diff --git a/source/de/anomic/http/JakartaCommonsHttpClient.java b/source/de/anomic/http/JakartaCommonsHttpClient.java
index aca7905d1..0a7e13765 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/http/JakartaCommonsHttpClient.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/http/JakartaCommonsHttpClient.java
@@ -79,13 +79,6 @@ public class JakartaCommonsHttpClient {
         /**
          * set options for client
          */
-        // set user-agent
-        final yacyVersion thisversion = yacyVersion.thisVersion();
-        final String userAgent = "yacy/" + ((thisversion == null) ? "0.0" : thisversion.releaseNr) +
-                " (www.yacy.net; " + de.anomic.http.HttpClient.getSystemOST() + ") " +
-                // last ; must be before location (this is parsed)
-                getCurrentUserAgent().replace(';', ':');
-        apacheHttpClient.getParams().setParameter(HttpMethodParams.USER_AGENT, userAgent);
         // only one retry
         apacheHttpClient.getParams().setParameter(HttpMethodParams.RETRY_HANDLER,
                                                   new DefaultHttpMethodRetryHandler(1, false));
@@ -566,6 +559,13 @@ public class JakartaCommonsHttpClient {
         return (String) apacheHttpClient.getParams().getParameter(HttpMethodParams.USER_AGENT);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param userAgent
+     */
+    public static void setUserAgent(final String userAgent) {
+        apacheHttpClient.getParams().setParameter(HttpMethodParams.USER_AGENT, userAgent);
+    }
+
     /**
      * number of active connections
      * 
diff --git a/source/yacy.java b/source/yacy.java
index 40e14fa80..6695dddba 100644
--- a/source/yacy.java
+++ b/source/yacy.java
@@ -326,6 +326,14 @@ public final class yacy {
             int deleteOldDownloadsAfterDays = (int) sb.getConfigLong("update.deleteOld", 30);
             yacyVersion.deleteOldDownloads(sb.releasePath, deleteOldDownloadsAfterDays );
             
+            // set user-agent
+            final yacyVersion thisversion = yacyVersion.thisVersion();
+            final String userAgent = "yacy/" + ((thisversion == null) ? "0.0" : thisversion.releaseNr) +
+                    " (www.yacy.net; " + de.anomic.http.HttpClient.getSystemOST() + ") " +
+                    // last ; must be before location (this is parsed)
+                    JakartaCommonsHttpClient.getCurrentUserAgent().replace(';', ':');
+            JakartaCommonsHttpClient.setUserAgent(userAgent);
+            
             // start main threads
             final String port = sb.getConfig("port", "8080");
             try {