diff --git a/gravity-sync.sh b/gravity-sync.sh
index f7febec..b2f486b 100755
--- a/gravity-sync.sh
+++ b/gravity-sync.sh
@@ -298,8 +298,8 @@ function validate_os_sshpass {
 	
 	MESSAGE="Testing SSH Connection"
 	echo -e "${STAT} ${MESSAGE}"
-	# echo -e "${SSHPASSWORD} ssh -o ConnectTimeout=5 -o BatchMode=yes -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no ${REMOTE_USER}@${REMOTE_HOST} 'exit'"
-		${SSHPASSWORD} ssh -o ConnectTimeout=5 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no ${REMOTE_USER}@${REMOTE_HOST} 'exit'
+	echo -e "${SSHPASSWORD} ssh -o ConnectTimeout=5 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no ${REMOTE_USER}@${REMOTE_HOST} 'exit'"
+		timeout 5 ${SSHPASSWORD} ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no ${REMOTE_USER}@${REMOTE_HOST} 'exit'
 			error_validate
 	
 }