diff --git a/custom_components/yeelight_bt/manifest.json b/custom_components/yeelight_bt/manifest.json
index 7e82ea2..f6307bb 100644
--- a/custom_components/yeelight_bt/manifest.json
+++ b/custom_components/yeelight_bt/manifest.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   "dependencies": [],
   "codeowners": ["@hcoohb"],
   "requirements": ["bleak>=0.14.3"],
-  "version": "1.0.1",
+  "version": "1.0.2-candelatest1",
   "iot_class": "local_polling",
   "loggers": ["bleak"]
 }
diff --git a/custom_components/yeelight_bt/yeelightbt.py b/custom_components/yeelight_bt/yeelightbt.py
index d8872d4..1fc3213 100644
--- a/custom_components/yeelight_bt/yeelightbt.py
+++ b/custom_components/yeelight_bt/yeelightbt.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 # 3rd party imports
 from bleak import BleakClient, BleakError
 
+BLEAK_TIMEOUT = 10
+
 NOTIFY_UUID = "8f65073d-9f57-4aaa-afea-397d19d5bbeb"
 CONTROL_UUID = "aa7d3f34-2d4f-41e0-807f-52fbf8cf7443"
 
@@ -126,10 +128,11 @@ async def connect(self, num_tries=3):
                     _LOGGER.debug(f"Connect retry {i}")
                 await self.disconnect()
                 self._client =  BleakClient(self._mac, timeout=10)
-                await self._client.connect()
+                await self._client.connect(timeout=BLEAK_TIMEOUT)
                 self._conn = Conn.UNPAIRED
                 _LOGGER.debug(f"Connected: {self._client.is_connected}")
                 self._client.set_disconnected_callback(self.diconnected_cb)
+                asyncio.sleep(15) # temporary to see if the connection or the request fails
                 _LOGGER.debug("Request Notify")
                 await self._client.start_notify(NOTIFY_UUID, self.notification_handler)
                 await asyncio.sleep(0.3)