diff --git a/src/main/java/de/mrbesen/telegram/TelegramAPI.java b/src/main/java/de/mrbesen/telegram/TelegramAPI.java
index 0b98f17..b891d8d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/mrbesen/telegram/TelegramAPI.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/mrbesen/telegram/TelegramAPI.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.json.JSONObject;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
+import java.net.ConnectException;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLEncoder;
@@ -443,7 +444,7 @@ public class TelegramAPI implements Runnable {
 			log.log("error getting updates.", e);
 
 			try {
-				Thread.sleep(100);
+				Thread.sleep(e instanceof ConnectException ? 10000 : 500);
 			} catch(InterruptedException ignored) {}
 		}
 	}