2 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/src/luarocks/core/cfg.lua b/src/luarocks/core/cfg.lua
index c420c5bd..acda1e46 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/core/cfg.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/core/cfg.lua
@@ -188,8 +188,9 @@ local function make_defaults(lua_version, target_cpu, platforms, home)
       hooks_enabled = true,
       deps_mode = "one",
       check_certificates = false,
-      
-      cache_timeout = 10,
+
+      cache_timeout = 60,
+      cache_fail_timeout = 86400,
       version_check_on_fail = true,
 
       lua_modules_path = "/share/lua/"..lua_version,
diff --git a/src/luarocks/fs/lua.lua b/src/luarocks/fs/lua.lua
index 71529cc0..22bffce0 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/fs/lua.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/fs/lua.lua
@@ -779,11 +779,15 @@ local function http_request(url, filename, http, cache)
       if status or timestamp then
          local unixtime = read_timestamp(filename..".unixtime")
          if unixtime then
-            if os.time() - unixtime < cfg.cache_timeout then
-               if status then
+            local diff = os.time() - tonumber(unixtime)
+            if status then
+               if diff < cfg.cache_fail_timeout then
                   return nil, status, {}
                end
-               return true, nil, nil, true
+            else
+               if diff < cfg.cache_timeout then
+                  return true, nil, nil, true
+               end
             end
          end