diff --git a/src/de/schildbach/pte/ParserUtils.java b/src/de/schildbach/pte/ParserUtils.java
index 3031abe4..fa504636 100644
--- a/src/de/schildbach/pte/ParserUtils.java
+++ b/src/de/schildbach/pte/ParserUtils.java
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ public final class ParserUtils
 		final URLConnection connection = new URL(url).openConnection();
 		connection.setDoInput(true);
 		connection.setDoOutput(request != null);
+		connection.setConnectTimeout(5000);
+		connection.setReadTimeout(5000);
 		connection.addRequestProperty("User-Agent", SCRAPE_USER_AGENT);
 
 		if (request != null)