diff --git a/src/zbmath_rest2oai/getAsXml.py b/src/zbmath_rest2oai/getAsXml.py
index bd29fa5..2114879 100644
--- a/src/zbmath_rest2oai/getAsXml.py
+++ b/src/zbmath_rest2oai/getAsXml.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def api_doc_endpoint(page):
     return dict_res
 def final_xml2(api_source, prefix):
     headers = {'Accept': 'application/json'}
-    r = requests.get(api_source, headers=headers)
+    r = requests.get(api_source, headers=headers, timeout=(10, 60))
     if r.status_code == 404:
         json = r.json()
         if json['status']['execution'].startswith('Entry not found!'):