diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index eea1f366..98f92ba1 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// This adds a quality gate that aborts the pipeline if the quality threshold isn't met
 pipeline {
   agent any
 
@@ -15,8 +16,11 @@ pipeline {
         steps {
             withSonarQubeEnv('sonar-qube-1') {        
               sh "${scannerHome}/bin/sonar-scanner"
-            }   
+        }
+        timeout(time: 10, unit: 'MINUTES'){
+          waitForQualityGate abortPipeline: true
         }
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+}