestversion) >= 1) {
diff --git a/lib/Froxlor/Api/Commands/Froxlor.php b/lib/Froxlor/Api/Commands/Froxlor.php
index 1e427240..85bf5500 100644
--- a/lib/Froxlor/Api/Commands/Froxlor.php
+++ b/lib/Froxlor/Api/Commands/Froxlor.php
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ class Froxlor extends \Froxlor\Api\ApiCommand
 				$this->logger()->logAction(\Froxlor\FroxlorLogger::ADM_ACTION, LOG_NOTICE, "[API] checking for updates");
 
 				// check for new version
-				$latestversion = \Froxlor\Http\HttpClient::urlGet(UPDATE_URI);
+				try {
+					$latestversion = \Froxlor\Http\HttpClient::urlGet(UPDATE_URI, true, 3);
+				} catch (\Exception $e) {
+					$latestversion = \Froxlor\Froxlor::getVersion()."|Version-check currently unavailable, please try again later";
+				}
 				$latestversion = explode('|', $latestversion);
 
 				if (is_array($latestversion) && count($latestversion) >= 1) {
diff --git a/lib/Froxlor/Http/HttpClient.php b/lib/Froxlor/Http/HttpClient.php
index 6f5acb00..5b0e764a 100644
--- a/lib/Froxlor/Http/HttpClient.php
+++ b/lib/Froxlor/Http/HttpClient.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class HttpClient
 	 *
 	 * @return array
 	 */
-	public static function urlGet($url, $follow_location = true)
+	public static function urlGet($url, $follow_location = true, $timeout = 10)
 	{
 		$ch = curl_init();
 		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class HttpClient
 		if ($follow_location) {
 			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
 		}
+		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, (int)$timeout);
 		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
 		$output = curl_exec($ch);
 		if ($output === false) {