diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0912515..bf83375 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ That's it!
 
 	$ac = new ActiveCampaign(ACTIVECAMPAIGN_URL, ACTIVECAMPAIGN_API_KEY);
 
+	// Adjust the default cURL timeout
+	$ac->set_curl_timeout(10);
+
 	$account = $ac->api("account/view");
 
 Or just include everything in the same PHP file:
@@ -64,6 +67,9 @@ Or just include everything in the same PHP file:
 	require_once("includes/ActiveCampaign.class.php");
 	$ac = new ActiveCampaign(ACTIVECAMPAIGN_URL, ACTIVECAMPAIGN_API_KEY);
 
+	// Adjust the default cURL timeout
+	$ac->set_curl_timeout(10);
+
 	$account = $ac->api("account/view");
 
 See our [examples file](examples.php) for more in-depth samples.
diff --git a/includes/ActiveCampaign.class.php b/includes/ActiveCampaign.class.php
index 56b7fde..b9f3e79 100644
--- a/includes/ActiveCampaign.class.php
+++ b/includes/ActiveCampaign.class.php
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ function api($path, $post_data = array()) {
 		$class = new $class($this->version, $this->url_base, $this->url, $this->api_key);
 		// IE: $contact->view()
 
+		$class->set_curl_timeout($this->get_curl_timeout());
+
 		if ($add_tracking) {
 			$class->track_email = $this->track_email;
 			$class->track_actid = $this->track_actid;
@@ -131,4 +133,4 @@ function api($path, $post_data = array()) {
 require_once("User.class.php");
 require_once("Webhook.class.php");
 
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>
diff --git a/includes/Connector.class.php b/includes/Connector.class.php
index 81f68e8..f12842c 100644
--- a/includes/Connector.class.php
+++ b/includes/Connector.class.php
@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@
 
 class AC_Connector {
 
+	const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 30; 
+
 	public $url;
 	public $api_key;
 	public $output = "json";
+	private $timeout = self::DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
 
 	function __construct($url, $api_key, $api_user = "", $api_pass = "") {
 		// $api_pass should be md5() already
@@ -57,6 +60,14 @@ public function dbg($var, $continue = 0, $element = "pre", $extra = "") {
 		if (!$continue) exit();
 	}
 
+	public function set_curl_timeout($seconds) {
+		$this->timeout = $seconds;
+	}
+
+	public function get_curl_timeout() {
+		return $this->timeout;
+	}
+
 	public function curl($url, $params_data = array(), $verb = "", $custom_method = "") {
 		if ($this->version == 1) {
 			// find the method from the URL.
@@ -76,8 +87,11 @@ public function curl($url, $params_data = array(), $verb = "", $custom_method =
 		$debug_str1 .= "\$ch = curl_init();\n";
 		curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
 		curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
+		curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, $this->timeout);
 		$debug_str1 .= "curl_setopt(\$ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);\n";
 		$debug_str1 .= "curl_setopt(\$ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);\n";
+		$debug_str1 .= "curl_setopt(\$ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, " . $this->timeout . ");\n";
+
 		if ($params_data && $verb == "GET") {
 			if ($this->version == 2) {
 				$url .= "&" . $params_data;