diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8bc249d..da82376 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ Create an initializer and add the following line:
 ```ruby
 Mollie::Client.configure do |config|
   config.api_key = '<your-api-key>'
+  # Timeouts (default - 60)
+  # config.open_timeout = 60
+  # config.read_timeout = 60
 end
 ```
 
diff --git a/lib/mollie/client.rb b/lib/mollie/client.rb
index c189383..b6614cb 100644
--- a/lib/mollie/client.rb
+++ b/lib/mollie/client.rb
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@ class << self
     end
 
     class Configuration
-      attr_accessor :api_key
+      attr_accessor :api_key, :open_timeout, :read_timeout
 
       def initialize
         @api_key = ''
+        @open_timeout = 60
+        @read_timeout = 60
       end
     end
 
@@ -76,11 +78,13 @@ def perform_http_call(http_method, api_method, id = nil, http_body = {}, query =
         path += "?#{build_nested_query(camelized_query)}"
       end
 
-      uri                = URI.parse(api_endpoint)
-      client             = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
-      client.use_ssl     = true
-      client.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER
-      client.ca_file     = (File.expand_path '../cacert.pem', File.dirname(__FILE__))
+      uri                 = URI.parse(api_endpoint)
+      client              = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
+      client.use_ssl      = true
+      client.verify_mode  = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER
+      client.ca_file      = (File.expand_path '../cacert.pem', File.dirname(__FILE__))
+      client.read_timeout = self.class.configuration.read_timeout
+      client.open_timeout = self.class.configuration.open_timeout
 
       case http_method
       when 'GET'