diff --git a/validate-mcp.sh b/validate-mcp.sh
index 0fb99dc..4a8c735 100755
--- a/validate-mcp.sh
+++ b/validate-mcp.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ INIT_MSG='{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"initialize","params":{"capabilities":{},"pr
 # Test a container with initialize message
 test_mcp_server() {
     local container_name=$1
-    local timeout=${2:-5}
+    local timeout=${2:-10}
     shift 2
     local env_vars=("$@")
 
@@ -26,11 +26,8 @@ test_mcp_server() {
     done
 
     # Run container with stdin input and environment variables
-    result=$(timeout $timeout docker run --rm -i --name "$container_name-test" \
-        $env_args \
-        "$container_name" \
-        <<<"$INIT_MSG" \
-        2>&1)
+    # Note: Using subshell with timeout for the docker run command
+    result=$( (echo "$INIT_MSG" | timeout $timeout docker run --rm -i --name "$container_name-test" $env_args "$container_name" 2>&1) || true )
 
     # Check for valid JSON-RPC response
     if echo "$result" | grep -q '"result"'; then
@@ -65,32 +62,32 @@ test_mcp_server() {
 echo -e "${YELLOW}=== MCP Server Validation ===${NC}\n"
 
 # Stdio-based MCP servers
-test_mcp_server "kneldevstack-aimiddleware-ghost-mcp" \
-    "GHOST_URL=https://ghost.example.com" \
-    "GHOST_API_KEY=dummy-key"
+test_mcp_server "kneldevstack-aimiddleware-ghost-mcp" 5 \
+    "GHOST_API_URL=https://ghost.example.com" \
+    "GHOST_ADMIN_API_KEY=012345678901234567890123:0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123"
 
-test_mcp_server "kneldevstack-aimiddleware-penpot-mcp" \
+test_mcp_server "kneldevstack-aimiddleware-penpot-mcp" 5 \
     "PENPOT_URL=https://design.penpot.app" \
     "PENPOT_TOKEN=dummy-token"
 
-test_mcp_server "kneldevstack-aimiddleware-imap-mcp" \
+test_mcp_server "kneldevstack-aimiddleware-imap-mcp" 5 \
     "IMAP_HOST=imap.example.com" \
     "IMAP_USERNAME=user@example.com" \
     "IMAP_PASSWORD=dummy-password"
 
-test_mcp_server "kneldevstack-aimiddleware-proxmox-mcp" \
+test_mcp_server "kneldevstack-aimiddleware-proxmox-mcp" 5 \
     "PROXMOX_HOST=https://proxmox.example.com" \
     "PROXMOX_USER=root@pam" \
     "PROXMOX_TOKEN=dummy-token" \
     "PROXMOX_NODE=pve"
 
-test_mcp_server "kneldevstack-aimiddleware-context7-mcp"
+test_mcp_server "kneldevstack-aimiddleware-context7-mcp" 5
 
-test_mcp_server "kneldevstack-aimiddleware-docker-mcp"
+test_mcp_server "kneldevstack-aimiddleware-docker-mcp" 5
 
-test_mcp_server "kneldevstack-aimiddleware-drawio-mcp"
+test_mcp_server "kneldevstack-aimiddleware-drawio-mcp" 5
 
-test_mcp_server "kneldevstack-aimiddleware-mcp-redmine" \
+test_mcp_server "kneldevstack-aimiddleware-mcp-redmine" 5 \
     "REDMINE_URL=https://redmine.example.com" \
     "REDMINE_API_KEY=dummy-key"