diff --git a/global-functions.rsc b/global-functions.rsc
index 50426b69..829cbf27 100644
--- a/global-functions.rsc
+++ b/global-functions.rsc
@@ -559,6 +559,12 @@
 :set FileGet do={
   :local FileName [ :tostr $1 ];
 
+  :global WaitForFile;
+
+  :if ([ $WaitForFile $FileName 0s ] = false) do={
+    :return false;
+  }
+
   :local FileVal false;
   :do {
     :set FileVal [ /file/get $FileName ];
@@ -1771,14 +1777,26 @@
   :global MAX;
 
   :set FileName [ $CleanFilePath $FileName ];
-  :local Delay ([ $MAX [ $EitherOr $WaitTime 2s ] 100ms ] / 10);
+  :local Delay ([ $MAX [ $EitherOr $WaitTime 2s ] 100ms ] / 9);
 
   :do {
-    :retry {
+    :retry { 
+      :if ([ :len [ /file/find where name=$FileName ] ] = 0) do={
+        :error false;
+      }
+    } delay=$Delay max=10;
+  } on-error={
+    :return false;
+  }
+
+  :while ([ :len [ /file/find where name=$FileName ] ] > 0) do={
+    :do {
       /file/get $FileName;
       :return true;
-    } delay=$Delay max=10;
-  } on-error={ }
+    } on-error={ }
+    :delay $Delay;
+    :set Delay ($Delay * 3 / 2);
+  }
 
   :return false;
 }
diff --git a/packages-update.rsc b/packages-update.rsc
index 43f67494..d3140f29 100644
--- a/packages-update.rsc
+++ b/packages-update.rsc
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
       /system/reboot;
     }
 
-    :local Interval [ $IfThenElse ($PackagesUpdateDeferReboot >= 1d) $PackagesUpdateDeferReboot 1d ];
+    :local Interval [ $IfThenElse ([ :totime $PackagesUpdateDeferReboot ] >= 1d) \
+        $PackagesUpdateDeferReboot 1d ];
     :local StartTime [ :tostr [ :totime (10800 + [ $GetRandomNumber 7200 ]) ] ];
     /system/scheduler/add name="_RebootForUpdate" start-time=$StartTime interval=$Interval \
         on-event=("/system/scheduler/remove \"_RebootForUpdate\"; " . \
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@
       :error true;
     }
   } else={
-    :if ($PackagesUpdateDeferReboot = true || $PackagesUpdateDeferReboot >= 1d) do={
+    :if ($PackagesUpdateDeferReboot = true || [ :totime $PackagesUpdateDeferReboot ] >= 1d) do={
       $Schedule $ScriptName;
       :set ExitOK true;
       :error true;