diff --git a/apps/federatedfilesharing/appinfo/routes.php b/apps/federatedfilesharing/appinfo/routes.php
index c5822c6b65..ec7b662686 100644
--- a/apps/federatedfilesharing/appinfo/routes.php
+++ b/apps/federatedfilesharing/appinfo/routes.php
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 return [
 	'routes' => [
-		['name' => 'SaveToNextcloud#saveToNextcloud', 'url' => '/saveToNextcloud', 'verb' => 'POST'],
-		['name' => 'SaveToNextcloud#askForFederatedShare', 'url' => '/askForFederatedShare', 'verb' => 'POST'],
+		['name' => 'MountPublicLink#createFederatedShare', 'url' => '/createFederatedShare', 'verb' => 'POST'],
+		['name' => 'MountPublicLink#askForFederatedShare', 'url' => '/askForFederatedShare', 'verb' => 'POST'],
 	]
 ];
diff --git a/apps/federatedfilesharing/lib/Controller/SaveToNextcloudController.php b/apps/federatedfilesharing/lib/Controller/MountPublicLinkController.php
similarity index 95%
rename from apps/federatedfilesharing/lib/Controller/SaveToNextcloudController.php
rename to apps/federatedfilesharing/lib/Controller/MountPublicLinkController.php
index c95b50ecf4..ec70090f97 100644
--- a/apps/federatedfilesharing/lib/Controller/SaveToNextcloudController.php
+++ b/apps/federatedfilesharing/lib/Controller/MountPublicLinkController.php
@@ -37,7 +37,14 @@ use OCP\ISession;
 use OCP\IUserSession;
 use OCP\Share\IManager;
 
-class SaveToNextcloudController extends Controller {
+/**
+ * Class MountPublicLinkController
+ *
+ * convert public links to federated shares
+ *
+ * @package OCA\FederatedFileSharing\Controller
+ */
+class MountPublicLinkController extends Controller {
 
 	/** @var FederatedShareProvider */
 	private $federatedShareProvider;
@@ -61,7 +68,7 @@ class SaveToNextcloudController extends Controller {
 	private $clientService;
 
 	/**
-	 * SaveToNextcloudController constructor.
+	 * MountPublicLinkController constructor.
 	 *
 	 * @param string $appName
 	 * @param IRequest $request
@@ -95,8 +102,7 @@ class SaveToNextcloudController extends Controller {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * save public link to my Nextcloud by asking the owner to create a federated
-	 * share with me
+	 * send federated share to a user of a public link
 	 *
 	 * @NoCSRFRequired
 	 * @PublicPage
@@ -106,7 +112,7 @@ class SaveToNextcloudController extends Controller {
 	 * @param string $password
 	 * @return JSONResponse
 	 */
-	public function saveToNextcloud($shareWith, $token, $password = '') {
+	public function createFederatedShare($shareWith, $token, $password = '') {
 
 		try {
 			list(, $server) = $this->addressHandler->splitUserRemote($shareWith);
@@ -147,7 +153,7 @@ class SaveToNextcloudController extends Controller {
 	 * @param string $name (only for legacy reasons, can be removed with legacyMountPublicLink())
 	 * @return JSONResponse
 	 */
-	public function askForFederatedShare($token, $remote, $password = '', $owner='', $ownerDisplayName = '', $name = '') {
+	public function askForFederatedShare($token, $remote, $password = '', $owner = '', $ownerDisplayName = '', $name = '') {
 		// check if server admin allows to mount public links from other servers
 		if ($this->federatedShareProvider->isIncomingServer2serverShareEnabled() === false) {
 			return new JSONResponse(['message' => $this->l->t('Server to server sharing is not enabled on this server')], Http::STATUS_BAD_REQUEST);
@@ -158,14 +164,15 @@ class SaveToNextcloudController extends Controller {
 		$httpClient = $this->clientService->newClient();
 
 		try {
-			$response = $httpClient->post($remote . '/index.php/apps/federatedfilesharing/saveToNextcloud',
+			$response = $httpClient->post($remote . '/index.php/apps/federatedfilesharing/createFederatedShare',
 				[
 					'body' =>
 						[
 							'token' => $token,
 							'shareWith' => rtrim($shareWith, '/'),
 							'password' => $password
-						]
+						],
+					'connect_timeout' => 10,
 				]
 			);
 		} catch (\Exception $e) {
diff --git a/apps/federatedfilesharing/tests/Controller/SaveToNextcloudControllerTest.php b/apps/federatedfilesharing/tests/Controller/MountPublicLinkControllerTest.php
similarity index 92%
rename from apps/federatedfilesharing/tests/Controller/SaveToNextcloudControllerTest.php
rename to apps/federatedfilesharing/tests/Controller/MountPublicLinkControllerTest.php
index a98e4e4d09..816fc90c4e 100644
--- a/apps/federatedfilesharing/tests/Controller/SaveToNextcloudControllerTest.php
+++ b/apps/federatedfilesharing/tests/Controller/MountPublicLinkControllerTest.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2016, ownCloud, Inc.
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2016, Björn Schießle <bjoern@schiessle.org>
- * 
+ *
  * @license AGPL-3.0
  *
  * This code is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace OCA\FederatedFileSharing\Tests\Controller;
 
 use OC\HintException;
 use OCA\FederatedFileSharing\AddressHandler;
-use OCA\FederatedFileSharing\Controller\SaveToNextcloudController;
+use OCA\FederatedFileSharing\Controller\MountPublicLinkController;
 use OCA\FederatedFileSharing\FederatedShareProvider;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Http;
 use OCP\Files\IRootFolder;
@@ -35,13 +35,12 @@ use OCP\IL10N;
 use OCP\ISession;
 use OCP\IUserManager;
 use OCP\IUserSession;
-use OCP\Share;
 use OCP\Share\IManager;
 use OCP\Share\IShare;
 
-class SaveToNextcloudControllerTest extends \Test\TestCase {
+class MountPublicLinkControllerTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 
-	/** @var  SaveToNextcloudController */
+	/** @var  MountPublicLinkController */
 	private $controller;
 
 	/** @var  \OCP\IRequest | \PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject */
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ class SaveToNextcloudControllerTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 		$this->userSession = $this->getMockBuilder('OCP\IUserSession')->disableOriginalConstructor()->getMock();
 		$this->clientService = $this->getMockBuilder('OCP\Http\Client\IClientService')->disableOriginalConstructor()->getMock();
 
-		$this->controller = new SaveToNextcloudController(
+		$this->controller = new MountPublicLinkController(
 			'federatedfilesharing', $this->request,
 			$this->federatedShareProvider,
 			$this->shareManager,
@@ -107,7 +106,7 @@ class SaveToNextcloudControllerTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * @dataProvider dataTestSaveToNextcloud
+	 * @dataProvider dataTestCreateFederatedShare
 	 *
 	 * @param string $shareWith
 	 * @param bool $validShareWith
@@ -116,7 +115,7 @@ class SaveToNextcloudControllerTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 	 * @param bool $createSuccessful
 	 * @param string $expectedReturnData
 	 */
-	public function testSaveToNextcloud($shareWith, $validShareWith, $token, $validToken, $createSuccessful, $expectedReturnData) {
+	public function testCreateFederatedShare($shareWith, $validShareWith, $token, $validToken, $createSuccessful, $expectedReturnData) {
 		$this->addressHandler->expects($this->any())->method('splitUserRemote')
 			->with($shareWith)
 			->willReturnCallback(
@@ -153,7 +152,7 @@ class SaveToNextcloudControllerTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 				}
 			);
 
-		$result = $this->controller->saveToNextcloud($shareWith, $token);
+		$result = $this->controller->createFederatedShare($shareWith, $token);
 
 		$errorCase = !$validShareWith || !$validToken || !$createSuccessful;
 
@@ -170,7 +169,7 @@ class SaveToNextcloudControllerTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 
 	}
 
-	public function dataTestSaveToNextcloud() {
+	public function dataTestCreateFederatedShare() {
 		return [
 			//shareWith, validShareWith, token, validToken, createSuccessful, expectedReturnData
 			['user@server', true, 'token', true, true, 'server'],
diff --git a/apps/files_sharing/js/public.js b/apps/files_sharing/js/public.js
index 5746f4dbb8..0dfff23599 100644
--- a/apps/files_sharing/js/public.js
+++ b/apps/files_sharing/js/public.js
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ OCA.Sharing.PublicApp = {
 			var ownerDisplayName = $('#save').data('owner-display-name');
 			var name = $('#save').data('name');
 			var isProtected = $('#save').data('protected') ? 1 : 0;
-			OCA.Sharing.PublicApp._saveToNextcloud(remote, token, owner, ownerDisplayName, name, isProtected);
+			OCA.Sharing.PublicApp._createFederatedShare(remote, token, owner, ownerDisplayName, name, isProtected);
 		});
 
 		$('#remote_address').on("keyup paste", function() {
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ OCA.Sharing.PublicApp = {
 	 * @param isProtected
 	 * @private
 	 */
-	_legacySaveToNextcloud: function (remote, token, owner, ownerDisplayName, name, isProtected) {
+	_legacyCreateFederatedShare: function (remote, token, owner, ownerDisplayName, name, isProtected) {
 
 		var location = window.location.protocol + '//' + window.location.host + OC.webroot;
 
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ OCA.Sharing.PublicApp = {
 		}
 	},
 
-	_saveToNextcloud: function (remote, token, owner, ownerDisplayName, name, isProtected) {
+	_createFederatedShare: function (remote, token, owner, ownerDisplayName, name, isProtected) {
 
 		var toggleLoading = function() {
 			var iconClass = $('#save-button-confirm').attr('class');
@@ -358,13 +358,13 @@ OCA.Sharing.PublicApp = {
 		toggleLoading();
 
 		if (remote.indexOf('@') === -1) {
-			this._legacySaveToNextcloud(remote, token, owner, ownerDisplayName, name, isProtected);
+			this._legacyCreateFederatedShare(remote, token, owner, ownerDisplayName, name, isProtected);
 			toggleLoading();
 			return;
 		}
 
 		$.post(
-			OC.generateUrl('/apps/federatedfilesharing/saveToNextcloud'),
+			OC.generateUrl('/apps/federatedfilesharing/createFederatedShare'),
 			{
 				'shareWith': remote,
 				'token': token