diff --git a/web/clitools/getinstinfo.php b/web/clitools/getinstinfo.php
index 4518d8c..5393fe1 100755
--- a/web/clitools/getinstinfo.php
+++ b/web/clitools/getinstinfo.php
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ if (function_exists('pcntl_signal')) {
 
 $opts=[
 	'hostname'=>null,
-	'timeout'=>10,
+	'conntimeout'=>10,
+	'functimeout'=>20,
 	'ldtoots'=>40,// number of toots to check with the automatic language detection function
 	'dryrun'=>false,
 	'fetchusers'=>false,
@@ -59,8 +60,6 @@ $opts=[
 
 $msglevs=['Debug', 'Info', 'Warning', 'Error', 'None'];
 
-$ghtsa=[[' day',' days'],[' hour',' hours'],[' minute',' minutes'],[' second',' seconds']];
-
 $help='SYNOPSIS
 
  '.SNAME.' <hostname> [options]
@@ -88,11 +87,15 @@ OPTIONS
   This option defines how long the script will wait after each failed attempt
   at fetching a chunk of users’ info from the profile directory (see above)
   before retrying.
-  DEFAULT: '.ght($opts['udirfailst'],$ghtsa).'
- -t, --timeout <time>
+  DEFAULT: '.ght($opts['udirfailst'],null,0).'
+ -t, --conntimeout <time>
   Sets the timeout for every connection attempt. See section «TIME
   SPECIFICATION» below to see how to specify time.
-  DEFAULT: '.ght($opts['timeout'],$ghtsa).'
+  DEFAULT: '.ght($opts['conntimeout'],null,0).'
+ -T, --functimeout <time>
+  Sets the timeout for every downloa. See section «TIME SPECIFICATION» below
+  to see how to specify time.
+  DEFAULT: '.ght($opts['functimeout'],null,0).'
  -d, --dryrun
   If this option is set, the script won’t write anything in the database.
  -m, --minmsgimplev <«debug»|«info»|«warning»|«error»|«none»>
@@ -132,11 +135,11 @@ for ($i=1; $i<$argc; $i++) {
 			mexit('option «'.$argv[$i].'» requires a time specification as an argument (use «-h» to read help).'.N,1);
 		$i++;
 		$opts['udirfailst']=parsetime($argv[$i]);
-	} elseif ($argv[$i]=='-t' || $argv[$i]=='--timeout') {
+	} elseif ($argv[$i]=='-t' || $argv[$i]=='--conntimeout') {
 		if ($i+1>=$argc || parsetime($argv[$i+1])===false)
 			mexit('option «'.$argv[$i].'» requires a time specification as an argument (use «-h» to read help).'.N,1);
 		$i++;
-		$opts['timeout']=parsetime($argv[$i]);
+		$opts['conntimeout']=parsetime($argv[$i]);
 	} elseif ($argv[$i]=='-l' || $argv[$i]=='--ldtoots') {
 		if ($i+1>=$argc || preg_match('/^\d+$/',$argv[$i+1])!==1 || $argv[$i+1]+0>40 || $argv[$i+1]+0<10)
 			mexit('option «'.$argv[$i].'» requires a number >= 10 and <= 40 as an argument (use «-h» to read help).'.N,1);
@@ -226,10 +229,10 @@ if ($count>1) {
 	$oidata=null;
 }
 eecho(0,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: trying to fetch nodeinfo specs on https...'.N);
-$buf=@gurl('https://'.$opts['hostname'].'/.well-known/nodeinfo',$opts['timeout']);
+$buf=@gurl('https://'.$opts['hostname'].'/.well-known/nodeinfo',$opts['conntimeout'],$conn['functimeout']);
 if ($buf['cont']===false) {
 	eecho(0,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: trying to fetch nodeinfo specs on http...'.N);
-	$buf=@gurl('http://'.$opts['hostname'].'/.well-known/nodeinfo',$opts['timeout']);
+	$buf=@gurl('http://'.$opts['hostname'].'/.well-known/nodeinfo',$opts['conntimeout'],$conn['functimeout']);
 }
 if ($buf['cont']!==false) {
 	$buf=@json_decode($buf['cont'],true);
@@ -250,7 +253,7 @@ if ($buf['cont']!==false) {
 				$niref=array_shift($nirefs);
 				eecho(1,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: got and successfully parsed nodeinfo specs :-)'.N);
 				eecho(0,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: trying to fetch nodeinfo data...'.N);
-				$buf=@gurl($niref,$opts['timeout']);
+				$buf=@gurl($niref,$opts['conntimeout'],$conn['functimeout']);
 				if ($buf['cont']!==false) {
 					$buf=@json_decode($buf['cont'],true);
 					if (is_array($buf)) {
@@ -295,7 +298,7 @@ if ($buf['cont']!==false) {
 }
 if ($idata['IsMastodon'] && !is_null($idata['Version']) && $idata['Version']>='4.0.0') {
 	eecho(0,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: trying to fetch instance info from API v2...'.N);
-	$buf=@gurl('https://'.$opts['hostname'].'/api/v2/instance',$opts['timeout']);
+	$buf=@gurl('https://'.$opts['hostname'].'/api/v2/instance',$opts['conntimeout'],$conn['functimeout']);
 	if ($buf['cont']!==false) {
 		ckratelimit($buf['headers']);
 		$buf=@json_decode($buf['cont'],true);
@@ -356,7 +359,7 @@ if ($idata['IsMastodon'] && !is_null($idata['Version']) && $idata['Version']>='4
 		eecho(2,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: could not fetch instance info from API v2: '.$buf['emsg'].'.'.N);
 	}
 	eecho(0,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: trying to fetch instance extended description from API v1...'.N);
-	$buf=@gurl('https://'.$opts['hostname'].'/api/v1/instance/extended_description',$opts['timeout']);
+	$buf=@gurl('https://'.$opts['hostname'].'/api/v1/instance/extended_description',$opts['conntimeout'],$conn['functimeout']);
 	if ($buf['cont']!==false) {
 		ckratelimit($buf['headers']);
 		$buf=@json_decode($buf['cont'],true);
@@ -372,7 +375,7 @@ if ($idata['IsMastodon'] && !is_null($idata['Version']) && $idata['Version']>='4
 		eecho(2,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: could not fetch instance extended description from API v1: '.$buf['emsg'].'.'.N);
 	}
 	eecho(0,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: trying to fetch instance domain blocks from API v1...'.N);
-	$buf=@gurl('https://'.$opts['hostname'].'/api/v1/instance/domain_blocks',$opts['timeout']);
+	$buf=@gurl('https://'.$opts['hostname'].'/api/v1/instance/domain_blocks',$opts['conntimeout'],$conn['functimeout']);
 	if ($buf['cont']!==false) {
 		ckratelimit($buf['headers']);
 		$buf=@json_decode($buf['cont'],true);
@@ -406,7 +409,7 @@ if ($idata['IsMastodon'] && !is_null($idata['Version']) && $idata['Version']>='4
 	}
 } else {// we still try to fetch instance info from api v1, if ver. < 4.0.0, since it could be a mastodon instance older than 2.1.2, when nodeinfo was introduced
 	eecho(0,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: trying to fetch instance info from API v1...'.N);
-	$buf=@gurl('https://'.$opts['hostname'].'/api/v1/instance',$opts['timeout']);
+	$buf=@gurl('https://'.$opts['hostname'].'/api/v1/instance',$opts['conntimeout'],$conn['functimeout']);
 	if ($buf['cont']!==false) {
 		ckratelimit($buf['headers']);
 		$buf=@json_decode($buf['cont'],true);
@@ -484,7 +487,7 @@ if ($idata['IsMastodon'] && !is_null($idata['Version']) && $idata['Version']>='4
 
 if ($idata['IsMastodon'] && !is_null($idata['Version']) && $idata['Version']>='2.1.2') {
 	eecho(0,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: trying to fetch instance activity info from API v1...'.N);
-	$buf=@gurl('https://'.$opts['hostname'].'/api/v1/instance/activity',$opts['timeout']);
+	$buf=@gurl('https://'.$opts['hostname'].'/api/v1/instance/activity',$opts['conntimeout'],$conn['functimeout']);
 	if ($buf['cont']!==false) {
 		ckratelimit($buf['headers']);
 		$buf=@json_decode($buf['cont'],true);
@@ -503,7 +506,7 @@ if ($idata['IsMastodon'] && !is_null($idata['Version']) && $idata['Version']>='3
 	eecho(0,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: trying to fetch instance tags trends info from API v1...'.N);
 	$url='https://'.$opts['hostname'].'/api/v1/trends';
 	if ($idata['Version']>='3.5.0') $url.='/tags';
-	$buf=@gurl($url,$opts['timeout']);
+	$buf=@gurl($url,$opts['conntimeout'],$conn['functimeout']);
 	if ($buf['cont']!==false) {
 		ckratelimit($buf['headers']);
 		$buf=@json_decode($buf['cont'],true);
@@ -758,7 +761,7 @@ if ($instanswered && $opts['fetchusers'] && $idata['IsMastodon'] && !is_null($id
 		$offset=$chunk*$limit;
 		for ($att=0; $att<$opts['udiratts']; $att++) {
 			eecho(0,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: trying to fetch chunk '.($chunk+1).' of users info from directory API (attempt '.($att+1).'/'.$opts['udiratts'].')...'.N);
-			$buf=@gurl('https://'.$opts['hostname'].'/api/v1/directory?local=1&order=new&limit='.$limit.'&offset='.$offset,$opts['timeout']);
+			$buf=@gurl('https://'.$opts['hostname'].'/api/v1/directory?local=1&order=new&limit='.$limit.'&offset='.$offset,$opts['conntimeout'],$conn['functimeout']);
 			if ($buf['cont']!==false) {
 				$xrlr=ckratelimit($buf['headers']);
 				eecho(1,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: got chunk '.($chunk+1).' of users info from directory API on attempt '.($att+1).'/'.$opts['udiratts'].' (xrlr: '.$xrlr.') :-)'.N);
@@ -780,7 +783,7 @@ if ($instanswered && $opts['fetchusers'] && $idata['IsMastodon'] && !is_null($id
 							/*if (!isset($user['noindex'])) {
 								$user['noindex']=true;
 								eecho(0,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: «'.$user['username'].'»: «noindex» is undefined, trying to define it by fetching user’s profile page...'.N);
-								$page=gurl($user['url'],$opts['timeout']);
+								$page=gurl($user['url'],$opts['conntimeout'],$conn['functimeout']);
 								// here ckratelimit is not needed because it's a normal web page, not json from mastodon api
 								if ($page['cont']!==false) {
 									//<meta content='noindex, noarchive' name='robots'>
@@ -801,7 +804,7 @@ if ($instanswered && $opts['fetchusers'] && $idata['IsMastodon'] && !is_null($id
 							/*$user['tags']=[];
 							if (!$user['noindex'] && !is_null($idata['Version']) && $idata['Version']>='3.3.0') {
 								eecho(0,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: trying to fetch tags for user «'.$user['username'].'»...'.N);
-								$tags=@gurl('https://'.$opts['hostname'].'/api/v1/accounts/'.$user['id'].'/featured_tags',$opts['timeout']);
+								$tags=@gurl('https://'.$opts['hostname'].'/api/v1/accounts/'.$user['id'].'/featured_tags',$opts['conntimeout'],$conn['functimeout']);
 								if ($tags['cont']!==false) {
 									ckratelimit($tags['headers']);
 									$tags=@json_decode($tags['cont'],true);
@@ -835,7 +838,7 @@ if ($instanswered && $opts['fetchusers'] && $idata['IsMastodon'] && !is_null($id
 					eecho(2,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: last attempt ('.($att+1).'/'.$opts['udiratts'].') on chunk '.($chunk+1).' failed; i give up.'.N);
 					$end=true;
 				} else {
-					eecho(2,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: attempt '.($att+1).'/'.$opts['udiratts'].' on chunk '.($chunk+1).' failed; sleeping for '.ght($opts['udirfailst'],$ghtsa).' before retrying.'.N);
+					eecho(2,'«'.$opts['hostname'].'»: attempt '.($att+1).'/'.$opts['udiratts'].' on chunk '.($chunk+1).' failed; sleeping for '.ght($opts['udirfailst'],null,0).' before retrying.'.N);
 					sleep($opts['udirfailst']);
 				}
 			}
@@ -1066,7 +1069,7 @@ function ckratelimit($httpresphead) {
 	if (isset($headers['date']) && isset($headers['x-ratelimit-reset']) && isset($headers['x-ratelimit-remaining'])) {
 		if ($headers['x-ratelimit-remaining']==0) {
 			$stosl=strtotime($headers['x-ratelimit-reset'])-strtotime($headers['date'])+1;
-			eecho(2,'reached rate limit, sleeping for '.ght($stosl).' ...'.N);
+			eecho(2,'reached rate limit, sleeping for '.ght($stosl,null,0).' ...'.N);
 			sleep($stosl);
 		}
 		return($headers['x-ratelimit-remaining']);
@@ -1090,7 +1093,7 @@ function ckratelimit($httpresphead) {
  */
 function get_api($host, $path) {
 	global $opts;
-	$buf = @gurl('https://'.$host.$path,$opts['timeout']);
+	$buf = @gurl('https://'.$host.$path,$opts['conntimeout'],$conn['functimeout']);
 	if ($buf['cont']!==false) {
 		ckratelimit($buf['headers']);
 		$data = json_decode($buf['cont'], true);