diff --git a/pmagpy/controlled_vocabularies3.py b/pmagpy/controlled_vocabularies3.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100755
--- a/pmagpy/controlled_vocabularies3.py
+++ b/pmagpy/controlled_vocabularies3.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class Vocabulary(object):
         if not requests:
             return False
         try:
-            req = requests.get(url, timeout=3)
+            req = requests.get(url, timeout=.2)
             if not req.ok:
                 return []
             return req
modified:   controlled_vocabularies3.py