diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ec6d715..7c937e6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,14 +11,16 @@ See working examples in [examples/](https://github.com/db0/pythorhead/tree/main/
 
 # Exceptions
 
-If you want to raise exceptions on failures instead of returning null, pass `raise_exceptions=True` to the `Lemmy()` constructor
+If you want to raise exceptions on failures instead of returning null, pass `raise_exceptions=True` to the `Lemmy()` constructor.
+
+The normal request timeout is 3 seconds. If you want to change this number, you can set it on the constructor uising `request_timeout=`
 
 ## Sample Post Usage
 
 ```python
 from pythorhead import Lemmy
 
-lemmy = Lemmy("https://lemmy.dbzer0.com")
+lemmy = Lemmy("https://lemmy.dbzer0.com",request_timeout=2)
 lemmy.log_in("username", "password")
 community_id = lemmy.discover_community("botart")
 lemmy.post.create(community_id, "Hello Lemmy World")
diff --git a/examples/user.py b/examples/user.py
index 9eccfe5..0c0dd9d 100644
--- a/examples/user.py
+++ b/examples/user.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import argparse
 import json
 import os
-
 from pythorhead import Lemmy
 
 arg_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@
 if not lemmy_password:
     lemmy_password = os.getenv("LEMMY_PASSWORD")
 
-lemmy = Lemmy(f"https://{lemmy_domain}")
+lemmy = Lemmy(f"https://{lemmy_domain}", raise_exceptions=True, request_timeout=2)
 if lemmy_username and lemmy_password:
     login = lemmy.log_in(lemmy_username, lemmy_password)
 user = lemmy.user.get(username=args.username)
diff --git a/pythorhead/lemmy.py b/pythorhead/lemmy.py
index d1788a7..60f6cad 100644
--- a/pythorhead/lemmy.py
+++ b/pythorhead/lemmy.py
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ class Lemmy:
     _known_communities = {}
     _requestor: Requestor
 
-    def __init__(self, api_base_url: str, raise_exceptions = False) -> None:
-        self._requestor = Requestor(raise_exceptions)
+    def __init__(self, api_base_url: str, raise_exceptions = False, request_timeout=3) -> None:
+        self._requestor = Requestor(raise_exceptions, request_timeout)
         self._requestor.set_domain(api_base_url)
         self.post = Post(self._requestor)
         self.community = Community(self._requestor)
diff --git a/pythorhead/requestor.py b/pythorhead/requestor.py
index 022d2c9..0bf198e 100644
--- a/pythorhead/requestor.py
+++ b/pythorhead/requestor.py
@@ -26,11 +26,13 @@ class Requestor:
     nodeinfo: Optional[dict] = None
     domain: Optional[str] = None
     raise_exceptions: Optional[bool] = False
+    request_timeout: Optional[int] = 3
 
-    def __init__(self, raise_exceptions = False):
+    def __init__(self, raise_exceptions = False, request_timeout = 3):
         self._auth = Authentication()
         self.set_api_base_url = self._auth.set_api_base_url
         self.raise_exceptions = raise_exceptions
+        self.request_timeout = request_timeout
 
     def set_domain(self, domain: str):
         self.domain = domain
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ def api(self, method: Request, endpoint: str, **kwargs) -> Optional[dict]:
                 "Sec-GPC": "1",
                 "User-Agent": "pythorhead/0.5",
             }
-            r = REQUEST_MAP[method](f"{self._auth.api_url}{endpoint}", headers = headers, **kwargs)
+            r = REQUEST_MAP[method](f"{self._auth.api_url}{endpoint}", headers = headers, timeout=self.request_timeout , **kwargs)
         except Exception as err:
             if not self.raise_exceptions:
                 logger.error(f"Error encountered while {method} on endpoint {endpoint}: {err}")
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ def image(self, method: Request, **kwargs) -> Optional[dict]:
         cookies = {}
         if self._auth.token:
             cookies["jwt"] = self._auth.token
-        r = REQUEST_MAP[method](self._auth.image_url, cookies=cookies, **kwargs)
+        r = REQUEST_MAP[method](self._auth.image_url, cookies=cookies, timeout=self.request_timeout, **kwargs)
         if not r.ok:
             logger.error(f"Error encountered while {method}: {r.text}")
             return