diff --git a/HowtoFail2Ban.md b/HowtoFail2Ban.md
index 66cccd77..cfc00299 100644
--- a/HowtoFail2Ban.md
+++ b/HowtoFail2Ban.md
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ Le contournement est de mettre en place un cron `/etc/cron.daily/fail2ban_dbpurg
 
 ~~~
 #!/bin/sh
-sqlite3 /var/lib/fail2ban/fail2ban.sqlite3 "DELETE FROM bans WHERE datetime('now', '-86400 second') > datetime(timeofban, 'unixepoch'); VACUUM;"
+sqlite3 /var/lib/fail2ban/fail2ban.sqlite3 ".timeout 5000; DELETE FROM bans WHERE datetime('now', '-86400 second') > datetime(timeofban, 'unixepoch'); VACUUM;"
 ~~~
 
 Notons que la commande `VACUUM` va copier la base en supprimant les espaces inutilisés dans la nouvelle base.