diff --git a/restore_file.sh b/restore_file.sh
index 77646ca641493e03dea56ad38fd0230d0035537f..24198b485518ee824330313811460916d5cfa501 100755
--- a/restore_file.sh
+++ b/restore_file.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ export PASSPHRASE="$encpass"
 export FTP_PASSWORD="$ftppass"
 
 set -x
-/usr/bin/duplicity   --verbosity $verbosity $delay --file-to-restore "$restore_path" $remote "$destination_path"
+/usr/bin/duplicity   --verbosity $verbosity \
+    --timeout $timeout \
+    $delay \
+    --file-to-restore "$restore_path" \
+    $remote "$destination_path"
 set +x
 
 unset PASSPHRASE