diff --git a/classes/Tools.php b/classes/Tools.php
index 5a1fed65a..85dac07bb 100644
--- a/classes/Tools.php
+++ b/classes/Tools.php
@@ -1286,7 +1286,7 @@ class ToolsCore
 			$curl = curl_init();
 			curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
 			curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
-			curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, $curl_timeout);
+			curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 5);
 			curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, $curl_timeout);
 			curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);			
 			$opts = stream_context_get_options($stream_context);