diff --git a/couchpotato/core/plugins/base.py b/couchpotato/core/plugins/base.py
index d91fc6c7..74905a31 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/plugins/base.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/plugins/base.py
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class Plugin(object):
                 log.error("Something went wrong when finishing the plugin function. Could not find the 'is_running' key")
 
 
-    def getCache(self, cache_key, url = None, timeout = 300, url_timeout = 10):
+    def getCache(self, cache_key, url = None, *args, **kwargs):
         cache = Env.get('cache').get(cache_key)
         if cache:
             if not Env.get('dev'): log.debug('Getting cache %s' % cache_key)
@@ -206,8 +206,14 @@ class Plugin(object):
 
         if url:
             try:
-                data = self.urlopen(url, timeout = url_timeout)
-                self.setCache(cache_key, data, timeout = timeout)
+
+                cache_timeout = 300
+                if kwargs.get('cache_timeout'):
+                    cache_timeout = kwargs.get('cache_timeout')
+                    del kwargs['cache_timeout']
+
+                data = self.urlopen(url, *args, **kwargs)
+                self.setCache(cache_key, data, timeout = cache_timeout)
                 return data
             except:
                 pass
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/providers/movie/imdbapi/main.py b/couchpotato/core/providers/movie/imdbapi/main.py
index 933538c2..e65048bc 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/providers/movie/imdbapi/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/providers/movie/imdbapi/main.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class IMDBAPI(MovieProvider):
             return {}
 
         cache_key = 'imdbapi.cache.%s' % identifier
-        cached = self.getCache(cache_key, self.urls['info'] % identifier, url_timeout = 3)
+        cached = self.getCache(cache_key, self.urls['info'] % identifier, timeout = 3)
 
         if cached:
             result = self.parseMovie(cached)
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/providers/nzb/nzbmatrix/main.py b/couchpotato/core/providers/nzb/nzbmatrix/main.py
index 8e82133b..e2b426b0 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/providers/nzb/nzbmatrix/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/providers/nzb/nzbmatrix/main.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class NZBMatrix(NZBProvider, RSS):
         cache_key = 'nzbmatrix.%s.%s' % (movie['library'].get('identifier'), cat_ids)
         single_cat = True
 
-        data = self.getCache(cache_key, url)
+        data = self.getCache(cache_key, url, cache_timeout = 1800, headers = {'User-Agent': 'CouchPotato'})
         if data:
             try:
                 try: