diff --git a/publish/bb.org_4gb_stable.sh b/publish/bb.org_4gb_stable.sh
index 51b415808bacca0cf37fca9db315ef74ba63b026..26879b98d4942e93757f661fe4bd7182dffd4460 100755
--- a/publish/bb.org_4gb_stable.sh
+++ b/publish/bb.org_4gb_stable.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ options="--img-4gb bone-${image_name} --dtb beaglebone \
 ./RootStock-NG.sh -c bb.org-debian-wheezy-lxde-4gb
 #./RootStock-NG.sh -c bb.org-debian-wheezy-console
 
+keep_net_alive () {
+	sleep 15
+	echo "size [`ls -lh ./bone-${image_name}-4gb.img*`]"
+}
+
 if [ -d ./deploy/${image_name} ] ; then
 	cd ./deploy/${image_name}/
 	sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh ${options}
@@ -27,18 +32,16 @@ if [ -d ./deploy/${image_name} ] ; then
 	if [ -f bone-${image_name}-4gb.img ] ; then
 		sudo chown buildbot.buildbot bone-${image_name}-4gb.img
 
-		echo "env"
-		env
-		echo "ls -lh"
-		ls -lh
-		echo "df -h"
-		df -h
+		keep_net_alive & KEEP_NET_ALIVE_PID=$!
+
 		xz -z -3 -v -v --verbose bone-${image_name}-4gb.img
 
 		#upload:
 		ssh ${ssh_user} mkdir -p ${server_dir}
 		rsync -e ssh -av ./bone-${image_name}-4gb.img.xz ${ssh_user}:${server_dir}/
 
+		[ -e /proc/$KEEP_NET_ALIVE_PID ] && kill $KEEP_NET_ALIVE_PID
+
 		#cleanup:
 		cd ../../
 		rm -rf ./deploy/ || true