diff --git a/nlsr-sync-0.0/nlsr.c b/nlsr-sync-0.0/nlsr.c
index 441b333..908a227 100755
--- a/nlsr-sync-0.0/nlsr.c
+++ b/nlsr-sync-0.0/nlsr.c
@@ -888,6 +888,8 @@
 		timeout.tv_usec=time_out_micro_sec % 1000000;
 	}
 
+	timeout.tv_sec = 0;
+	timeout.tv_usec = 499000;
 	
 	int fd;
 	int nread;