diff --git a/net/adblock/Makefile b/net/adblock/Makefile
index de591c49b..08a11d73a 100644
--- a/net/adblock/Makefile
+++ b/net/adblock/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=adblock
-PKG_VERSION:=1.5.2
+PKG_VERSION:=1.5.4
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0+
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Dirk Brenken <dev@brenken.org>
diff --git a/net/adblock/files/adblock-helper.sh b/net/adblock/files/adblock-helper.sh
index 2253075e5..8be994108 100644
--- a/net/adblock/files/adblock-helper.sh
+++ b/net/adblock/files/adblock-helper.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 LC_ALL=C
 PATH="/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
-adb_scriptver="1.5.2"
+adb_scriptver="1.5.4"
 adb_mincfgver="2.5"
 adb_hotplugif=""
 adb_lanif="lan"
@@ -232,8 +232,8 @@ f_envcheck()
             if [ "${package_ok}" = "true" ]
             then
                 adb_fetch="$(which uclient-fetch)"
-                fetch_parm="-q --timeout=${adb_fetchttl}"
-                response_parm="--spider"
+                fetch_parm="-q"
+                response_parm=
             fi
         fi
     fi
@@ -242,10 +242,12 @@ f_envcheck()
         f_depend "wget -" "true"
         if [ "${package_ok}" = "true" ]
         then
-            adb_fetch="$(which wget)"
+            adb_fetch="$(which /usr/bin/wget* | head -1)"
             fetch_parm="--no-config --quiet --tries=1 --no-cache --no-cookies --max-redirect=0 --dns-timeout=${adb_fetchttl} --connect-timeout=${adb_fetchttl} --read-timeout=${adb_fetchttl}"
             response_parm="--spider --server-response"
-        else
+        fi
+        if [ -z "${adb_fetch}" ]
+        then
             rc=-1
             f_log "please install 'uclient-fetch' or 'wget' with ssl support to use adblock"
             f_exit
diff --git a/net/adblock/files/adblock-update.sh b/net/adblock/files/adblock-update.sh
index c7df4ddb1..661081d5c 100755
--- a/net/adblock/files/adblock-update.sh
+++ b/net/adblock/files/adblock-update.sh
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ f_envcheck
 
 # main loop for all block list sources
 #
+f_log "use '${adb_fetch}' for list downloads"
+
 for src_name in ${adb_sources}
 do
     # check disabled sources
@@ -83,7 +85,8 @@ do
     if [ "${src_name}" = "blacklist" ]
     then
         url_time="$(date -r "${url}")"
-    else
+    elif [ -n "${response_parm}" ]
+    then
         url_time="$(${adb_fetch} ${fetch_parm} ${response_parm} "${url}" 2>&1 | awk '$0 ~ /Last-Modified/ {printf substr($0,18)}')"
     fi
     if [ -z "${url_time}" ]