diff --git a/src/Jackett.Common/Utils/Clients/HttpWebClient.cs b/src/Jackett.Common/Utils/Clients/HttpWebClient.cs
index 66a79df40..b5680dfed 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Common/Utils/Clients/HttpWebClient.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett.Common/Utils/Clients/HttpWebClient.cs
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ namespace Jackett.Common.Utils.Clients
 
             using (ClearanceHandler clearanceHandlr = new ClearanceHandler())
             {
+                clearanceHandlr.ClearanceDelay = 7000; // 2018/03/22: something odd is going on with cloudflare, for a few users higher delays are needed (depending on which server you end up?)
                 using (HttpClientHandler clientHandlr = new HttpClientHandler
                 {
                     CookieContainer = cookies,
diff --git a/src/Jackett.Common/Utils/Clients/HttpWebClient2.cs b/src/Jackett.Common/Utils/Clients/HttpWebClient2.cs
index d69891626..0b0f638eb 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Common/Utils/Clients/HttpWebClient2.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett.Common/Utils/Clients/HttpWebClient2.cs
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ namespace Jackett.Common.Utils.Clients
         public void CreateClient()
         {
             clearanceHandlr = new ClearanceHandler();
+            clearanceHandlr.ClearanceDelay = 7000; // 2018/03/22: something odd is going on with cloudflare, for a few users higher delays are needed (depending on which server you end up?)
             clientHandlr = new HttpClientHandler
             {
                 CookieContainer = cookies,