diff --git a/source/de/anomic/search/Switchboard.java b/source/de/anomic/search/Switchboard.java
index 2044f1fba..19b802708 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/search/Switchboard.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/search/Switchboard.java
@@ -345,6 +345,20 @@ public final class Switchboard extends serverSwitch {
         // set the default segment names
         setDefaultSegments();
         
+        // load domainList
+        try {
+        	this.domainList = null;
+        	if(!getConfig("network.unit.domainlist", "").equals("")) {
+        		Reader r = getConfigFileFromWebOrLocally(getConfig("network.unit.domainlist", ""), getAppPath().getAbsolutePath(), new File(this.networkRoot, "domainlist.txt"));
+        		this.domainList = new FilterEngine();
+        		this.domainList.loadList(new BufferedReader(r), null);
+        	}
+		} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+			log.logSevere("CONFIG: domainlist not found: " + e.getMessage());
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			log.logSevere("CONFIG: error while retrieving domainlist: " + e.getMessage());
+		}
+        
         // create a crawler
         crawler = new CrawlSwitchboard(
                 networkName,
@@ -824,15 +838,7 @@ public final class Switchboard extends serverSwitch {
         }
         */
         MultiProtocolURI.addBotInfo(getConfig(SwitchboardConstants.NETWORK_NAME, "") + (isRobinsonMode() ? "-" : "/") + getConfig("network.unit.domain", "global"));
-        
-        try {
-        	this.domainList = null;
-			Reader r = getConfigFileFromWebOrLocally(getConfig("network.unit.domainlist", ""), getAppPath().getAbsolutePath());
-			this.domainList = new FilterEngine();
-			this.domainList.loadList(new BufferedReader(r), null);
-		} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
-		} catch (IOException e) {
-		}
+
     }
     
     public void switchNetwork(final String networkDefinition) {
@@ -917,13 +923,18 @@ public final class Switchboard extends serverSwitch {
             this.webStructure = new WebStructureGraph(log, rankingPath, "LOCAL/010_cr/", getConfig("CRDist0Path", CRDistribution.CR_OWN), new File(queuesRoot, "webStructure.map"));
             
             
+            // load domainList
             try {
             	this.domainList = null;
-    			Reader r = getConfigFileFromWebOrLocally(getConfig("network.unit.domainList", ""), getAppPath().getAbsolutePath());
-    			this.domainList = new FilterEngine();
-    			this.domainList.loadList(new BufferedReader(r), null);
+            	if(!getConfig("network.unit.domainlist", "").equals("")) {
+            		Reader r = getConfigFileFromWebOrLocally(getConfig("network.unit.domainlist", ""), getAppPath().getAbsolutePath(), new File(this.networkRoot, "domainlist.txt"));
+            		this.domainList = new FilterEngine();
+            		this.domainList.loadList(new BufferedReader(r), null);
+            	}
     		} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+    			log.logSevere("CONFIG: domainlist not found: " + e.getMessage());
     		} catch (IOException e) {
+    			log.logSevere("CONFIG: error while retrieving domainlist: " + e.getMessage());
     		}
             
             this.crawlStacker = new CrawlStacker(
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/server/serverSwitch.java b/source/de/anomic/server/serverSwitch.java
index d7c6f3fa0..812f624c3 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/server/serverSwitch.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/server/serverSwitch.java
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@
 package de.anomic.server;
 
 import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
-import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
@@ -43,13 +43,11 @@ import net.yacy.cora.protocol.Domains;
 import net.yacy.cora.protocol.HeaderFramework;
 import net.yacy.cora.protocol.RequestHeader;
 import net.yacy.cora.protocol.http.HTTPClient;
-import net.yacy.kelondro.data.meta.DigestURI;
 import net.yacy.kelondro.logging.Log;
 import net.yacy.kelondro.util.FileUtils;
 import net.yacy.kelondro.workflow.BusyThread;
 import net.yacy.kelondro.workflow.WorkflowThread;
 
-import de.anomic.search.Switchboard;
 import de.anomic.server.serverAccessTracker.Track;
 import de.anomic.server.serverCore.Session;
 
@@ -573,8 +571,9 @@ public class serverSwitch {
      * file may be an url or a filename with path relative to rootPath parameter
      * @param file url or filename
      * @param rootPath searchpath for file
+     * @param file file to use when remote fetching fails (null if unused)
      */
-    public Reader getConfigFileFromWebOrLocally(String uri, String rootPath) throws IOException, FileNotFoundException {
+    public Reader getConfigFileFromWebOrLocally(String uri, String rootPath, File file) throws IOException, FileNotFoundException {
     	if(uri.startsWith("http://") || uri.startsWith("https://")) {
             String[] uris = uri.split(",");
             for (String netdef: uris) {
@@ -586,12 +585,22 @@ public class serverSwitch {
                     client.setHeader(reqHeader.entrySet());
                     byte[] data = client.GETbytes(uri);
                     if (data == null || data.length == 0) continue;
+                    // save locally in case next fetch fails
+                    if (file != null) {
+                    	FileOutputStream f = new FileOutputStream(file);
+                    	f.write(data);
+                    	f.close();
+                    }
                     return new InputStreamReader(new BufferedInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(data)));
                 } catch (final Exception e) {
                     continue;
                 }
             }
-            throw new FileNotFoundException();
+            if (file != null && file.exists()) {
+            	return new FileReader(file);
+            } else {
+            	throw new FileNotFoundException();
+            }
     	} else {
             final File f = (uri.length() > 0 && uri.charAt(0) == '/') ? new File(uri) : new File(rootPath, uri);
             if (f.exists()) {
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/cora/protocol/http/HTTPClient.java b/source/net/yacy/cora/protocol/http/HTTPClient.java
index 03e25754c..ec38df626 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/cora/protocol/http/HTTPClient.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/cora/protocol/http/HTTPClient.java
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ public class HTTPClient {
     	byte[] content = null;
     	try {
     		execute(httpUriRequest);
-    		if (httpResponse == null) return null;
+    		if (httpResponse == null || httpResponse.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() != 200) return null;
         	// get the response body
         	final HttpEntity httpEntity = httpResponse.getEntity();
         	if (httpEntity != null) {