diff --git a/capsules_to_ignore.txt b/capsules_to_ignore.txt
index 09b700e..8618544 100644
--- a/capsules_to_ignore.txt
+++ b/capsules_to_ignore.txt
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ geddit.glv.one
 geddit.pitr.ca
 # ignore medusae
 medusae.space
+# ignore some german guy's gemlog
+g.dumke.me
diff --git a/zenit-reindexer.py b/zenit-reindexer.py
index e8bc59e..157ae30 100644
--- a/zenit-reindexer.py
+++ b/zenit-reindexer.py
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ def grab_content(url,redirect_num=0):
 	else:
 		ctx = globals()["ctx"]
 	with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,socket.SOCK_STREAM) as s:
+		s.settimeout(5)
 		ss = ctx.wrap_socket(s,server_hostname=parsed.hostname)
 		try:
 			ss.connect((parsed.hostname,parsed.port or 1965))
@@ -107,6 +108,9 @@ def grab_content(url,redirect_num=0):
 		except ConnectionRefusedError:
 			print("Connection refused!",file=sys.stderr)
 			return b'', 'application/octet-stream'
+		except socket.timeout:
+			print("Timeout!",file=sys.stderr)
+			return b'', 'application/octet-stream'
 		except ssl.CertificateError as e:
 			print(e.args[0],file=sys.stderr)
 			return b'', 'application/octet-stream'
@@ -141,7 +145,7 @@ def grab_content(url,redirect_num=0):
 			# Return the header with a mimetype of text/plain. If this were a real library I might throw an error here, but this is just to make Zenit work.
 			return header.decode("utf-8"), "text/plain"
 
-CAPSULES_IN_ORBIT = set()
+CAPSULES_IN_ORBIT = set(["g.dumke.me"]) # temporary change to remove a certain link
 import copy
 links = copy.deepcopy(URLS)[1:] # skip main link
 
diff --git a/zenit.py b/zenit.py
index 9ea697d..b07d39a 100644
--- a/zenit.py
+++ b/zenit.py
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ def grab_content(url,redirect_num=0):
 	else:
 		ctx = globals()["ctx"]
 	with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,socket.SOCK_STREAM) as s:
+		s.settimeout(5)
 		ss = ctx.wrap_socket(s,server_hostname=parsed.hostname)
 		try:
 			ss.connect((parsed.hostname,parsed.port or 1965))
@@ -107,6 +108,9 @@ def grab_content(url,redirect_num=0):
 		except ConnectionRefusedError:
 			print("Connection refused!")
 			return b'', 'application/octet-stream'
+		except socket.timeout:
+			print("Connection refused!")
+			return b'', 'application/octet-stream'
 		except ssl.CertificateError as e:
 			print(f"Certificate error for domain {parsed.hostname}: {e.args[0]}")
 			return b'', 'application/octet-stream'