diff --git a/scripts/qdrant-sync.sh b/scripts/qdrant-sync.sh
index 6d7e4462..99fee160 100755
--- a/scripts/qdrant-sync.sh
+++ b/scripts/qdrant-sync.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ if [[ -z "$TARGET_ENV" ]]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-LOCAL_QDRANT_URL=${QDRANT_URL:-"http://localhost:16333"}
+LOCAL_QDRANT_URL=${QDRANT_URL:-"http://localhost:6337"}
+TIMEOUT=300 # 5 minutes for large snapshots
 
 get_target_path() {
   case "$1" in
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ echo "🚀 Syncing Qdrant Collection '$COLLECTION' to: $TARGET_ENV"
 
 # 1. Create Snapshot Locally
 echo "📸 1/5 Creating snapshot on local Qdrant ($LOCAL_QDRANT_URL)..."
-SNAPSHOT_INFO=$(curl -s -X POST "$LOCAL_QDRANT_URL/collections/$COLLECTION/snapshots")
+SNAPSHOT_INFO=$(curl --max-time $TIMEOUT -s -X POST "$LOCAL_QDRANT_URL/collections/$COLLECTION/snapshots")
 
 if ! echo "$SNAPSHOT_INFO" | grep -q '"status":"ok"'; then
   echo "❌ Failed to create snapshot."
@@ -65,13 +66,15 @@ echo "   ✅ Snapshot created: $SNAPSHOT_NAME"
 
 # 2. Download Snapshot
 echo "⬇️  2/5 Downloading snapshot..."
-curl -s -o "$WORK_DIR/$SNAPSHOT_NAME" "$LOCAL_QDRANT_URL/collections/$COLLECTION/snapshots/$SNAPSHOT_NAME"
+curl --max-time $TIMEOUT -s -o "$WORK_DIR/$SNAPSHOT_NAME" "$LOCAL_QDRANT_URL/collections/$COLLECTION/snapshots/$SNAPSHOT_NAME"
 echo "   ✅ Downloaded to $WORK_DIR/$SNAPSHOT_NAME"
 
 # 3. Transfer Snapshot
 echo "📤 3/5 Uploading snapshot to Alpha ($SSH_HOST)..."
-ssh "$SSH_HOST" "mkdir -p $TGT_PATH/qdrant_tmp"
-scp "$WORK_DIR/$SNAPSHOT_NAME" "$SSH_HOST:$TGT_PATH/qdrant_tmp/$SNAPSHOT_NAME"
+SSH_OPTS="-o ServerAliveInterval=60 -o ServerAliveCountMax=10 -o ConnectTimeout=30"
+ssh $SSH_OPTS "$SSH_HOST" "mkdir -p $TGT_PATH/qdrant_tmp"
+rsync --partial --progress --timeout=600 -e "ssh $SSH_OPTS" \
+  "$WORK_DIR/$SNAPSHOT_NAME" "$SSH_HOST:$TGT_PATH/qdrant_tmp/$SNAPSHOT_NAME"
 echo "   ✅ Upload complete."
 
 # 4. Restore Snapshot on Remote Server
@@ -82,7 +85,7 @@ echo "🔄 4/5 Restoring snapshot on target container ($QDRANT_CONTAINER)..."
 # - Download snapshot to container
 # - Recover from snapshot file
 
-ssh "$SSH_HOST" << EOF
+ssh $SSH_OPTS "$SSH_HOST" << EOF
   set -e
   # Step A: Copy file into the container
   docker cp "$TGT_PATH/qdrant_tmp/$SNAPSHOT_NAME" $QDRANT_CONTAINER:/qdrant/$SNAPSHOT_NAME