diff --git a/tunnel/src/tunnel.nim b/tunnel/src/tunnel.nim
index d08ea94..d35d31c 100644
--- a/tunnel/src/tunnel.nim
+++ b/tunnel/src/tunnel.nim
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ proc activateTunnel(name: string, port: int) =
   echo "activating connection to: ", name
   if not check(name):
     startSsh(name)
-  quit execCmd &"""ssh -fNL "{port}:localhost:{port}" {name}"""
+  quit execCmd &"""ssh -fqNL "{port}:localhost:{port}" {name}"""
 
 proc deactivateTunnels(name: string) =
   echo "deactivating connection to: ", name