diff --git a/bash_quote b/bash_quote
index 912c4ff..9c3c86c 100755
--- a/bash_quote
+++ b/bash_quote
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Description:            Get a quot from http://danstonchat.com
 
 if [ $(command -v lynx) ]; then
-	lynx --dump --display_charset=utf8 http://danstonchat.com/random0.html | awk '$0~".*Betamod" && $0!~"Score" { getline; while ($0!~"Score") { print $0; getline;}; exit }'
+	lynx -connect_timeout=2 --dump --display_charset=utf8 http://danstonchat.com/random0.html | awk '$0~".*Betamod" && $0!~"Score" { getline; while ($0!~"Score") { print $0; getline;}; exit }'
 else
   printf '%b' "Please install lynx package.\n"
 fi