diff --git a/bin/monit-dashboard.py b/bin/monit-dashboard.py
index 026bc0b..9ab2801 100755
--- a/bin/monit-dashboard.py
+++ b/bin/monit-dashboard.py
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ def getMonit():
         for site in cf:
             s = cf[site]
             r = requests.get(s['url'] + xmlQuery,
-                             auth=(s['user'], s['passwd']))
+                             auth=(s['user'], s['passwd']),
+                             timeout=5)
 
             allstat = json.loads(json.dumps(xmltodict.parse(r.text)['monit']))