diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 00e26173..61a48785 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -2224,6 +2224,11 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	struct tm tm;
 	struct pool *pool;
 
+	/* This dangerous functions tramples random dynamically allocated
+	 * variables so do it before anything at all */
+	if (unlikely(curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL)))
+		return 1;
+
 	/* This dangerous functions tramples random dynamically allocated
 	 * variables so do it before anything at all */
 	if (unlikely(curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL)))
diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index 02a488ea..6357c254 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -250,7 +250,6 @@ json_t *json_rpc_call(CURL *curl, const char *url,
 	struct curl_slist *headers = NULL;
 	char len_hdr[64], user_agent_hdr[128];
 	char curl_err_str[CURL_ERROR_SIZE];
-	long timeout = longpoll ? (60 * 60) : (60 * 10);
 	struct header_info hi = { };
 	bool lp_scanning = false;
 
@@ -272,7 +271,6 @@ json_t *json_rpc_call(CURL *curl, const char *url,
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_READDATA, &upload_data);
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER, curl_err_str);
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
-	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, timeout);
 	if (lp_scanning) {
 		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION, resp_hdr_cb);
 		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HEADERDATA, &hi);