diff --git a/utils/http.c b/utils/http.c
index 4b02391..4f008a7 100644
--- a/utils/http.c
+++ b/utils/http.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static void http_curl_reset(mfhttp * conn)
     curl_easy_setopt(conn->curl_handle, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 0L);
 
     // it should never take 5 seconds to establish a connection to the server
-    curl_easy_setopt(conn->curl_handle, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT_MS, 5000L);
+    curl_easy_setopt(conn->curl_handle, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 5);
 
     //curl_easy_setopt(conn->curl_handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0L);
 }