diff --git a/javasource/sftpconnection/helpers/HandleFileSftp.java b/javasource/sftpconnection/helpers/HandleFileSftp.java
index bcce7c1..7fbee92 100644
--- a/javasource/sftpconnection/helpers/HandleFileSftp.java
+++ b/javasource/sftpconnection/helpers/HandleFileSftp.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import com.jcraft.jsch.SftpException;
 import com.mendix.core.Core;
 import com.mendix.core.CoreException;
+import com.mendix.logging.ILogNode;
 import com.mendix.systemwideinterfaces.MendixRuntimeException;
 import com.mendix.systemwideinterfaces.core.IContext;
 import com.mendix.systemwideinterfaces.core.IMendixObject;
@@ -44,6 +45,14 @@
 public class HandleFileSftp {
 	
 	public static HashMap<String, Session> userSession = new HashMap<String, Session>();
+
+	private static MendixLogger mxLogger;
+	static ILogNode logger = Core.getLogger("SFTP module");
+	
+	static {
+		mxLogger = new MendixLogger();
+		JSch.setLogger(mxLogger);
+	}
 	
 	
 	public static ChannelSftp createSFTPChannel(Session session) throws JSchException {
@@ -121,9 +130,7 @@ public static Session createSession(SFTPConfiguration sftpConfiguration, IContex
 
 		JSch jsch = new JSch();
 		java.util.Properties config = new java.util.Properties();
-	
-		
-		
+		config.put("PreferredAuthentications", "publickey,password"); // this setting forces to use only (by the module) supported authentication methods and avoids timeouts when trying others
 		
 		if (!sftpConfiguration.getStrictHostkeyChecking()) {
 			config.put("StrictHostKeyChecking", "no");
@@ -226,6 +233,7 @@ public static ArrayList<IMendixObject> getFileListFromSFTP(SFTPConfiguration sft
 		String remoteSource = sftpConfiguration.getRemoteSourceFolder(context);
 		
 		Session session = createSession(sftpConfiguration, context);
+		session.connect();
 		ChannelSftp sftpChannel = createSFTPChannel(session);
 
 		try {
@@ -366,4 +374,35 @@ public static Boolean generateKeyPair(PrivateKey privateKey, PublicKey publicKey
 	
 	return true;
 	}
+	
+	public static class MendixLogger implements com.jcraft.jsch.Logger {
+
+			
+		@Override
+		public boolean isEnabled(int arg0) {
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public void log(int level, String message) {
+			switch (level) {
+			case DEBUG:
+				logger.trace(message);
+				break;
+			case INFO:
+				logger.debug(message);
+				break;
+			case WARN:
+				logger.warn(message);
+				break;
+			case ERROR:
+				logger.error(message);
+				break;
+			case FATAL:
+				logger.critical(message);
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		
+	}
 }