diff --git a/ox/web/imdb.py b/ox/web/imdb.py
index 9fcbb7d..ac5590d 100644
--- a/ox/web/imdb.py
+++ b/ox/web/imdb.py
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ class Imdb(SiteParser):
                 pass
 
         #self['connections'] = movie_connections(self.get_page_data('movieconnections'))
-        self['connections'] = self._get_connections()
+        self['connections'] = self._get_connections(timeout)
 
         spec = tech_spec(self.get_page_data('technical'))
         for key in spec:
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ class Imdb(SiteParser):
                 self['episodeDirector'] = self['director']
             self['director'] = self['creator']
 
-    def _get_connections(self):
+    def _get_connections(self, timeout=-1):
         query = '''query {
     title(id: "tt%s") {
         id
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ class Imdb(SiteParser):
         #response = requests.post(url, json=
         response = json.loads(read_url(url, data=json.dumps({
             "query": query
-        }), headers=headers))
+        }), headers=headers, timeout=timeout))
         connections = {}
         for c in response['data']['title']['connections']['edges']:
             cat = c['node']['category']['text']