diff --git a/manage-hg_app b/manage-hg_app
--- a/manage-hg_app
+++ b/manage-hg_app
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 ### BEGIN INIT INFO
-# Provides:         pylons-manage          
+# Provides:         manage-hg_app          
 # Required-Start:    $all
 # Required-Stop:     $all
 # Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
diff --git a/pylons_app/lib/backup_manager.py b/pylons_app/lib/backup_manager.py
--- a/pylons_app/lib/backup_manager.py
+++ b/pylons_app/lib/backup_manager.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class BackupManager(object):
                   'backup_file_path':self.backup_file_path,
                   'backup_file_name':self.backup_file_name,
                   }
-        cmd = ['scp', '-i', '%(id_rsa_key)s' % params,
+        cmd = ['scp', '-l', 40000, '-i', '%(id_rsa_key)s' % params,
                '%(backup_file_path)s/%(backup_file_name)s' % params,
                'root@192.168.2.102:/backups/mercurial' % params]