diff --git a/ApiClient/SpeckleApiClientApiCalls.cs b/ApiClient/SpeckleApiClientApiCalls.cs
index 38d4692..80607d2 100644
--- a/ApiClient/SpeckleApiClientApiCalls.cs
+++ b/ApiClient/SpeckleApiClientApiCalls.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Net;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
@@ -394,7 +395,11 @@ public async System.Threading.Tasks.Task<ResponseUser> UserGetAsync( System.Thre
           }
         }
       }
-      finally
+      catch (TaskCanceledException)
+      {
+        throw new SpeckleException("Connection timeout with Speckle Server", (int)HttpStatusCode.RequestTimeout, null, null, null);
+      }
+			finally
       {
         if ( client_ != null )
           client_.Dispose();
@@ -2391,7 +2396,11 @@ public async System.Threading.Tasks.Task<ResponseStream> StreamGetAsync( string
           }
         }
       }
-      finally
+      catch (TaskCanceledException)
+      {
+        throw new SpeckleException("Connection timeout with Speckle Server", (int)HttpStatusCode.RequestTimeout, null, null, null);
+      }
+			finally
       {
         if ( client_ != null )
           client_.Dispose();
@@ -2688,6 +2697,10 @@ public async System.Threading.Tasks.Task<ResponseObject> StreamGetObjectsAsync(
 
             return default( ResponseObject );
           }
+          catch (TaskCanceledException)
+          {
+            throw new SpeckleException("Connection timeout with Speckle server", (int) HttpStatusCode.RequestTimeout, null, null, null);
+          }
           finally
           {
             if ( response_ != null )
@@ -3412,7 +3425,7 @@ public async System.Threading.Tasks.Task<ResponseObject> ObjectGetBulkAsync( str
       if ( query != null ) urlBuilder_.Append( query );
 
 
-      var client_ = GetHttpClient();
+      var client_ = GetHttpClient(defaultBulkTimeoutMilliseconds);
       try
       {
         using ( var request_ = new System.Net.Http.HttpRequestMessage() )
diff --git a/ApiClient/SpeckleApiClientExtension.cs b/ApiClient/SpeckleApiClientExtension.cs
index 387e7cc..26b9fa0 100644
--- a/ApiClient/SpeckleApiClientExtension.cs
+++ b/ApiClient/SpeckleApiClientExtension.cs
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ public partial class SpeckleApiClient : ISerializable
 
     Timer IsReady, WsReconnecter;
 
+    //Default timeouts, pending further discussion
+    private double defaultTimeoutMilliseconds = 3000;
+    private double defaultBulkTimeoutMilliseconds = 60000;
+
     private Dictionary<string, SpeckleObject> ObjectCache = new Dictionary<string, SpeckleObject>();
 
 
diff --git a/ApiClient/SpeckleApiClientHead.cs b/ApiClient/SpeckleApiClientHead.cs
index 6d51e41..c3fad27 100644
--- a/ApiClient/SpeckleApiClientHead.cs
+++ b/ApiClient/SpeckleApiClientHead.cs
@@ -41,11 +41,16 @@ partial void PrepareRequest( HttpClient client, HttpRequestMessage request, stri
         request.Content = new GzipContent( request.Content );
     }
 
-    private HttpClient GetHttpClient( )
+    private HttpClient GetHttpClient(double timeoutMillisecondsOverride = 0)
     {
-      var handler = new HttpClientHandler();
-      handler.AutomaticDecompression = System.Net.DecompressionMethods.GZip;
-      return new HttpClient( handler, true );
+      var handler = new HttpClientHandler
+      {
+        AutomaticDecompression = System.Net.DecompressionMethods.GZip
+      };
+      return new HttpClient(handler, true)
+      {
+        Timeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(timeoutMillisecondsOverride == 0 ? defaultTimeoutMilliseconds : timeoutMillisecondsOverride)
+      };
     }
   }
 }