diff --git a/lib/mangopay.rb b/lib/mangopay.rb
index 9d475c9..b5c2706 100644
--- a/lib/mangopay.rb
+++ b/lib/mangopay.rb
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ class Configuration
     attr_accessor :preproduction, :root_url,
                   :client_id, :client_apiKey,
                   :temp_dir, :log_file, :http_timeout,
+                  :http_max_retries, :http_open_timeout,
                   :logger
 
     def preproduction
@@ -63,7 +64,15 @@ def root_url
     end
 
     def http_timeout
-      @http_timeout || 10000
+      @http_timeout || 30000
+    end
+
+    def http_max_retries
+      @http_max_retries || 1
+    end
+
+    def http_open_timeout
+      @http_open_timeout || 60000
     end
   end
 
@@ -141,7 +150,9 @@ def request(method, url, params={}, filters={}, headers_or_idempotency_key = nil
         headers['Idempotency-Key'] = headers_or_idempotency_key if headers_or_idempotency_key != nil
       end
 
-      res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true, :read_timeout => configuration.http_timeout, ssl_version: :TLSv1_2) do |http|
+      res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true, :read_timeout => configuration.http_timeout,
+                            :max_retries => configuration.http_max_retries,
+                            :open_timeout => configuration.http_open_timeout, ssl_version: :TLSv1_2) do |http|
         req = Net::HTTP::const_get(method.capitalize).new(uri.request_uri, headers)
         req.body = JSON.dump(params)
         before_request_proc.call(req) if before_request_proc