diff --git a/YACReader/main_window_viewer.cpp b/YACReader/main_window_viewer.cpp
index 332e79e0..8680fe5a 100644
--- a/YACReader/main_window_viewer.cpp
+++ b/YACReader/main_window_viewer.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #include "shortcuts_dialog.h"
 #include "width_slider.h"
 
+#include <ctime>
+
 MainWindowViewer::MainWindowViewer()
 :QMainWindow(),fullscreen(false),toolbars(true),alwaysOnTop(false),currentDirectory("."),currentDirectoryImgDest(".")
 {
@@ -93,8 +95,13 @@ void MainWindowViewer::setupUI()
 
 	connect(versionChecker,SIGNAL(newVersionDetected()),
 		this,SLOT(newVersion()));
-
-	versionChecker->get(); //TODO
+	
+	QTimer * tT = new QTimer;
+    
+    tT->setSingleShot(true);
+    connect(tT, SIGNAL(timeout()), versionChecker, SLOT(get()));
+	//versionChecker->get(); //TODÓ
+	tT->start(100);
 	
 	viewer->setFocusPolicy(Qt::StrongFocus);
 	
diff --git a/common/check_new_version.cpp b/common/check_new_version.cpp
index e83a4633..675c6c47 100644
--- a/common/check_new_version.cpp
+++ b/common/check_new_version.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 #include <QtGlobal>
 #include <QStringList>
 
+#include <QNetworkAccessManager>
+#include <QEventLoop>
+#include <QTimer>
+#include <QNetworkRequest>
+#include <QNetworkReply>
+
 #define PREVIOUS_VERSION "5.0.0"
 
 HttpVersionChecker::HttpVersionChecker()
@@ -29,14 +35,35 @@ void HttpVersionChecker::get()
 
 void HttpVersionChecker::run()
 {
-    QUrl url("http://code.google.com/p/yacreader/downloads/list");
+	QNetworkAccessManager manager;
+    QEventLoop q;
+    QTimer tT;
+    
+    tT.setSingleShot(true);
+    connect(&tT, SIGNAL(timeout()), &q, SLOT(quit()));
+    connect(&manager, SIGNAL(finished(QNetworkReply*)),&q, SLOT(quit()));
+    QNetworkReply *reply = manager.get(QNetworkRequest(
+                   QUrl("http://code.google.com/p/yacreader/downloads/list")));
+    
+    tT.start(5000); // 5s timeout
+    q.exec();
+    
+    if(tT.isActive()){
+        // download complete
+		checkNewVersion(reply->readAll());
+        tT.stop();
+    } else {
+        // timeout
+    }
+	
+    /*QUrl url("http://code.google.com/p/yacreader/downloads/list");
     QHttp::ConnectionMode mode = QHttp::ConnectionModeHttp;
     http->setHost(url.host(), mode, url.port() == -1 ? 0 : url.port());
     QByteArray path = QUrl::toPercentEncoding(url.path(), "!$&'()*+,;=:@/");
     if (path.isEmpty())
          path = "/";
     httpGetId = http->get(path, 0);
-	exec();
+	exec();*/
 }
 void HttpVersionChecker::readResponseHeader(const QHttpResponseHeader &responseHeader)
 {