diff --git a/lib/HTTPCurl.php b/lib/HTTPCurl.php
index 7ecfad4..5e72b15 100644
--- a/lib/HTTPCurl.php
+++ b/lib/HTTPCurl.php
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ class HTTPCurl {
     }
 
     curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS, round($this->timeout * 1000));
+    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 2);
   }
 
   public static function error_string_from_code($code) {