diff --git a/src/config.cr b/src/config.cr
index 91a6667..60c2e40 100644
--- a/src/config.cr
+++ b/src/config.cr
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class Config
     home: true
   property plugin_path : String = File.expand_path "~/mango/plugins",
     home: true
+  property download_timeout_seconds : Int32 = 30
   property mangadex = Hash(String, String | Int32).new
 
   @[YAML::Field(ignore: true)]
diff --git a/src/util/proxy.cr b/src/util/proxy.cr
index 26c8d5a..2325419 100644
--- a/src/util/proxy.cr
+++ b/src/util/proxy.cr
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ require "http_proxy"
 module HTTP
   class Client
     private def self.exec(uri : URI, tls : TLSContext = nil)
-      Logger.debug "Using monkey-patched HTTP::Client"
+      Logger.debug "Setting proxy"
       previous_def uri, tls do |client, path|
         client.set_proxy get_proxy uri
         yield client, path
diff --git a/src/util/web.cr b/src/util/web.cr
index 041e25e..1bd38ec 100644
--- a/src/util/web.cr
+++ b/src/util/web.cr
@@ -81,3 +81,15 @@ macro get_sort_opt
     sort_opt = SortOptions.new sort_method, is_ascending
   end
 end
+
+module HTTP
+  class Client
+    private def self.exec(uri : URI, tls : TLSContext = nil)
+      Logger.debug "Setting read timeout"
+      previous_def uri, tls do |client, path|
+        client.read_timeout = Config.current.download_timeout_seconds.seconds
+        yield client, path
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end