diff --git a/source/easymacro.py b/source/easymacro.py
index 4faab64..8c45d1b 100644
--- a/source/easymacro.py
+++ b/source/easymacro.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ from enum import IntEnum
 from functools import wraps
 from pathlib import Path
 from pprint import pprint
+from socket import timeout
 from string import Template
 from typing import Any, Union
 from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
@@ -759,7 +760,7 @@ def get_size_screen():
     return res.strip()
 
 
-def url_open(url, data=None, headers={}, verify=True, get_json=False):
+def url_open(url, data=None, headers={}, verify=True, get_json=False, timeout=TIMEOUT):
     err = ''
     req = Request(url)
     for k, v in headers.items():
@@ -769,16 +770,19 @@ def url_open(url, data=None, headers={}, verify=True, get_json=False):
         if verify:
             if not data is None and isinstance(data, str):
                 data = data.encode()
-            response = urlopen(req, data=data)
+            response = urlopen(req, data=data, timeout=timeout)
         else:
             context = ssl._create_unverified_context()
-            response = urlopen(req, data=data, context=context)
+            response = urlopen(req, data=data, timeout=timeout, context=context)
     except HTTPError as e:
         error(e)
         err = str(e)
     except URLError as e:
         error(e.reason)
         err = str(e.reason)
+    except timeout:
+        err = 'timeout'
+        error(err)
     else:
         headers = dict(response.info())
         result = response.read().decode()