diff --git a/bazarr/app/config.py b/bazarr/app/config.py
index d1967cc38..560069f40 100644
--- a/bazarr/app/config.py
+++ b/bazarr/app/config.py
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ validators = [
 
     # whisperai section
     Validator('whisperai.endpoint', must_exist=True, default='http://127.0.0.1:9000', is_type_of=str),
+    Validator('whisperai.response', must_exist=True, default=5, is_type_of=int, gte=1),
     Validator('whisperai.timeout', must_exist=True, default=3600, is_type_of=int, gte=1),
     Validator('whisperai.loglevel', must_exist=True, default='INFO', is_type_of=str,
               is_in=['DEBUG', 'INFO', 'WARNING', 'ERROR', 'CRITICAL']),
diff --git a/bazarr/app/get_providers.py b/bazarr/app/get_providers.py
index 2b6d5f5f7..278b38288 100644
--- a/bazarr/app/get_providers.py
+++ b/bazarr/app/get_providers.py
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ def get_providers_auth():
         },
         'whisperai': {
             'endpoint': settings.whisperai.endpoint,
+            'response': settings.whisperai.response,
             'timeout': settings.whisperai.timeout,
             'ffmpeg_path': _FFMPEG_BINARY,
             'loglevel': settings.whisperai.loglevel,            
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/Settings/Providers/list.ts b/frontend/src/pages/Settings/Providers/list.ts
index f4f6dc471..b811a852a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/Settings/Providers/list.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/Settings/Providers/list.ts
@@ -442,6 +442,12 @@ export const ProviderList: Readonly<ProviderInfo[]> = [
         defaultValue: "http://127.0.0.1:9000",
         name: "Whisper ASR Docker Endpoint",
       },
+      {
+        type: "text",
+        key: "response",
+        defaultValue: 5,
+        name: "Connection/response timeout in seconds",
+      },
       {
         type: "text",
         key: "timeout",
diff --git a/libs/subliminal_patch/providers/whisperai.py b/libs/subliminal_patch/providers/whisperai.py
index 1cf6e5ff0..33421f201 100644
--- a/libs/subliminal_patch/providers/whisperai.py
+++ b/libs/subliminal_patch/providers/whisperai.py
@@ -213,18 +213,22 @@ class WhisperAIProvider(Provider):
 
     video_types = (Episode, Movie)
 
-    def __init__(self, endpoint=None, timeout=None, ffmpeg_path=None, loglevel=None):
+    def __init__(self, endpoint=None, response=None, timeout=None, ffmpeg_path=None, loglevel=None):
         set_log_level(loglevel)
         if not endpoint:
             raise ConfigurationError('Whisper Web Service Endpoint must be provided')
 
+        if not response:
+            raise ConfigurationError('Whisper Web Service Connection/response timeout  must be provided')
+
         if not timeout:
-            raise ConfigurationError('Whisper Web Service Timeout must be provided')
+            raise ConfigurationError('Whisper Web Service Transcription/translation timeout must be provided')
 
         if not ffmpeg_path:
             raise ConfigurationError("ffmpeg path must be provided")
 
         self.endpoint = endpoint
+        self.response = int(response)
         self.timeout = int(timeout)
         self.session = None
         self.ffmpeg_path = ffmpeg_path
@@ -248,7 +252,7 @@ class WhisperAIProvider(Provider):
         r = self.session.post(f"{self.endpoint}/detect-language",
                               params={'encode': 'false'},
                               files={'audio_file': out},
-                              timeout=(self.timeout, self.timeout))
+                              timeout=(self.response, self.timeout))
 
         logger.debug(f"Whisper detected language of {path} as {r.json()['detected_language']}")
 
@@ -326,7 +330,7 @@ class WhisperAIProvider(Provider):
         r = self.session.post(f"{self.endpoint}/asr",
                               params={'task': subtitle.task, 'language': whisper_get_language_reverse(subtitle.audio_language), 'output': 'srt', 'encode': 'false'},
                               files={'audio_file': out},
-                              timeout=(self.timeout, self.timeout))
+                              timeout=(self.response, self.timeout))
                               
         endTime = time.time()
         elapsedTime = timedelta(seconds=round(endTime - startTime))