diff --git a/api/external_api.php b/api/external_api.php
index a57bbca..4be4317 100644
--- a/api/external_api.php
+++ b/api/external_api.php
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class external_api extends cora\api {
     $curl_handle = curl_init();
     curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_URL, $arguments['url']);
     curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 5);
-    curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 60);
+    curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 10);
     curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
     // curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_HEADER, true);