diff --git a/cron_MINUTE.sh b/cron_MINUTE.sh
index 2d7ccb0..7ad8a2d 100755
--- a/cron_MINUTE.sh
+++ b/cron_MINUTE.sh
@@ -20,9 +20,17 @@ source $HOME/.profile
 
 #### CONTROL STATION IPFS DAEMON
 ## timeout is fixing ipfs minimum response time, before considering stuck process
-IPFSNODEID=$(ipfs --timeout=30s id -f='<id>\n')
-[[ ! $IPFSNODEID && -f /etc/sudoers.d/systemctl ]] && echo "IPFS NOT RUNNING $(date)" >> ~/.zen/restart.txt  && sudo systemctl restart ipfs && exit 1
-[[ ! $IPFSNODEID && "${USER}" == "xbian" ]] && echo "IPFS NOT RUNNING" && sudo service ipfs restart && exit 1
+IPFSNODEID=$(ipfs --timeout=20s id -f='<id>\n')
+howmany=$(cat /tmp/ipfs.timeout)
+if [[ ! $IPFSNODEID ]]; then
+    ## wait a howmany timeout before restarting ipfs
+    howmany=$((howmany + 1)) && echo $howmany > /tmp/ipfs.timeout
+    [ $howmany -gt 3 ] && [[ -f /etc/sudoers.d/systemctl ]] && echo "IPFS NOT RUNNING $(date)" >> ~/.zen/restart.txt && rm /tmp/ipfs.timeout && sudo systemctl restart ipfs
+    exit 1
+else
+    echo 0 > /tmp/ipfs.timeout
+fi
+[ $howmany -gt 3 ] && [[ ! $IPFSNODEID && "${USER}" == "xbian" ]] && echo "IPFS NOT RUNNING" && sudo service ipfs restart && exit 1
 ## CONTROL IPFS IS RUNNING OR RESTART
 YOU=$(ps auxf --sort=+utime | grep -w ipfs | grep -v -E 'color=auto|grep' | tail -n 1 | cut -d " " -f 1)
 if [[ ! ${YOU} ]]; then