diff --git a/R/get_radar_imagery.R b/R/get_radar_imagery.R
index 685715bf..167329d0 100644
--- a/R/get_radar_imagery.R
+++ b/R/get_radar_imagery.R
@@ -49,8 +49,9 @@ get_available_radar <- function(radar_id = "all") {
   list_files <- curl::new_handle()
   curl::handle_setopt(
     handle = list_files,
-    TCP_KEEPALIVE = 200000,
-    CONNECTTIMEOUT = 90,
+    TCP_KEEPALIVE = 200000L,
+    CONNECTTIMEOUT = 480L,
+    TIMEOUT = 480L,
     ftp_use_epsv = TRUE,
     dirlistonly = TRUE
   )
diff --git a/R/get_satellite_imagery.R b/R/get_satellite_imagery.R
index 292fb9f9..f46fb4b9 100644
--- a/R/get_satellite_imagery.R
+++ b/R/get_satellite_imagery.R
@@ -264,14 +264,10 @@ get_satellite_imagery <- get_satellite <-
 #' @noRd
 #' @autoglobal
 .ftp_images <- function(product_id, bom_server) {
-  # define custom useragent and handle for communicating with BOM servers
-  USERAGENT <- sprintf("{weatherOz} R package (%s)",
-                       utils::packageVersion("weatherOz"))
   # set a custom user-agent, restore original settings on exit
   # required for #130 - BOM returns 403 for RStudio
   op <- options()
   on.exit(options(op))
-  options(HTTPUserAgent = USERAGENT)
 
   # BOM's FTP server can timeout too quickly
   # Also, BOM's http server sometimes sends a http response of 200, "all good",
@@ -281,9 +277,8 @@ get_satellite_imagery <- get_satellite <-
   curl::handle_setopt(
     handle = list_files,
     TCP_KEEPALIVE = 60L,
-    CONNECTTIMEOUT = 60L,
-    timeout = 480L,
-    USERAGENT = USERAGENT,
+    CONNECTTIMEOUT = 480L,
+    TIMEOUT = 480L,
     ftp_use_epsv = TRUE,
     dirlistonly = TRUE
   )
diff --git a/codemeta.json b/codemeta.json
index d87fbed2..c55e6a05 100644
--- a/codemeta.json
+++ b/codemeta.json
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@
   "applicationCategory": "Tools",
   "isPartOf": "https://ropensci.org",
   "keywords": ["dpird", "bom", "meteorological-data", "weather-forecast", "australia", "weather", "weather-data", "meteorology", "western-australia", "australia-bureau-of-meteorology", "western-australia-agriculture", "australia-agriculture", "australia-climate", "australia-weather", "rstats", "climate", "api-client", "data", "weather-api", "rainfall", "r"],
-  "fileSize": "15374.293KB",
+  "fileSize": "15374.067KB",
   "releaseNotes": "https://github.com/ropensci/weatherOz/blob/master/NEWS.md",
   "readme": "https://github.com/ropensci/weatherOz/blob/main/README.md",
   "contIntegration": ["https://github.com/ropensci/weatherOz/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml", "https://github.com/ropensci/weatherOz/actions/workflows/test-coverage.yaml", "https://app.codecov.io/gh/ropensci/weatherOz"],