diff --git a/juDFT/usage_data.F90 b/juDFT/usage_data.F90
index 94dd5accf9a950085e45108bb4d3d6abd8ea058e..913c59f7e8842e8f2f569a10cce446713129394e 100644
--- a/juDFT/usage_data.F90
+++ b/juDFT/usage_data.F90
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ CONTAINS
 #else
          !Send using curl
          call execute_command_line(&
-            'curl -X POST -H --connect-timeout 4 "Content-Type: application/json" -d @usage.json https://docker.iff.kfa-juelich.de/fleur-usage-stats/',&
+            'curl -m 5 -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d @usage.json https://docker.iff.kfa-juelich.de/fleur-usage-stats/',&
             exitstat=ierr(1), cmdstat=ierr(2))
          if(all(ierr == 0)) then
             write (*,*) "Usage data send using curl: usage.json"