diff --git a/_unittests/ut_cli/test_pymy_install_cli.py b/_unittests/ut_cli/test_pymy_install_cli.py
index d0bea28b..f567cfcc 100644
--- a/_unittests/ut_cli/test_pymy_install_cli.py
+++ b/_unittests/ut_cli/test_pymy_install_cli.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def test_install_download(self):
             this, "..", "..", "src", "pymyinstall", "cli", "pymy_install.py"))
         cmd = "{0} {1} {2} --force --folder={3}".format(
             sys.executable, script, "colorama xlrd --download", temp)
-        out, err = run_cmd(cmd, wait=True, fLOG=fLOG)
+        out, err = run_cmd(cmd, wait=True, fLOG=fLOG, communicate=False, timeout=20)
         fLOG("----", cmd)
         fLOG(out.replace("\r", "").replace("\n\n", "\n"))
         fLOG("-----")