diff --git a/src/network.cpp b/src/network.cpp
index e15f393f..d2fa7b45 100644
--- a/src/network.cpp
+++ b/src/network.cpp
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ static CURL* createCurl() {
 
 	// curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1L);
 	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
-	// 65 second timeout for requests, just a bit over the typical HTTP default.
-	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 65);
+	// 65 second timeout for connections, just a bit over the typical HTTP default.
+	curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 65);
 
 	// If curl can't resolve a DNS entry, it sends a signal to interrupt the process.
 	// However, since we use curl on non-main thread, this crashes the application.