diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 22f14303bc10b08f81f80d0e3046e0609c1bfb63..e63c0e6b87c8dce4a7089c5124addc98c51174f9 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Suggests: knitr, testthat, usethis, rmarkdown
 VignetteBuilder: knitr
 SystemRequirements: Tested with at least 4 GB RAM.
 NeedsCompilation: no
-Packaged: 2023-07-05 14:07:57 UTC; helge
+Packaged: 2023-07-05 16:26:13 UTC; helge
 Author: Helge Jentsch [aut, cre],
   Maria Bobrowski [aut],
   Johannes Weidinger [aut],
diff --git a/R/WorldClim_download_functions.R b/R/WorldClim_download_functions.R
index d2272a0e5e1eaac108cab81569b496b2f38ea5d0..6b07ad4df91db565ae697f9705d2c1f36e766d56 100644
--- a/R/WorldClim_download_functions.R
+++ b/R/WorldClim_download_functions.R
@@ -1266,14 +1266,15 @@ WorldClim.CMIP_6.download <- function(save.location = "./",
               # if(url.exists(URL.temp)){
               # if(RCurl::urlExists(url = URL.temp)){
               URLstatus <- curl::curl_fetch_memory(url = URL.temp)$status
+              # print(URLstatus)
               if(URLstatus == 200){
                 # clear up the temporary directory
                 unlink(list.files(tempdir(), recursive = T, full.names=T))
                 if(res.temp == "30s"){
                   options(timeout = max(2400, getOption("timeout")))
                 }else{
-                  if(getOption("timeout") != 60){
-                    options(timeout = max(60, getOption("timeout")))
+                  if(getOption("timeout") != 300){
+                    options(timeout = max(300, getOption("timeout")))
                   }
                 }
                 # download file to save location