diff --git a/htroot/ViewProfile.html b/htroot/ViewProfile.html
index 7b82dbcda..e5624ccce 100644
--- a/htroot/ViewProfile.html
+++ b/htroot/ViewProfile.html
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
 #(success)#
 Wrong access of this page
 ::
-The requested peer is not known or a potential peer, what means the peer's profile can't be fetched, because he is behind a firewall.
+The requested peer is unknown or a potential peer.<br>
+The profile can't be fetched.
 ::
 The peer #[peername]# is not online.
 ::
diff --git a/htroot/ViewProfile.java b/htroot/ViewProfile.java
index 4c6bfd079..3117236a5 100644
--- a/htroot/ViewProfile.java
+++ b/htroot/ViewProfile.java
@@ -105,26 +105,31 @@ public class ViewProfile {
             yacySeed seed = yacyCore.seedDB.getConnected(hash);
             if (seed == null) {
                 seed = yacyCore.seedDB.getDisconnected(hash);
-                if (seed == null) {
-                    prop.put("success", "1"); // peer unknown
-                } else {
-                    prop.put("success", "2"); // peer known, but disconnected
-                    prop.put("success_peername", seed.getName());
-                }
+                long lastseen = Math.abs((System.currentTimeMillis() - seed.getLastSeenTime()) / 1000 / 60);
+                if (lastseen > 120) seed = null; // if contact is too old, we treat it as disconnected
+            }
+            if (seed == null) {
+                prop.put("success", "1"); // peer unknown
             } else {
-                prop.put("success", "3"); // everything ok
                 // process news if existent
                 try {
                     yacyNewsRecord record = yacyCore.newsPool.getByOriginator(yacyNewsPool.INCOMING_DB, "prfleupd", seed.hash);
                     if (record != null) yacyCore.newsPool.moveOff(yacyNewsPool.INCOMING_DB, record.id());
                 } catch (IOException e) {}
-
-                // read profile from other peer
+                
+                // try to get the profile from remote peer
                 profile = yacyClient.getProfile(seed);
-                yacyCore.log.logInfo("fetched profile:" + profile);
+                
+                // if profile did not arrive, say that peer is disconnected
+                if (profile == null) {
+                    prop.put("success", "2"); // peer known, but disconnected
+                } else {
+                    yacyCore.log.logInfo("fetched profile:" + profile);
+                    prop.put("success", "3"); // everything ok
+                }
+                prop.put("success_peername", seed.getName());
             }
             prop.put("localremotepeer", 1);
-            prop.put("success_peername", seed.getName());
         }
         Iterator i;
         if (profile != null) {
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyClient.java b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyClient.java
index f683af95c..b06888339 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyClient.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyClient.java
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ public final class yacyClient {
             final ArrayList v = httpc.wput(
                     new URL("http://" + address + "/yacy/profile.html"), 
                     yacyCore.seedDB.mySeed.getHexHash() + ".yacyh",
-                    20000, 
+                    10000, 
                     null, 
                     null,
                     (useProxy)?yacyCore.seedDB.sb.remoteProxyConfig:null,