diff --git a/modules/rest_api.py b/modules/rest_api.py
index 2522b109..63e16ee5 100644
--- a/modules/rest_api.py
+++ b/modules/rest_api.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from src import utils
 _bot = None
 _events = None
 class Handler(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+    timeout = 10
     def do_GET(self):
         _bot.lock.acquire()
         parsed = urllib.parse.urlparse(self.path)