diff --git a/classes/pluginhost.php b/classes/pluginhost.php
index e87f3a7e..c55667e1 100644
--- a/classes/pluginhost.php
+++ b/classes/pluginhost.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class PluginHost {
 	const HOOK_PREFS_SECTION = 4;
 	const HOOK_PREFS_TABS = 5;
 	const HOOK_FEED_PARSED = 6;
+	const HOOK_UPDATE_TASK = 7;
 
 	function __construct($link) {
 		$this->link = $link;
diff --git a/include/functions.php b/include/functions.php
index 6d82d803..8a3e07da 100644
--- a/include/functions.php
+++ b/include/functions.php
@@ -5013,101 +5013,6 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Status codes:
-	// -1  - never connected
-	// 0   - no data received
-	// 1   - data received successfully
-	// 2   - did not receive valid data
-	// >10 - server error, code + 10 (e.g. 16 means server error 6)
-
-	function get_linked_feeds($link, $instance_id = false) {
-		if ($instance_id)
-			$instance_qpart = "id = '$instance_id' AND ";
-		else
-			$instance_qpart = "";
-
-		if (DB_TYPE == "pgsql") {
-			$date_qpart = "last_connected < NOW() - INTERVAL '6 hours'";
-		} else {
-			$date_qpart = "last_connected < DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL 6 HOUR)";
-		}
-
-		$result = db_query($link, "SELECT id, access_key, access_url FROM ttrss_linked_instances
-			WHERE $instance_qpart $date_qpart ORDER BY last_connected");
-
-		while ($line = db_fetch_assoc($result)) {
-			$id = $line['id'];
-
-			_debug("Updating: " . $line['access_url'] . " ($id)");
-
-			$fetch_url = $line['access_url'] . '/public.php?op=fbexport';
-			$post_query = 'key=' . $line['access_key'];
-
-			$feeds = fetch_file_contents($fetch_url, false, false, false, $post_query);
-
-			// try doing it the old way
-			if (!$feeds) {
-				$fetch_url = $line['access_url'] . '/backend.php?op=fbexport';
-				$feeds = fetch_file_contents($fetch_url, false, false, false, $post_query);
-			}
-
-			if ($feeds) {
-				$feeds = json_decode($feeds, true);
-
-				if ($feeds) {
-					if ($feeds['error']) {
-						$status = $feeds['error']['code'] + 10;
-
-						// access denied
-						if ($status == 16) {
-							db_query($link, "DELETE FROM ttrss_linked_feeds
-								WHERE instance_id = '$id'");
-						}
-					} else {
-						$status = 1;
-
-						if (count($feeds['feeds']) > 0) {
-
-							db_query($link, "DELETE FROM ttrss_linked_feeds
-								WHERE instance_id = '$id'");
-
-							foreach ($feeds['feeds'] as $feed) {
-								$feed_url = db_escape_string($feed['feed_url']);
-								$title = db_escape_string($feed['title']);
-								$subscribers = db_escape_string($feed['subscribers']);
-								$site_url = db_escape_string($feed['site_url']);
-
-								db_query($link, "INSERT INTO ttrss_linked_feeds
-									(feed_url, site_url, title, subscribers, instance_id, created, updated)
-								VALUES
-									('$feed_url', '$site_url', '$title', '$subscribers', '$id', NOW(), NOW())");
-							}
-						} else {
-							// received 0 feeds, this might indicate that
-							// the instance on the other hand is rebuilding feedbrowser cache
-							// we will try again later
-
-							// TODO: maybe perform expiration based on updated here?
-						}
-
-						_debug("Processed " . count($feeds['feeds']) . " feeds.");
-					}
-				} else {
-					$status = 2;
-				}
-
-			} else {
-				$status = 0;
-			}
-
-			_debug("Status: $status");
-
-			db_query($link, "UPDATE ttrss_linked_instances SET
-				last_status_out = '$status', last_connected = NOW() WHERE id = '$id'");
-
-		}
-	}
-
 	function make_feed_browser($link, $search, $limit, $mode = 1) {
 
 		$owner_uid = $_SESSION["uid"];
diff --git a/plugins/instances/instances.php b/plugins/instances/instances.php
index c5d8067a..f95d511f 100644
--- a/plugins/instances/instances.php
+++ b/plugins/instances/instances.php
@@ -16,6 +16,113 @@ class Instances extends Plugin implements IHandler {
 
 		$host->add_hook($host::HOOK_PREFS_TABS, $this);
 		$host->add_handler("pref-instances", "*", $this);
+		$host->add_command("get-feeds", "receive popular feeds from linked instances", $this);
+		$host->add_hook($host::HOOK_UPDATE_TASK, $this);
+	}
+
+	function hook_update_task($args) {
+		_debug("Get linked feeds...");
+		$this->get_linked_feeds($this->link);
+	}
+
+	// Status codes:
+	// -1  - never connected
+	// 0   - no data received
+	// 1   - data received successfully
+	// 2   - did not receive valid data
+	// >10 - server error, code + 10 (e.g. 16 means server error 6)
+
+	function get_linked_feeds($link, $instance_id = false) {
+		if ($instance_id)
+			$instance_qpart = "id = '$instance_id' AND ";
+		else
+			$instance_qpart = "";
+
+		if (DB_TYPE == "pgsql") {
+			$date_qpart = "last_connected < NOW() - INTERVAL '6 hours'";
+		} else {
+			$date_qpart = "last_connected < DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL 6 HOUR)";
+		}
+
+		$result = db_query($link, "SELECT id, access_key, access_url FROM ttrss_linked_instances
+			WHERE $instance_qpart $date_qpart ORDER BY last_connected");
+
+		while ($line = db_fetch_assoc($result)) {
+			$id = $line['id'];
+
+			_debug("Updating: " . $line['access_url'] . " ($id)");
+
+			$fetch_url = $line['access_url'] . '/public.php?op=fbexport';
+			$post_query = 'key=' . $line['access_key'];
+
+			$feeds = fetch_file_contents($fetch_url, false, false, false, $post_query);
+
+			// try doing it the old way
+			if (!$feeds) {
+				$fetch_url = $line['access_url'] . '/backend.php?op=fbexport';
+				$feeds = fetch_file_contents($fetch_url, false, false, false, $post_query);
+			}
+
+			if ($feeds) {
+				$feeds = json_decode($feeds, true);
+
+				if ($feeds) {
+					if ($feeds['error']) {
+						$status = $feeds['error']['code'] + 10;
+
+						// access denied
+						if ($status == 16) {
+							db_query($link, "DELETE FROM ttrss_linked_feeds
+								WHERE instance_id = '$id'");
+						}
+					} else {
+						$status = 1;
+
+						if (count($feeds['feeds']) > 0) {
+
+							db_query($link, "DELETE FROM ttrss_linked_feeds
+								WHERE instance_id = '$id'");
+
+							foreach ($feeds['feeds'] as $feed) {
+								$feed_url = db_escape_string($feed['feed_url']);
+								$title = db_escape_string($feed['title']);
+								$subscribers = db_escape_string($feed['subscribers']);
+								$site_url = db_escape_string($feed['site_url']);
+
+								db_query($link, "INSERT INTO ttrss_linked_feeds
+									(feed_url, site_url, title, subscribers, instance_id, created, updated)
+								VALUES
+									('$feed_url', '$site_url', '$title', '$subscribers', '$id', NOW(), NOW())");
+							}
+						} else {
+							// received 0 feeds, this might indicate that
+							// the instance on the other hand is rebuilding feedbrowser cache
+							// we will try again later
+
+							// TODO: maybe perform expiration based on updated here?
+						}
+
+						_debug("Processed " . count($feeds['feeds']) . " feeds.");
+					}
+				} else {
+					$status = 2;
+				}
+
+			} else {
+				$status = 0;
+			}
+
+			_debug("Status: $status");
+
+			db_query($link, "UPDATE ttrss_linked_instances SET
+				last_status_out = '$status', last_connected = NOW() WHERE id = '$id'");
+
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	function get_feeds() {
+		$this->get_linked_feeds($this->link, false);
 	}
 
 	function get_prefs_js() {
diff --git a/update.php b/update.php
index d039d062..f1396f6e 100755
--- a/update.php
+++ b/update.php
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
 		print "  -feedbrowser        - update feedbrowser\n";
 		print "  -daemon             - start single-process update daemon\n";
 		print "  -cleanup-tags       - perform tags table maintenance\n";
-		print "  -get-feeds          - receive popular feeds from linked instances\n";
 		print "  -import USER FILE   - import articles from XML\n";
 		print "  -quiet              - don't show messages\n";
 		print "  -indexes            - recreate missing schema indexes\n";
@@ -98,7 +97,8 @@
 		$rc = cleanup_tags($link, 14, 50000);
 		_debug("Cleaned $rc cached tags.");
 
-		get_linked_feeds($link);
+		global $pluginhost;
+		$pluginhost->run_hooks($pluginhost::HOOK_UPDATE_TASK, "hook_update_task", $op);
 	}
 
 	if (in_array("-feedbrowser", $op)) {
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@
 
 			_debug("Cleaned $rc cached tags.");
 
-			get_linked_feeds($link);
+			global $pluginhost;
+			$pluginhost->run_hooks($pluginhost::HOOK_UPDATE_TASK, "hook_update_task", $op);
 		}
 
 	}
@@ -145,10 +146,6 @@
 		_debug("$rc tags deleted.\n");
 	}
 
-	if (in_array("-get-feeds", $op)) {
-		get_linked_feeds($link);
-	}
-
 	if (in_array("-import",$op)) {
 		$username = $argv[count($argv) - 2];
 		$filename = $argv[count($argv) - 1];
diff --git a/update_daemon2.php b/update_daemon2.php
index 3e66043a..04a7b0fc 100755
--- a/update_daemon2.php
+++ b/update_daemon2.php
@@ -206,9 +206,8 @@
 
 						_debug("Cleaned $rc cached tags.");
 
-						_debug("Updating linked feeds...");
-						get_linked_feeds($link);
-
+						global $pluginhost;
+						$pluginhost->run_hooks($pluginhost::HOOK_UPDATE_TASK, "hook_update_task", $op);
 					}
 
 					_debug("Elapsed time: " . (time() - $start_timestamp) . " second(s)");