diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 9a2332db5..056b1e70c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 
+15 Dec 2013, version 0.5.7
+
+- try to fetch package from uplinks if user requested a tarball we don't know about (issue #29)
+- security fix: set express.js to production mode so we won't return stack traces to the user in case of errors
+
 11 Dec 2013, version 0.5.6
 
 - fixing a few crashes related to tags
diff --git a/lib/up-storage.js b/lib/up-storage.js
index 70ee6ca14..f3a72fe14 100644
--- a/lib/up-storage.js
+++ b/lib/up-storage.js
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ Storage.prototype.request = function(options, cb) {
 
 Storage.prototype.status_check = function(alive) {
 	if (arguments.length === 0) {
+		return true // hold off this feature until v0.6.0
+
 		if (!this.is_alive && Math.abs(Date.now() - this.is_alive_time) < 2*60*1000) {
 			return false
 		} else {