diff --git a/contrib/scripts/readall.sh b/contrib/scripts/readall.sh
index 9fa252e9..26d37e43 100755
--- a/contrib/scripts/readall.sh
+++ b/contrib/scripts/readall.sh
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ if [ "x$1" = "x-R" ]; then
   readargs=$1
   shift
 fi
-for i in `echo "f -F circuit,name" "$@"|nc 127.0.0.1 $port|sort -u|egrep ','`; do
+for i in `echo "f -F circuit,name" "$@"|nc -q 1 127.0.0.1 $port|sort -u|egrep ','`; do
   circuit=${i%%,*}
   name=${i##*,}
   if [ -z "$circuit" ] || [ -z "$name" ] || [ "$circuit,$name" = "scan,id" ]; then
     continue
   fi
-  ret=`echo "r ${readargs} -c $circuit $name" |nc 127.0.0.1 $port|head -n 1`
+  ret=`echo "r ${readargs} -c $circuit $name" |nc -q 1 127.0.0.1 $port|head -n 1`
   echo "$circuit $name = $ret"
 done