diff --git a/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/AdminConnectTimeoutException.java b/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/AdminConnectTimeoutException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e4251807
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/AdminConnectTimeoutException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * arcus-java-client : Arcus Java client
+ * Copyright 2014 JaM2in Co., Ltd.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package net.spy.memcached;
+
+public class AdminConnectTimeoutException extends RuntimeException {
+	
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = -1461409015284668293L;
+
+	public AdminConnectTimeoutException(String message) {
+		super(message);
+	}
+	
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/CacheManager.java b/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/CacheManager.java
index ac85607e..f4402da4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/CacheManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/spy/memcached/CacheManager.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public class CacheManager extends SpyThread implements Watcher,
 
 	private static final int SESSION_TIMEOUT = 15000;
 	
-	private static final long ZK_CONNECT_TIMEOUT = 2000L;
+	private static final long ZK_CONNECT_TIMEOUT = 5000L;
 
 	private final String hostPort;
 
@@ -106,7 +106,11 @@ private void initZooKeeperClient() {
 			zk = new ZooKeeper(hostPort, SESSION_TIMEOUT, this);
 
 			try {
-				zkInitLatch.await(ZK_CONNECT_TIMEOUT, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+				if (zkInitLatch.await(ZK_CONNECT_TIMEOUT, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS) == false) {
+					getLogger().fatal("Connecting to Arcus admin(%s) timed out : %d miliseconds",
+							hostPort, ZK_CONNECT_TIMEOUT);
+					throw new AdminConnectTimeoutException(hostPort);
+				}
 				
 				if (zk.exists(CacheManager.CACHE_LIST_PATH + serviceCode, false) == null) {
 					getLogger().fatal(
@@ -127,6 +131,9 @@ private void initZooKeeperClient() {
 					zk.create(path, null, Ids.OPEN_ACL_UNSAFE,
 							CreateMode.EPHEMERAL);
 				}
+			} catch (AdminConnectTimeoutException e) {
+				shutdownZooKeeperClient();
+				throw e;
 			} catch (NotExistsServiceCodeException e) {
 				shutdownZooKeeperClient();
 				throw e;
@@ -214,6 +221,8 @@ public void run() {
 						try {
 							shutdownZooKeeperClient();
 							initZooKeeperClient();
+						} catch (AdminConnectTimeoutException e) {
+							Thread.sleep(5000L);
 						} catch (NotExistsServiceCodeException e) {
 							Thread.sleep(5000L);
 						} catch (InitializeClientException e) {