diff --git a/uci_bkp.sh b/uci_bkp.sh
index 8b17728..bc2fa2b 100644
--- a/uci_bkp.sh
+++ b/uci_bkp.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ echo "# [*] Creating backup on router $HOST..."
 echo '' > "$BACKUP_NAME"
 
 #sshpass -p "$ROUTER_PASS" ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no $ROUTER_USER@$ROUTER_HOST << 'EOH'
-sshpass -p "$ROUTER_PASS" ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o HostKeyAlgorithms=+ssh-rsa \
+sshpass -p "$ROUTER_PASS" ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o HostKeyAlgorithms=+ssh-rsa -o ConnectTimeout=10 \
     "$ROUTER_USER@$HOST" \
     "lFILES='$FILES'" 'sh -s' << 'EOH' >> "$BACKUP_NAME" || true
 # Create OpenWRT uci-defaults file for image builder