diff --git a/config.php-dist b/config.php-dist
index 6561ecbd4..72320bc5f 100644
--- a/config.php-dist
+++ b/config.php-dist
@@ -163,6 +163,27 @@
 	// These two options enable SMTP authentication when sending
 	// outgoing mail. Only used with SMTP_HOST
 
+	// **************************************
+	// *** Update proces tuning settings  ***
+	// **************************************
+
+	define('FEED_FETCH_TIMEOUT', 45);
+	// How may seconds to wait for response when requesting feed from a site
+	// You may need to decease this if you see errors like "MySQL server
+	// has gone away" pop up in your feed update logs after fetching feeds
+	// from slow websites
+
+	define('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('FILE_FETCH_TIMEOUT', 45);
+	// Default timeout when fetching files from remote sites
+
+	define('FILE_FETCH_CONNECT_TIMEOUT', 15);
+	// How many seconds to wait for initial response from website when
+	// fetching files from remote sites
+
 	// ***************************************
 	// *** Other settings (less important) ***
 	// ***************************************
diff --git a/include/functions.php b/include/functions.php
index e86c97474..0d9c154d6 100644
--- a/include/functions.php
+++ b/include/functions.php
@@ -307,8 +307,8 @@
 					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 ($debug_enabled) {
diff --git a/include/sanity_config.php b/include/sanity_config.php
index 9b28e46af..d6be42f26 100644
--- a/include/sanity_config.php
+++ b/include/sanity_config.php
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-<?php # This file has been generated at:  Thu Mar 28 10:05:39 MSK 2013
+<?php # This file has been generated at:  Mon Apr 1 15:06:12 IDT 2013
 define('GENERATED_CONFIG_CHECK', 26);
-$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'); ?>
+$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', 'FEED_FETCH_TIMEOUT', 'FEED_FETCH_NO_CACHE_TIMEOUT', 'FILE_FETCH_TIMEOUT', 'FILE_FETCH_CONNECT_TIMEOUT', 'CHECK_FOR_NEW_VERSION', 'ENABLE_GZIP_OUTPUT', 'PLUGINS', 'CONFIG_VERSION'); ?>