diff --git a/BaseModels/mailSender.py b/BaseModels/mailSender.py
index 9bde30e..c3b7598 100644
--- a/BaseModels/mailSender.py
+++ b/BaseModels/mailSender.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def send_mail_by_SMTPlib(sets, subject, from_email, to_init, html_content, smtp_
 
         print('connect to mail server')
 
-        mail_lib = smtplib.SMTP(smtp_server, smtp_port)
+        mail_lib = smtplib.SMTP(smtp_server, smtp_port, timeout=60)
 
         print('connection established')