diff --git a/scripts/init.rsc b/scripts/init.rsc
index 23d9593..78acef2 100644
--- a/scripts/init.rsc
+++ b/scripts/init.rsc
@@ -1,29 +1,44 @@
 # Initialize the router with default values, run backup scripts and check for updates!
 
+# Version: 2
+
+# changelog
+# version: 2
+#   - date: 2022-11-18
+#   - introduction of timeout to check internet
+
 :global adminEmail "noreply@example.com"
 :global adminPh 9894998949
 :global genericLogFileName "genericLog"
 :global cloudPass ""
 
-:local waitForDNS do={
-  :local pingIP 1
-  :while ( $pingIP = 1 ) do={ :do { :set pingIP [:resolve g.co] } on-error={ :delay 60s } }
+:global waitForDNS do={
+:local pingIP 1
+:local isUP 0
+:local timeout 5
+
+  :while ( $pingIP = 1 ) do={
+     :do { :set $pingIP [:resolve g.co] } on-error={
+        :delay 60s
+        :set isUP ($isUP+1)
+        :if ($isUP = $timeout) do={ :error "Internet timed out after $timeout minutes!" }
+     }
+  }
 }
 $waitForDNS
 
-# /system ntp client set enabled=yes
-:delay 3s
+# /system ntp client set enabled=yes; :delay 3s
 
-:log info "\nInit script has started..."
+:log info "Init script has started..."
 
 /system script
 
 :local commonScripts {"backup-cron"; "backup-scripts"; "cloud-backup"; "firmware-check-rb"; "firmware-check-ros";}
 :local initScripts ($commonScripts, "firmware-check-lte")
 
-:foreach scriptName in $initScripts do={ 
+:foreach scriptName in $initScripts do={
   :do { run $scriptName } on-error={ :log error "Error running the script $scriptName\n" }
   :delay 30s
 }
 
-:log info "Init script finished execution!\n"
+:log info "Init script finished execution!"