diff --git a/gravity-sync.sh b/gravity-sync.sh
index 3b5f794..857e683 100755
--- a/gravity-sync.sh
+++ b/gravity-sync.sh
@@ -648,13 +648,13 @@ function ssh_function {
 	then
 		if [ -z "$SSHPASSWORD" ]
 		then
-			SSH_SEND="timeout ${CMD_TIMEOUT} ${SSH_CMD} -p ${SSH_PORT} -i \"$HOME/${SSH_PKIF}\" -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no ${REMOTE_USER}@${REMOTE_HOST} \"${CMD_REQUESTED}\""
+			SSH_SEND="timeout --preserve-status ${CMD_TIMEOUT} ${SSH_CMD} -p ${SSH_PORT} -i \"$HOME/${SSH_PKIF}\" -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no ${REMOTE_USER}@${REMOTE_HOST} \"${CMD_REQUESTED}\""
 		else
-			SSH_SEND="timeout ${CMD_TIMEOUT} ${SSHPASSWORD} ${SSH_CMD} -p ${SSH_PORT} -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no ${REMOTE_USER}@${REMOTE_HOST} \"${CMD_REQUESTED}\""
+			SSH_SEND="timeout --preserve-status ${CMD_TIMEOUT} ${SSHPASSWORD} ${SSH_CMD} -p ${SSH_PORT} -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no ${REMOTE_USER}@${REMOTE_HOST} \"${CMD_REQUESTED}\""
 		fi
 	elif hash dbclient 2>/dev/null
 	then
-	SSH_SEND="timeout ${CMD_TIMEOUT} ${SSH_CMD} -p ${SSH_PORT} -i \"$HOME/${SSH_PKIF}\" ${REMOTE_USER}@${REMOTE_HOST} \"${CMD_REQUESTED}\""
+	SSH_SEND="timeout --preserve-status ${CMD_TIMEOUT} ${SSH_CMD} -p ${SSH_PORT} -i \"$HOME/${SSH_PKIF}\" ${REMOTE_USER}@${REMOTE_HOST} \"${CMD_REQUESTED}\""
 	fi
 }