diff --git a/src/Monitoring/ThreadWatcher.coffee b/src/Monitoring/ThreadWatcher.coffee
index dcb77be4e..182f17708 100755
--- a/src/Monitoring/ThreadWatcher.coffee
+++ b/src/Monitoring/ThreadWatcher.coffee
@@ -198,6 +198,9 @@ ThreadWatcher =
     req = $.ajax "//a.4cdn.org/#{boardID}/thread/#{threadID}.json",
       onloadend: ->
         ThreadWatcher.parseStatus.call @, thread
+      timeout: $.MINUTE
+    ,
+      whenModified: 'ThreadWatcher'
     ThreadWatcher.requests.push req
 
   parseStatus: ({boardID, threadID, data}) ->