diff --git a/cfg.example.json b/cfg.example.json
index 598a25d..1af6104 100644
--- a/cfg.example.json
+++ b/cfg.example.json
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
     "hbs": {
         "servers": ["127.0.0.1:6030"],
         "timeout": 300,
-        "interval": 60
+        "interval": 60,
+		"callTimeout": 5
     },
     "alarm": {
         "enabled": true,
diff --git a/cron/strategy.go b/cron/strategy.go
index c5e8b69..dbc5450 100644
--- a/cron/strategy.go
+++ b/cron/strategy.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func SyncStrategies() {
 
 func syncStrategies() {
 	var strategiesResponse model.StrategiesResponse
-	err := g.HbsClient.Call("Hbs.GetStrategies", model.NullRpcRequest{}, &strategiesResponse)
+	err := g.HbsClient.CallTimeout("Hbs.GetStrategies", model.NullRpcRequest{}, &strategiesResponse, time.Duration(g.Config().Hbs.CallTimeout)*time.Second)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Println("[ERROR] Hbs.GetStrategies:", err)
 		return
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func rebuildStrategyMap(strategiesResponse *model.StrategiesResponse) {
 
 func syncExpression() {
 	var expressionResponse model.ExpressionResponse
-	err := g.HbsClient.Call("Hbs.GetExpressions", model.NullRpcRequest{}, &expressionResponse)
+	err := g.HbsClient.CallTimeout("Hbs.GetExpressions", model.NullRpcRequest{}, &expressionResponse, time.Duration(g.Config().Hbs.CallTimeout)*time.Second)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Println("[ERROR] Hbs.GetExpressions:", err)
 		return
diff --git a/g/cfg.go b/g/cfg.go
index 74f70b4..93ab404 100644
--- a/g/cfg.go
+++ b/g/cfg.go
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ type RpcConfig struct {
 }
 
 type HbsConfig struct {
-	Servers  []string `json:"servers"`
-	Timeout  int64    `json:"timeout"`
-	Interval int64    `json:"interval"`
+	Servers     []string `json:"servers"`
+	Timeout     int64    `json:"timeout"`
+	Interval    int64    `json:"interval"`
+	CallTimeout int64    `json:"callTimeout"`
 }
 
 type RedisConfig struct {
diff --git a/g/g.go b/g/g.go
index c6f4dfd..49d458f 100644
--- a/g/g.go
+++ b/g/g.go
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ import (
 // change log
 // 2.0.1: bugfix HistoryData limit
 // 2.0.2: clean stale data
+// 2.0.3: add timeout to sync strategies and expressions
 const (
-	VERSION = "2.0.2"
+	VERSION = "2.0.3"
 )
 
 func init() {
diff --git a/g/rpc.go b/g/rpc.go
index f37c272..55db9cd 100644
--- a/g/rpc.go
+++ b/g/rpc.go
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
 package g
 
 import (
-	"github.com/toolkits/net"
 	"log"
 	"math"
-	"net/rpc"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 )
 
 type SingleConnRpcClient struct {
 	sync.Mutex
-	rpcClient  *rpc.Client
+	rpcClient  *TimeoutRpcClient
 	RpcServers []string
 	Timeout    time.Duration
 }
@@ -37,7 +35,7 @@ func (this *SingleConnRpcClient) insureConn() {
 		}
 
 		for _, s := range this.RpcServers {
-			this.rpcClient, err = net.JsonRpcClient("tcp", s, this.Timeout)
+			this.rpcClient, err = NewTimeoutRpcClient("tcp", s, this.Timeout)
 			if err == nil {
 				return
 			}
@@ -69,3 +67,18 @@ func (this *SingleConnRpcClient) Call(method string, args interface{}, reply int
 
 	return err
 }
+
+func (this *SingleConnRpcClient) CallTimeout(method string, args interface{}, reply interface{}, timeout time.Duration) error {
+
+	this.Lock()
+	defer this.Unlock()
+
+	this.insureConn()
+
+	err := this.rpcClient.CallTimeout(method, args, reply, timeout)
+	if err != nil {
+		this.close()
+	}
+
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/g/timeout_rpc_client.go b/g/timeout_rpc_client.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c300be8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/g/timeout_rpc_client.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package g
+
+import (
+	"time"
+	"errors"
+	"net"
+	"net/rpc"
+	"net/rpc/jsonrpc"
+)
+
+type TimeoutRpcClient struct {
+	*rpc.Client
+}
+
+func NewTimeoutRpcClient(network, address string, timeout time.Duration) (*TimeoutRpcClient, error) {
+	conn, err := net.DialTimeout(network, address, timeout)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &TimeoutRpcClient {
+		Client: jsonrpc.NewClient(conn),
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func (this *TimeoutRpcClient) CallTimeout(serviceMethod string, args interface{}, reply interface{}, timeout time.Duration) error {
+	call := this.Go(serviceMethod, args, reply, make(chan *rpc.Call, 1))
+
+	select {
+	case callPtr := <-call.Done:
+		return callPtr.Error
+	case <-time.After(timeout):
+		return errors.New("rpc call timeout")
+	}
+}