diff --git a/services/client-updates-daemon b/services/client-updates-daemon
index 69e7666a4..29a5d5678 100755
--- a/services/client-updates-daemon
+++ b/services/client-updates-daemon
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ class Entropy(Client):
 
     def init_singleton(self):
         Client.init_singleton(self, load_ugc = False,
-            url_fetcher = DaemonUrlFetcher, repo_validation = False)
+            url_fetcher = DaemonUrlFetcher, repo_validation = False,
+            xcache = False)
         self.updateProgress(
             "Loading Entropy Updates daemon: check every %ss, logfile: %s" % (
                 CHECK_DELAY_SECS, DAEMON_LOGFILE,)
@@ -151,6 +152,10 @@ class UpdatesDaemon(dbus.service.Object):
         dbus.service.Object.__init__ (self, system_bus, object_path)
         write_output("__init__: dbus service loaded")
 
+        # this seems to avoid race conditions
+        # with dbus service not being available
+        time.sleep(2)
+
 
     def start(self):
         self.stop()