diff --git a/Catow/main.py b/Catow/main.py
index c3cff70..959e55a 100644
--- a/Catow/main.py
+++ b/Catow/main.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def run_server():
 async def watch_topic():
     while True:
         try:
-            response = requests.get(f'{CatowConfig().cmd_args.camundaurl}/engine-rest/external-task/count?topicName={CatowConfig().cmd_args.topic}&notlocked=true&active=true&withRetriesLeft=true')
+            response = requests.get(f'{CatowConfig().cmd_args.camundaurl}/engine-rest/external-task/count?topicName={CatowConfig().cmd_args.topic}&notlocked=true&active=true&withRetriesLeft=true', timeout=(3.05, 5))
             response.raise_for_status()
             #print(response.text)
             response_body = json.loads(response.text)
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ async def watch_topic():
             if count > 0:
                 print(f"Start Robot for amount of process instances: {count}")
                 try:
-                    response = requests.get(CatowConfig().cmd_args.roboturl)
+                    response = requests.get(CatowConfig().cmd_args.roboturl, timeout=(3.05, 5))
                     response.raise_for_status()
                 except Exception as e:
                     print(f'[WARN] Failed to trigger robot:\n{e}')