diff --git a/lib/interface.py b/lib/interface.py
index 954017fd..a576442b 100644
--- a/lib/interface.py
+++ b/lib/interface.py
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ class TcpConnection(threading.Thread, util.PrintError):
                 # try with CA first
                 try:
                     s = ssl.wrap_socket(s, ssl_version=ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_1, cert_reqs=ssl.CERT_REQUIRED, ca_certs=ca_path, do_handshake_on_connect=True)
+                except socket.timeout:
+                    return
                 except ssl.SSLError as e:
                     print_error(e)
                     s = None
@@ -149,6 +151,8 @@ class TcpConnection(threading.Thread, util.PrintError):
                     return
                 try:
                     s = ssl.wrap_socket(s, ssl_version=ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_1, cert_reqs=ssl.CERT_NONE, ca_certs=None)
+                except socket.timeout:
+                    return
                 except ssl.SSLError as e:
                     self.print_error("SSL error retrieving SSL certificate:", e)
                     return