diff --git a/fulcrm_apiv2.module b/fulcrm_apiv2.module
index b180f03..6f3ad2e 100644
--- a/fulcrm_apiv2.module
+++ b/fulcrm_apiv2.module
@@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ function fulcrm_apiv2_http( $method, $object = null, $data = null, $query = null
     curl_setopt( $curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $request_headers );
     curl_setopt( $curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, true );
     curl_setopt( $curl, CURLOPT_TCP_NODELAY, true );
+    try {
+        curl_setopt( $curl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 2 );
+        curl_setopt( $curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 10 );
+    } catch ( Exception $e ) {
+        // do nothing
+    }
 
     $result = curl_exec( $curl );
     $response = curl_getinfo( $curl );