diff --git a/update-nutools b/update-nutools
index 09db8f7..233eb9e 100755
--- a/update-nutools
+++ b/update-nutools
@@ -62,16 +62,16 @@ WGET="$(which wget 2>/dev/null)"
 if [ -n "$NUTOOLS_REPO" ]; then
     REPO="$NUTOOLS_REPO"
 elif [ -n "$CURL" ]; then
-    if curl -fs "$PRIV_REPO" >&/dev/null; then
-        REPO="$PRIV_REPO"
-    else
+    if curl -fs -m 3 "$PUB_REPO" >&/dev/null; then
         REPO="$PUB_REPO"
+    else
+        REPO="$PRIV_REPO"
     fi
 elif [ -n "$WGET" ]; then
-    if wget -q -O - "$PRIV_REPO" >&/dev/null; then
-        REPO="$PRIV_REPO"
-    else
+    if wget -q --timeout=3 -O - "$PUB_REPO" >&/dev/null; then
         REPO="$PUB_REPO"
+    else
+        REPO="$PRIV_REPO"
     fi
 else
     REPO="$PUB_REPO"