diff --git a/couchpotato/core/notifications/xbmc/__init__.py b/couchpotato/core/notifications/xbmc/__init__.py
index a4808458..e3c467ce 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/notifications/xbmc/__init__.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/notifications/xbmc/__init__.py
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ config = [{
                     'default': '',
                     'type': 'password',
                 },
+                {
+                    'name': 'only_first',
+                    'default': 0,
+                    'type': 'bool',
+                    'advanced': True,
+                    'description': 'Only update the first host when movie snatched, useful for synced XBMC',
+                },
                 {
                     'name': 'on_snatch',
                     'default': 0,
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/notifications/xbmc/main.py b/couchpotato/core/notifications/xbmc/main.py
index 925cb80a..ad6fa605 100755
--- a/couchpotato/core/notifications/xbmc/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/notifications/xbmc/main.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 from couchpotato.core.helpers.variable import splitString
 from couchpotato.core.logger import CPLog
 from couchpotato.core.notifications.base import Notification
+from urllib2 import URLError
 import base64
 import json
+import socket
 import traceback
 import urllib
 
@@ -20,19 +22,30 @@ class XBMC(Notification):
         hosts = splitString(self.conf('host'))
 
         successful = 0
+        max_successful = 0
         for host in hosts:
 
             if self.use_json_notifications.get(host) is None:
                 self.getXBMCJSONversion(host, message = message)
 
             if self.use_json_notifications.get(host):
-                response = self.request(host, [
+                calls = [
                     ('GUI.ShowNotification', {'title': self.default_title, 'message': message, 'image': self.getNotificationImage('small')}),
-                    ('VideoLibrary.Scan', {}),
-                ])
+                ]
+
+                if not self.conf('only_first') or hosts.index(host) == 0:
+                    calls.append(('VideoLibrary.Scan', {}))
+
+                max_successful += len(calls)
+                response = self.request(host, calls)
             else:
                 response = self.notifyXBMCnoJSON(host, {'title':self.default_title, 'message':message})
-                response += self.request(host, [('VideoLibrary.Scan', {})])
+
+                if not self.conf('only_first') or hosts.index(host) == 0:
+                    response += self.request(host, [('VideoLibrary.Scan', {})])
+                    max_successful += 1
+
+                max_successful += 1
 
             try:
                 for result in response:
@@ -44,7 +57,7 @@ class XBMC(Notification):
             except:
                 log.error('Failed parsing results: %s', traceback.format_exc())
 
-        return successful == len(hosts) * 2
+        return successful == max_successful
 
     def getXBMCJSONversion(self, host, message = ''):
 
@@ -53,7 +66,7 @@ class XBMC(Notification):
         # XBMC JSON-RPC version request
         response = self.request(host, [
             ('JSONRPC.Version', {})
-            ])
+        ])
         for result in response:
             if (result.get('result') and type(result['result']['version']).__name__ == 'int'):
                 # only v2 and v4 return an int object
@@ -138,7 +151,7 @@ class XBMC(Notification):
             # <li>Error:<message>
             # </html>
             #
-            response = self.urlopen(server, headers = headers)
+            response = self.urlopen(server, headers = headers, timeout = 3, show_error = False)
 
             if 'OK' in response:
                 log.debug('Returned from non-JSON-type request %s: %s', (host, response))
@@ -149,6 +162,13 @@ class XBMC(Notification):
                 # manually fake expected response array
                 return [{'result': 'Error'}]
 
+        except URLError, e:
+            if isinstance(e.reason, socket.timeout):
+                log.info('Couldn\'t send request to XBMC, assuming it\'s turned off')
+                return [{'result': 'Error'}]
+            else:
+                log.error('Failed sending non-JSON-type request to XBMC: %s', traceback.format_exc())
+                return [{'result': 'Error'}]
         except:
             log.error('Failed sending non-JSON-type request to XBMC: %s', traceback.format_exc())
             return [{'result': 'Error'}]
@@ -177,11 +197,17 @@ class XBMC(Notification):
 
         try:
             log.debug('Sending request to %s: %s', (host, data))
-            rdata = self.urlopen(server, headers = headers, params = data, multipart = True)
-            response = json.loads(rdata)
+            response = self.getJsonData(server, headers = headers, params = data, timeout = 3, show_error = False)
             log.debug('Returned from request %s: %s', (host, response))
 
             return response
+        except URLError, e:
+            if isinstance(e.reason, socket.timeout):
+                log.info('Couldn\'t send request to XBMC, assuming it\'s turned off')
+                return []
+            else:
+                log.error('Failed sending request to XBMC: %s', traceback.format_exc())
+                return []
         except:
             log.error('Failed sending request to XBMC: %s', traceback.format_exc())
             return []