diff --git a/src/serversdk/databasemanager.cpp b/src/serversdk/databasemanager.cpp
index 7c99e2e..d4c49c4 100644
--- a/src/serversdk/databasemanager.cpp
+++ b/src/serversdk/databasemanager.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ bool DatabaseManager::openPostgres(const QString &host, const QString &dbName, c
     mDatabase.setHostName(host);
     mDatabase.setUserName(user); // home-office stuff -->> db.setPort(80);
     mDatabase.setPassword(password);
+    // @see https://www.qtcentre.org/threads/39913-QSqlDatabase-connection-timeout
+    mDatabase.setConnectOptions("connect_timeout=10");
 
     int res = mDatabase.open();