diff --git a/bin/checkalive.sh b/bin/checkalive.sh
index 870ac4e7a..c86565194 100755
--- a/bin/checkalive.sh
+++ b/bin/checkalive.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # add in /etc/crontab
 # 0 *	* * *	yacy    cd /home/yacy/production/bin && ./checkalive.sh
 
-RESULT=`wget --spider http://localhost:8090/Status.html 2>&1`
+RESULT=`wget -t 1 --spider http://localhost:8090/Status.html 2>&1`
 FLAG=0
 
 for x in $RESULT; do