diff --git a/defaults.inc b/defaults.inc
index 58c5493..e288824 100755
--- a/defaults.inc
+++ b/defaults.inc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-VERS=2.3.24-01262024
+VERS=2.3.25-01262024
 
 DS_FOLDER=/opt/idssys/dsmon
 DS_CRONTAB_FOLDER=/opt/idssys/nodemgmt/crontabs
diff --git a/dsmon.sh b/dsmon.sh
index 7df1be8..27662fc 100755
--- a/dsmon.sh
+++ b/dsmon.sh
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ GETCRONTAB(){
 			while read host hostname; do
 				if [ "${host}" != "host" ] && [ "${host}" != "" ]; then
 					# echo -e "${SERVERMON_ID}) ${host} : ${hostname}\nmysqlip=${mysqlip}\n"
-					crontab -l | sshpass -p${1} ssh -t -o 'StrictHostKeyChecking no' nm_crontab_user@${nmip} "cat > ${DS_CRONTAB_FOLDER}/${host}.crontab"
+					crontab -l | sshpass -p${1} ssh -tq -o ConnectTimeout=3 -o ConnectionAttempts=1 -o 'StrictHostKeyChecking no' nm_crontab_user@${nmip} "cat > ${DS_CRONTAB_FOLDER}/${host}.crontab"
 				fi
 			done <<< $(MYSQL_PWD="sysmoninsert" mysql -h ${mysqlip} -u sysmoninsert -e "SELECT host,hostname FROM servermonitor.hosts WHERE id=${SERVERMON_ID}")
 		fi