diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index bd742f71c..6009539b9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ python:
   - "pypy"
   - "pypy3"
 install:
-  - pip install coveralls
+  - pip install pylint flake8 coveralls
   - pip install -r requirements.txt
 script:
-  nosetests --with-coverage --cover-package telegram/
+  - nosetests --with-coverage --cover-package telegram/
+  - flake8 telegram
+  - 'if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION != 2.6 ]]; then pylint -E telegram; fi'
 after_success:
   coveralls
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 74031d835..7f8527ba2 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+**2015-11-11**
+
+*Released 2.9.2*
+
+- Error handling on request timeouts has been improved
+
 **2015-11-10**
 
 *Released 2.9.1*
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 5d717915e..ab68ae745 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ author = u'Leandro Toledo'
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = '2.9'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '2.9.1'
+release = '2.9.2'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/examples/echobot.py b/examples/echobot.py
index c9e9992e3..949b0255a 100644
--- a/examples/echobot.py
+++ b/examples/echobot.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
-# Simple Bot to reply Telegram messages
+# Simple Bot to reply to Telegram messages
 # Copyright (C) 2015 Leandro Toledo de Souza <leandrotoeldodesouza@gmail.com>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -19,13 +20,16 @@
 
 import logging
 import telegram
+from time import sleep
 
-
-LAST_UPDATE_ID = None
+try:
+    from urllib.error import URLError
+except ImportError:
+    from urllib2 import URLError  # python 2
 
 
 def main():
-    global LAST_UPDATE_ID
+    update_id = None
 
     logging.basicConfig(
         format='%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
@@ -33,33 +37,35 @@ def main():
     # Telegram Bot Authorization Token
     bot = telegram.Bot('TOKEN')
 
-    # This will be our global variable to keep the latest update_id when requesting
-    # for updates. It starts with the latest update_id if available.
-    try:
-        LAST_UPDATE_ID = bot.getUpdates()[-1].update_id
-    except IndexError:
-        LAST_UPDATE_ID = None
-
     while True:
-        echo(bot)
+        try:
+            update_id = echo(bot, update_id)
+        except telegram.TelegramError as e:
+            # These are network problems with Telegram.
+            if e.message in ("Bad Gateway", "Timed out"):
+                sleep(1)
+            else:
+                raise e
+        except URLError as e:
+            # These are network problems on our end.
+            sleep(1)
 
 
-def echo(bot):
-    global LAST_UPDATE_ID
+def echo(bot, update_id):
 
-    # Request updates after the last updated_id
-    for update in bot.getUpdates(offset=LAST_UPDATE_ID, timeout=10):
-        # chat_id is required to reply any message
+    # Request updates after the last update_id
+    for update in bot.getUpdates(offset=update_id, timeout=10):
+        # chat_id is required to reply to any message
         chat_id = update.message.chat_id
-        reply_text = update.message.text
+        update_id = update.update_id + 1
+        message = update.message.text
 
-        if reply_text:
-            # Reply the message
+        if message:
+            # Reply to the message
             bot.sendMessage(chat_id=chat_id,
-                            text=reply_text)
+                            text=message)
 
-        # Updates global offset to get the new updates
-        LAST_UPDATE_ID = update.update_id + 1
+    return update_id
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a12c9936d..317d47da9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def requirements():
 
 setup(
     name='python-telegram-bot',
-    version='2.9.1',
+    version='2.9.2',
     author='Leandro Toledo',
     author_email='leandrotoledodesouza@gmail.com',
     license='LGPLv3',
diff --git a/telegram/utils/request.py b/telegram/utils/request.py
index 87ccccc4c..430d98482 100644
--- a/telegram/utils/request.py
+++ b/telegram/utils/request.py
@@ -110,7 +110,11 @@ def post(url,
         if error.getcode() == 502:
             raise TelegramError('Bad Gateway')
 
-        message = _parse(error.read())
+        try:
+            message = _parse(error.read())
+        except ValueError:
+            message = 'Unknown HTTPError'
+
         raise TelegramError(message)
     except (SSLError, socket.timeout) as error:
         if "operation timed out" in str(error):