diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5a70fb1..55589d6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.16
 require (
 	github.com/cockroachdb/pebble v0.0.0-20210812144839-61318a019370
 	github.com/fiatjaf/go-lnurl v1.4.0
-	github.com/fiatjaf/makeinvoice v1.3.0
+	github.com/fiatjaf/makeinvoice v1.3.1
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0
 	github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig v1.4.0
 	github.com/lib/pq v1.10.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index eec83ff..8958531 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ github.com/fiatjaf/lightningd-gjson-rpc v1.4.0 h1:Iv5tt4YuNoSMfR39wiV0tqnHYTJ85o
 github.com/fiatjaf/lightningd-gjson-rpc v1.4.0/go.mod h1:SQGA0qcY2qypaMXDQlE5V5+2MnLZzQ7NzfRsScliFeE=
 github.com/fiatjaf/ln-decodepay v1.0.0 h1:1YUMjvLock+BicMNwoZ/OA3oG2ZYEaJ8AzdS6EGVMTQ=
 github.com/fiatjaf/ln-decodepay v1.0.0/go.mod h1:/LWK+ZUa3i8MqbRjIMAiVQS2+NbhwKWlwib2n446cMQ=
-github.com/fiatjaf/makeinvoice v1.3.0 h1:DHOOtVV7+regnFKAncK1gKrbyqt+LiwSjvVLXiLzcSI=
-github.com/fiatjaf/makeinvoice v1.3.0/go.mod h1:Q5f85OaXDKf+2JY0vnW/50CGE3Sfc4KnJf4VIJHus1M=
+github.com/fiatjaf/makeinvoice v1.3.1 h1:RprsP0AUjWFxKQi9Qh7Q4pFa3oFpg3kygAtvojOHZoU=
+github.com/fiatjaf/makeinvoice v1.3.1/go.mod h1:Q5f85OaXDKf+2JY0vnW/50CGE3Sfc4KnJf4VIJHus1M=
 github.com/flosch/pongo2 v0.0.0-20190707114632-bbf5a6c351f4/go.mod h1:T9YF2M40nIgbVgp3rreNmTged+9HrbNTIQf1PsaIiTA=
 github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.2.2/go.mod h1:Qh/WofXFeiAFII1aEBu529AtJo6Zg2VHscnEsbBnJ20=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7/go.mod h1:jwhsz4b93w/PPRr/qN1Yymfu8t87LnFCMoQvtojpjFo=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 14e1573..859617f 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("couldn't process envconfig.")
 	}
 
+	// increase default makeinvoice client timeout because people are using tor
+	makeinvoice.Client = &http.Client{Timeout: 25 * time.Second}
+
 	s.Domain = strings.ToLower(s.Domain)
 
 	if s.TorProxyURL != "" {