diff --git a/htroot/yacysearch.java b/htroot/yacysearch.java
index 7e3b3055e..398c928e6 100644
--- a/htroot/yacysearch.java
+++ b/htroot/yacysearch.java
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public class yacysearch {
         // get query
         String originalquerystring = (post == null) ? "" : post.get("query", post.get("search", "")).trim();
         String querystring =  originalquerystring.replace('+', ' ');
-        CrawlProfile.CacheStrategy snippetFetchStrategy = (post != null && post.get("verify", "false").equals("true")) ? CrawlProfile.CacheStrategy.IFFRESH : CrawlProfile.CacheStrategy.parse(post.get("verify", "cacheonly"));
+        CrawlProfile.CacheStrategy snippetFetchStrategy = (post != null && post.get("verify", "false").equals("true")) ? CrawlProfile.CacheStrategy.IFEXIST : CrawlProfile.CacheStrategy.parse(post.get("verify", "cacheonly"));
         if (snippetFetchStrategy == null) snippetFetchStrategy = CrawlProfile.CacheStrategy.CACHEONLY;
         final serverObjects prop = new serverObjects();