diff --git a/lib/browser.js b/lib/browser.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/browser.js
+++ b/lib/browser.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ const request = require('request'),
 const defaults = {
         rejectUnauthorized: false,
         jar: request.jar(),
+        timeout: 15000,
         headers: {
             'X-Requested-With': 'XMLHttpRequest',
             'User-Agent': 'SockBot/' + packageInfo.version + ' (' + packageInfo.releaseName +
set request timeout to prevent requests wandering off into la-la land