diff --git a/src/cgproxyd.hpp b/src/cgproxyd.hpp
index d36b006..cc6abc2 100644
--- a/src/cgproxyd.hpp
+++ b/src/cgproxyd.hpp
@@ -188,8 +188,12 @@ class cgproxyd {
     thread th(SOCKET::startThread, handle_msg_static, move(status));
     socketserver_thread = move(th);
 
-    status_f.wait();
-    info("socketserver thread started");
+    future_status fstatus=status_f.wait_for(chrono::seconds(THREAD_TIMEOUT));
+    if (fstatus == std::future_status::ready) {
+      info("socketserver thread started");
+    }else{
+      error("socketserver thread timeout, maybe failed");
+    }
   }
 
   void startExecsnoopThread() {
@@ -203,8 +207,12 @@ class cgproxyd {
     thread th(EXECSNOOP::_startThread, handle_pid_static, move(status));
     execsnoop_thread = move(th);
 
-    status_f.wait();
-    info("execsnoop thread started");
+    future_status fstatus=status_f.wait_for(chrono::seconds(THREAD_TIMEOUT));
+    if (fstatus == std::future_status::ready) {
+      info("execsnoop thread started");
+    }else{
+      error("execsnoop thread timeout, maybe failed");
+    }
   }
 
   void processRunningProgram() {
diff --git a/src/common.h b/src/common.h
index ac2c01b..cf18383 100644
--- a/src/common.h
+++ b/src/common.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ using namespace std;
 #define CGROUP_PROXY_PRESVERED "/proxy.slice"
 #define CGROUP_NOPROXY_PRESVERED "/noproxy.slice"
 
-#define THREAD_UNDEF 0
+#define THREAD_TIMEOUT 5
 
 #define MSG_TYPE_CONFIG_JSON 1
 #define MSG_TYPE_CONFIG_PATH 2