diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index b102d16..e04d2ec 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -1253,7 +1253,11 @@ debug_data_collector()
 		xiin_data_file=$SCRIPT_DATA_DIR/$xiin_data_dir/xiin-sys.txt
 		
 		echo 'Downloading required tree traverse tool xiin...'
-		wget -q -O xiin http://inxi.googlecode.com/svn/branches/xiin/xiin || error_handler 17 'xiin'
+		wget -q -Nc http://inxi.googlecode.com/svn/branches/xiin/xiin
+		# if nothing got downloaded kick out error, otherwise we'll use an older version
+		if [[ $? -gt 0 && ! -f xiin ]];then
+			error_handler 17 'xiin'
+		fi
 		if [[ -n $( grep 'checkPython' xiin ) ]];then
 			echo 'Running xiin tool now on /sys...'
 			python ./xiin -d /sys -f $xiin_data_file || error_handler 19 'xiin'