diff --git a/data/client b/data/client
index 8af272d..a10c338 100644
--- a/data/client
+++ b/data/client
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ start() {
 		local SERVER=$( sed -rn 's/^cl_remote_host\s*=\s*(\S+)\s*$/\1/p' $env_file )
 		for COUNT in $( seq 0 20 )
 		do
-			ping -w2 -c1 $SERVER &>/dev/null && break || sleep 1
+			ping -w4 -i0.5 -c3 $SERVER &>/dev/null && break || sleep 0.5
 		done
 	fi
 	cl-client --mount