diff --git a/inc/infoutils.php b/inc/infoutils.php
index 7ceeae8f19f2939601a92c928043d0534b91fe48..dfd6554e73404966fb32e7394708f723b0853b4f 100644
--- a/inc/infoutils.php
+++ b/inc/infoutils.php
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ function checkUpdateMessages(){
 
     // check if new messages needs to be fetched
     if($lm < time()-(60*60*24) || $lm < @filemtime(DOKU_INC.DOKU_SCRIPT)){
+        @touch($cf);
         dbglog("checkUpdatesMessages(): downloading messages.txt");
         $http = new DokuHTTPClient();
-        $http->timeout = 8;
+        $http->timeout = 12;
         $data = $http->get(DOKU_MESSAGEURL.$updateVersion);
         io_saveFile($cf,$data);
-        @touch($cf);
     }else{
         dbglog("checkUpdatesMessages(): messages.txt up to date");
         $data = io_readFile($cf);