diff --git a/application/controllers/Lotw.php b/application/controllers/Lotw.php
index e85c5af84..c39dd07b1 100644
--- a/application/controllers/Lotw.php
+++ b/application/controllers/Lotw.php
@@ -847,7 +847,8 @@ class Lotw extends CI_Controller {
 			$ch = curl_init();
 			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $lotw_url);
 			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
-			curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 30);
+curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 10);
+curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 20);
 			$content = curl_exec($ch);
 			if(curl_errno($ch)) {
 				$ret['status']='failed';