diff --git a/shodan/cli/settings.py b/shodan/cli/settings.py
index 6f27e5d..30291a5 100644
--- a/shodan/cli/settings.py
+++ b/shodan/cli/settings.py
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@
     'org': 'cyan',
     'vulns': 'red',
 }
+REQUESTS_TIMEOUT = (30, 30)  # (connect, read)
diff --git a/shodan/client.py b/shodan/client.py
index 6e66259..4581806 100644
--- a/shodan/client.py
+++ b/shodan/client.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 from .exception import APIError
 from .helpers import api_request, create_facet_string
 from .stream import Stream
+from .cli.settings import REQUESTS_TIMEOUT
 
 
 # Try to disable the SSL warnings in urllib3 since not everybody can install
@@ -294,13 +295,13 @@ def _request(self, function, params, service='shodan', method='get'):
         try:
             method = method.lower()
             if method == 'post':
-                data = self._session.post(base_url + function, params)
+                data = self._session.post(base_url + function, params, timeout=REQUESTS_TIMEOUT)
             elif method == 'put':
-                data = self._session.put(base_url + function, params=params)
+                data = self._session.put(base_url + function, params=params, timeout=REQUESTS_TIMEOUT)
             elif method == 'delete':
-                data = self._session.delete(base_url + function, params=params)
+                data = self._session.delete(base_url + function, params=params, timeout=REQUESTS_TIMEOUT)
             else:
-                data = self._session.get(base_url + function, params=params)
+                data = self._session.get(base_url + function, params=params, timeout=REQUESTS_TIMEOUT)
         except Exception:
             raise APIError('Unable to connect to Shodan')