diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionManager.java b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionManager.java
index 7827e2634..7659a1dfc 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionManager.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionManager.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 package processing.app.contrib;
 
 import java.io.*;
+import java.net.SocketTimeoutException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLConnection;
 
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ public class ContributionManager {
     try {
 //      System.out.println("downloading file " + source);
       URLConnection conn = source.openConnection();
-      conn.setConnectTimeout(1000);
+      conn.setConnectTimeout(2000);
       conn.setReadTimeout(5000);
   
       // TODO this is often -1, may need to set progress to indeterminate
@@ -78,6 +79,9 @@ public class ContributionManager {
       out.close();
       success = true;
       
+    } catch (SocketTimeoutException ste) {
+      progress.error(ste);
+      
     } catch (IOException ioe) {
       progress.error(ioe);
       ioe.printStackTrace();
diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionManagerDialog.java b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionManagerDialog.java
index d725151b6..19e5eb3b4 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionManagerDialog.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionManagerDialog.java
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ public class ContributionManagerDialog {
           if (isError()) {
             status.setErrorMessage("An error occured when downloading " +
                                    "the list of available contributions.");
-          } else {
-            status.updateUI();
+//          } else {
+//            status.updateUI();
           }
         }
       });
@@ -289,14 +289,12 @@ public class ContributionManagerDialog {
         disposeFrame();
       }
     });
-    ActionListener disposer = new ActionListener() {
+    // handle window closing commands for ctrl/cmd-W or hitting ESC.
+    Toolkit.registerWindowCloseKeys(dialog.getRootPane(), new ActionListener() {
       public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
         disposeFrame();
       }
-    };
-    Toolkit.registerWindowCloseKeys(dialog.getRootPane(), disposer);
-
-    // handle window closing commands for ctrl/cmd-W or hitting ESC.
+    });
 
     dialog.getContentPane().addKeyListener(new KeyAdapter() {
       public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
@@ -422,7 +420,6 @@ public class ContributionManagerDialog {
     public void updateStyle() {
       if (showingHint) {
         setText(filterHint);
-
         // setForeground(UIManager.getColor("TextField.light")); // too light
         setForeground(Color.gray);
         setFont(getFont().deriveFont(Font.ITALIC));
diff --git a/core/todo.txt b/core/todo.txt
index 6fe4c6140..e9d783727 100644
--- a/core/todo.txt
+++ b/core/todo.txt
@@ -96,10 +96,9 @@ A   https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/1483
 A   http://code.google.com/p/processing/issues/detail?id=1445
 A exit() crashes Java on P2D and 3D when fullscreen only
 A   https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/12
-
 _ Default filter on PGraphics does nothing (JAVA2D) or causes crash (P2D/P3D)
 _   http://code.google.com/p/processing/issues/detail?id=1496
-_   https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/1534
+X   https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/1534
 
 cleaning/earlier
 C textureWrap() CLAMP and REPEAT now added