diff --git a/include/functions.php b/include/functions.php
index f273e2f80..ee575568a 100644
--- a/include/functions.php
+++ b/include/functions.php
@@ -30,6 +30,36 @@
 
 	require_once 'config.php';
 
+	/**
+	 * Define a constant if not already defined
+	 *
+	 * @param string $name The constant name.
+	 * @param mixed $value The constant value.
+	 * @access public
+	 * @return boolean True if defined successfully or not.
+	 */
+	function define_default($name, $value) {
+		// Note: performence freaks should define everything in 
+		// config.php becasue if will make defined() run much faster, 
+		// see comment by 'tris+php at tfconsulting dot com dot au' 
+		// here: 
+		// http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.defined.php#89886
+		defined($name) or define($name, $value);
+	}
+
+	///// Some defaults that you can override in config.php //////
+
+	define_default('FEED_FETCH_TIMEOUT', 45);
+	// How may seconds to wait for response when requesting feed from a site
+	define_default('FEED_FETCH_NO_CACHE_TIMEOUT', 15);
+	// How may seconds to wait for response when requesting feed from a
+	// site when that feed wasn't cached before
+	define_default('FILE_FETCH_TIMEOUT', 45);
+	// Default timeout when fetching files from remote sites
+	define_default('FILE_FETCH_CONNECT_TIMEOUT', 15);
+	// How many seconds to wait for initial response from website when
+	// fetching files from remote sites
+
 	if (DB_TYPE == "pgsql") {
 		define('SUBSTRING_FOR_DATE', 'SUBSTRING_FOR_DATE');
 	} else {
@@ -308,8 +338,8 @@
 					array("If-Modified-Since: ".gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s \G\M\T', $timestamp)));
 			}
 
-			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, $timeout ? $timeout : 15);
-			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, $timeout ? $timeout : 45);
+			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, $timeout ? $timeout : FILE_FETCH_CONNECT_TIMEOUT);
+			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, $timeout ? $timeout : FILE_FETCH_TIMEOUT);
 			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, !ini_get("safe_mode"));
 			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, 20);
 			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_BINARYTRANSFER, true);
diff --git a/include/rssfuncs.php b/include/rssfuncs.php
index e3b1e44b2..ce197156c 100644
--- a/include/rssfuncs.php
+++ b/include/rssfuncs.php
@@ -286,7 +286,8 @@
 				$force_refetch = isset($_REQUEST["force_refetch"]);
 
 				$feed_data = fetch_file_contents($fetch_url, false,
-					$auth_login, $auth_pass, false, $no_cache ? 15 : 45,
+					$auth_login, $auth_pass, false, 
+					$no_cache ? FEED_FETCH_NO_CACHE_TIMEOUT : FEED_FETCH_TIMEOUT,
 					$force_refetch ? 0 : max($last_updated_timestamp, $cache_timestamp));
 
 				if ($debug_enabled) {
diff --git a/include/sanity_config.php b/include/sanity_config.php
index 9b28e46af..cb1c1e8ca 100644
--- a/include/sanity_config.php
+++ b/include/sanity_config.php
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-<?php # This file has been generated at:  Thu Mar 28 10:05:39 MSK 2013
+<?php # This file has been generated at:  Mon Apr 1 18:30:54 IDT 2013
 define('GENERATED_CONFIG_CHECK', 26);
 $requred_defines = array( 'DB_TYPE', 'DB_HOST', 'DB_USER', 'DB_NAME', 'DB_PASS', 'MYSQL_CHARSET', 'SELF_URL_PATH', 'SINGLE_USER_MODE', 'SIMPLE_UPDATE_MODE', 'PHP_EXECUTABLE', 'LOCK_DIRECTORY', 'CACHE_DIR', 'ICONS_DIR', 'ICONS_URL', 'AUTH_AUTO_CREATE', 'AUTH_AUTO_LOGIN', 'FORCE_ARTICLE_PURGE', 'PUBSUBHUBBUB_HUB', 'PUBSUBHUBBUB_ENABLED', 'SPHINX_ENABLED', 'SPHINX_INDEX', 'ENABLE_REGISTRATION', 'REG_NOTIFY_ADDRESS', 'REG_MAX_USERS', 'SESSION_COOKIE_LIFETIME', 'SESSION_CHECK_ADDRESS', 'SMTP_FROM_NAME', 'SMTP_FROM_ADDRESS', 'DIGEST_SUBJECT', 'SMTP_HOST', 'SMTP_PORT', 'SMTP_LOGIN', 'SMTP_PASSWORD', 'CHECK_FOR_NEW_VERSION', 'ENABLE_GZIP_OUTPUT', 'PLUGINS', 'CONFIG_VERSION'); ?>