diff --git a/src/com/sheepit/client/Server.java b/src/com/sheepit/client/Server.java
index 1d4b1a5..f6d5c82 100644
--- a/src/com/sheepit/client/Server.java
+++ b/src/com/sheepit/client/Server.java
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ public class Server extends Thread implements HostnameVerifier, X509TrustManager
 			}
 			else {
 				System.out.println("Server::requestJob url " + url_contents + " r " + r + " contentType " + contentType);
-				if (r == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_UNAVAILABLE) {
+				if (r == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_UNAVAILABLE || r == HttpURLConnection. HTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT) {
 					// most likely varnish is up but apache down
 					throw new FermeServerDown();
 				}