diff --git a/workflow/public_html/pmGmail/sso.php b/workflow/public_html/pmGmail/sso.php
index 06d8fe743..300330268 100644
--- a/workflow/public_html/pmGmail/sso.php
+++ b/workflow/public_html/pmGmail/sso.php
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?php
+session_start();
 require_once (dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../../gulliver/system/class.bootstrap.php');
 
 $gmailToken = $_GET['gmailToken'];
@@ -123,6 +124,8 @@ if ($action == "draft"){
 	curl_setopt( $curlApp, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
 	curl_setopt( $curlApp, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER,false);
 	curl_setopt( $curlApp, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 0);
+	curl_setopt( $curlApp, CURLOPT_FRESH_CONNECT, true);
+	curl_setopt( $curlApp, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS, 1);
 
 	$curl_response_app = curl_exec( $curlApp );
 	curl_close( $curlApp );