diff --git a/AntMinerGetAllpool b/AntMinerGetAllpool
index 419db08..6215f39 100755
--- a/AntMinerGetAllpool
+++ b/AntMinerGetAllpool
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ set -o nounset
 
 ADDRESS=$1
 PORT=$2
+TIMEOUT=0.5
 
-pools_raw=`echo '{"command":"pools"}' | nc $ADDRESS $PORT | tr -d '\0\n'`
+pools_raw=`echo '{"command":"pools"}' | timeout $TIMEOUT nc $ADDRESS $PORT | tr -d '\0\n'`
 pools_raw=$(sed 's/}{/\},{/' <<< "$pools_raw")
 POOLS=$(jq '.POOLS' <<< "$pools_raw")
 
diff --git a/AntMinerGetAllstats b/AntMinerGetAllstats
index 75e9b69..b8193c5 100755
--- a/AntMinerGetAllstats
+++ b/AntMinerGetAllstats
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ set -o nounset
 
 ADDRESS=$1
 PORT=$2
+TIMEOUT=0.5
 
-stats_raw=`echo '{"command":"stats"}' | nc $ADDRESS $PORT | tr -d '\0\n'`
+stats_raw=`echo '{"command":"stats"}' | timeout $TIMEOUT nc $ADDRESS $PORT | tr -d '\0\n'`
 stats_raw=$(sed 's/}{/\},{/' <<< "$stats_raw")
 
 STATS=$(jq '.STATS' <<< "$stats_raw")