diff --git a/auth/krbldap.py b/auth/krbldap.py
index 2310694..4702d2d 100644
--- a/auth/krbldap.py
+++ b/auth/krbldap.py
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ def Konnection(hosts, username, password):
 
 
 def make_server_pool(hosts):
-    servers = [Server(host, get_info=NONE) for host in hosts]
-    return ServerPool(servers, ROUND_ROBIN, active=True, exhaust=True)
+    servers = [Server(host, get_info=NONE, connect_timeout=3) for host in hosts]
+    return ServerPool(servers, ROUND_ROBIN, active=3, exhaust=True)
 
 
 def make_creds(username, password):