diff --git a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/api/MastodonAPIController.java b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/api/MastodonAPIController.java
index 560f81fbf..32b7cad8d 100644
--- a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/api/MastodonAPIController.java
+++ b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/api/MastodonAPIController.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
@@ -51,7 +52,9 @@ public class MastodonAPIController{
 			.registerTypeAdapter(Status.class, new Status.StatusDeserializer())
 			.create();
 	private static WorkerThread thread=new WorkerThread("MastodonAPIController");
-	private static OkHttpClient httpClient=new OkHttpClient.Builder().build();
+	private static OkHttpClient httpClient=new OkHttpClient.Builder()
+			.readTimeout(5, TimeUnit.MINUTES)
+			.build();
 
 	private AccountSession session;
 	private static List<String> badDomains = new ArrayList<>();