diff --git a/koboldcpp.py b/koboldcpp.py
index 7af1253d4..f6a4528b7 100644
--- a/koboldcpp.py
+++ b/koboldcpp.py
@@ -3357,7 +3357,7 @@ def make_url_request(url, data, method='POST', headers={}):
         else:
             request = urllib.request.Request(url, headers=headers, method=method)
         response_data = ""
-        with urllib.request.urlopen(request,context=ssl_context) as response:
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(request,context=ssl_context,timeout=300) as response:
             response_data = response.read().decode('utf-8',"ignore")
             json_response = json.loads(response_data)
             return json_response