diff --git a/bazarr/app/announcements.py b/bazarr/app/announcements.py
index 265942c8c..c92b86cea 100644
--- a/bazarr/app/announcements.py
+++ b/bazarr/app/announcements.py
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ def parse_announcement_dict(announcement_dict):
 
 def get_announcements_to_file():
     try:
-        r = requests.get("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/morpheus65535/bazarr-binaries/master/announcements.json")
+        r = requests.get(
+            "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/morpheus65535/bazarr-binaries/master/announcements.json"
+            timeout=10)
     except requests.exceptions.HTTPError:
         logging.exception("Error trying to get announcements from Github. Http error.")
     except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError: