diff --git a/gnukebox/scrobble-utils.php b/gnukebox/scrobble-utils.php
index 64f6248a2d1909e37677e0eb5efb710ce7be9e71..a9991db055a8935dd3befafcc1be73f158c2b2d5 100644
--- a/gnukebox/scrobble-utils.php
+++ b/gnukebox/scrobble-utils.php
@@ -239,6 +239,8 @@ function forwardScrobble($userid, $artist, $album, $track, $time, $mbid, $source
 		curl_setopt ($curl_session, CURLOPT_POST, true);
 		curl_setopt ($curl_session, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $post_vars);
 		curl_setopt ($curl_session, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
+		curl_setopt ($curl_session, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 1);
+		curl_setopt ($curl_session, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 1);
 		$response = curl_exec($curl_session);
 
 		curl_close($curl_session);