diff --git a/src/system/httptool.cpp b/src/system/httptool.cpp
index 8be1e838b..de17a1c0c 100644
--- a/src/system/httptool.cpp
+++ b/src/system/httptool.cpp
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ printf("url is %s\n", URL.c_str());
 		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, userAgent.c_str());
 		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOSIGNAL, (long)1);
 		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 1800);
+		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 10);
 #ifdef DEBUG
 		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1);
 #endif