diff --git a/monitarr/libmonitarr/src/actions.cpp b/monitarr/libmonitarr/src/actions.cpp
index b7ebff1..f6dea11 100644
--- a/monitarr/libmonitarr/src/actions.cpp
+++ b/monitarr/libmonitarr/src/actions.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 #include "utils/unix.hpp"
 #include "utils/windows.hpp"
 
+using namespace std::literals::chrono_literals;
+
 namespace monitarr {
 auto create_client(const server_cfg &server) -> httplib::Client {
   httplib::Client cli{server.url};
@@ -38,6 +40,10 @@ auto create_client(const server_cfg &server) -> httplib::Client {
       {"X-Api-Key", server.api_key},
   });
 
+  cli.set_connection_timeout(5s);
+  cli.set_read_timeout(5s);
+  cli.set_write_timeout(5s);
+
   return cli;
 }