diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/PluginUpdateChecker.java b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/PluginUpdateChecker.java
index 98ad9f603..235bf3731 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/PluginUpdateChecker.java
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/PluginUpdateChecker.java
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ public class PluginUpdateChecker extends UpdateHandler {
             try {
                 _get = new PartialEepGet(_context, proxyHost, proxyPort, _baos, _xpi2pURL, TrustedUpdate.HEADER_BYTES);
                 _get.addStatusListener(PluginUpdateCheckerRunner.this);
-                _get.fetch();
+                _get.fetch(CONNECT_TIMEOUT);
             } catch (Throwable t) {
                 _log.error("Error checking update for plugin", t);
             }
diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/PluginUpdateHandler.java b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/PluginUpdateHandler.java
index ce6017036..25514992c 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/PluginUpdateHandler.java
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/PluginUpdateHandler.java
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ public class PluginUpdateHandler extends UpdateHandler {
                     else
                         _get = new EepGet(_context, 1, _updateFile, _xpi2pURL, false);
                     _get.addStatusListener(PluginUpdateRunner.this);
-                    _get.fetch();
+                    _get.fetch(CONNECT_TIMEOUT, -1, shouldProxy ? INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT : NOPROXY_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT);
                 } catch (Throwable t) {
                     _log.error("Error downloading plugin", t);
                 }
diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/UnsignedUpdateHandler.java b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/UnsignedUpdateHandler.java
index f72878375..4725f62b1 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/UnsignedUpdateHandler.java
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/UnsignedUpdateHandler.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public class UnsignedUpdateHandler extends UpdateHandler {
                 // 40 retries!!
                 _get = new EepGet(_context, proxyHost, proxyPort, 40, _updateFile, _zipURL, false);
                 _get.addStatusListener(UnsignedUpdateRunner.this);
-                _get.fetch();
+                _get.fetch(CONNECT_TIMEOUT, -1, INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT);
             } catch (Throwable t) {
                 _log.error("Error updating", t);
             }
diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/UpdateHandler.java b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/UpdateHandler.java
index 6ebb2a469..c7a1f695f 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/UpdateHandler.java
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/UpdateHandler.java
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ public class UpdateHandler {
     static final String PROP_UPDATE_IN_PROGRESS = "net.i2p.router.web.UpdateHandler.updateInProgress";
     protected static final String PROP_LAST_UPDATE_TIME = "router.updateLastDownloaded";
 
+    protected static final long CONNECT_TIMEOUT = 55*1000;
+    protected static final long INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT = 5*60*1000;
+    protected static final long NOPROXY_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT = 60*1000;
+
     public UpdateHandler() {
         this(ContextHelper.getContext(null));
     }
@@ -193,7 +197,7 @@ public class UpdateHandler {
                         // no retries
                         _get = new PartialEepGet(_context, proxyHost, proxyPort, _baos, updateURL, TrustedUpdate.HEADER_BYTES);
                         _get.addStatusListener(UpdateRunner.this);
-                        _get.fetch();
+                        _get.fetch(CONNECT_TIMEOUT);
                     } catch (Throwable t) {
                         _isNewer = false;
                     }
@@ -210,7 +214,7 @@ public class UpdateHandler {
                     else
                         _get = new EepGet(_context, 1, _updateFile, updateURL, false);
                     _get.addStatusListener(UpdateRunner.this);
-                    _get.fetch();
+                    _get.fetch(CONNECT_TIMEOUT, -1, shouldProxy ? INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT : NOPROXY_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT);
                 } catch (Throwable t) {
                     _log.error("Error updating", t);
                 }
diff --git a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/EepGet.java b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/EepGet.java
index cbe4b42e7..af6055129 100644
--- a/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/EepGet.java
+++ b/core/java/src/net/i2p/util/EepGet.java
@@ -458,19 +458,32 @@ public class EepGet {
     }
     
     public void stopFetching() { _keepFetching = false; }
+
     /**
-     * Blocking fetch, returning true if the URL was retrieved, false if all retries failed
+     * Blocking fetch, returning true if the URL was retrieved, false if all retries failed.
      *
+     * Header timeout default 45 sec, total timeout default none, inactivity timeout default 60 sec.
      */
     public boolean fetch() { return fetch(_fetchHeaderTimeout); }
+
     /**
      * Blocking fetch, timing out individual attempts if the HTTP response headers
      * don't come back in the time given.  If the timeout is zero or less, this will
      * wait indefinitely.
+     *
+     * Total timeout default none, inactivity timeout default 60 sec.
      */
     public boolean fetch(long fetchHeaderTimeout) {
         return fetch(fetchHeaderTimeout, -1, -1);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Blocking fetch.
+     *
+     * @param fetchHeaderTimeout <= 0 for none (proxy will timeout if none, none isn't recommended if no proxy)
+     * @param totalTimeout <= 0 for default none
+     * @param inactivityTimeout <= 0 for default 60 sec
+     */
     public boolean fetch(long fetchHeaderTimeout, long totalTimeout, long inactivityTimeout) {
         _fetchHeaderTimeout = fetchHeaderTimeout;
         _fetchEndTime = (totalTimeout > 0 ? System.currentTimeMillis() + totalTimeout : -1);
diff --git a/history.txt b/history.txt
index a06d63851..1456fa838 100644
--- a/history.txt
+++ b/history.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
    - Cancel flusher timer in MessageOutputStream when closed
    - Move some createRateStats to ConnectionManager to reduce repeated calls
    - Cleanups, javadocs, logging, volatile, finals
+ * Update: Increase eepget timeouts
 
 2012-06-24 zzz
  * ElGamalAESEngine: Fix bad size estimate when tags are included,