diff --git a/ext/vulnmdsrc/nvd/nvd.go b/ext/vulnmdsrc/nvd/nvd.go
index 5be08b97..92775763 100644
--- a/ext/vulnmdsrc/nvd/nvd.go
+++ b/ext/vulnmdsrc/nvd/nvd.go
@@ -57,8 +57,9 @@ type NVDMetadata struct {
 }
 
 type NVDmetadataCVSSv2 struct {
-	Vectors string
-	Score   float64
+	PublishedDateTime string
+	Vectors           string
+	Score             float64
 }
 
 func init() {
@@ -160,8 +161,17 @@ func getDataFeeds(dataFeedHashes map[string]string, localPath string) (map[strin
 				}
 			}
 
+			//A custom HTTP client limiting the amound of Idle connections is helpful when retrieving the feeds from nvd.nist.gov due to the number of timeouts.
+			var netClient = &http.Client{}
+			tr := &http.Transport{
+				MaxIdleConns:        20,
+				MaxIdleConnsPerHost: 20,
+			}
+
+			netClient = &http.Client{Transport: tr}
+
 			// Download data feed.
-			r, err := http.Get(fmt.Sprintf(dataFeedURL, dataFeedName))
+			r, err := netClient.Get(fmt.Sprintf(dataFeedURL, dataFeedName))
 			if err != nil {
 				log.WithError(err).WithField(logDataFeedName, dataFeedName).Error("could not download NVD data feed")
 				return dataFeedReaders, dataFeedHashes, commonerr.ErrCouldNotDownload
diff --git a/ext/vulnmdsrc/nvd/xml.go b/ext/vulnmdsrc/nvd/xml.go
index 99e1420d..31ca35a2 100644
--- a/ext/vulnmdsrc/nvd/xml.go
+++ b/ext/vulnmdsrc/nvd/xml.go
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ type nvd struct {
 }
 
 type nvdEntry struct {
-	Name string  `xml:"http://scap.nist.gov/schema/vulnerability/0.4 cve-id"`
-	CVSS nvdCVSS `xml:"http://scap.nist.gov/schema/vulnerability/0.4 cvss"`
+	Name              string  `xml:"http://scap.nist.gov/schema/vulnerability/0.4 cve-id"`
+	CVSS              nvdCVSS `xml:"http://scap.nist.gov/schema/vulnerability/0.4 cvss"`
+	PublishedDateTime string  `xml:"http://scap.nist.gov/schema/vulnerability/0.4 published-datetime"`
 }
 
 type nvdCVSS struct {
@@ -64,8 +65,9 @@ func init() {
 func (n nvdEntry) Metadata() *NVDMetadata {
 	metadata := &NVDMetadata{
 		CVSSv2: NVDmetadataCVSSv2{
-			Vectors: n.CVSS.BaseMetrics.String(),
-			Score:   n.CVSS.BaseMetrics.Score,
+			PublishedDateTime: n.PublishedDateTime,
+			Vectors:           n.CVSS.BaseMetrics.String(),
+			Score:             n.CVSS.BaseMetrics.Score,
 		},
 	}