diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/DownloaderImpl.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/DownloaderImpl.java
index 50972fb2f..98b9a524b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/DownloaderImpl.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/DownloaderImpl.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ public final class DownloaderImpl extends Downloader {
     private static DownloaderImpl instance;
     private final Map<String, String> mCookies;
     private final OkHttpClient client;
+    private Integer customTimeout;
 
     private DownloaderImpl(final OkHttpClient.Builder builder) {
         if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT == Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {
@@ -130,6 +131,11 @@ public final class DownloaderImpl extends Downloader {
         }
     }
 
+    public DownloaderImpl setCustomTimeout(final Integer value) {
+        this.customTimeout = value;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     public String getCookies(final String url) {
         final List<String> resultCookies = new ArrayList<>();
         if (url.contains(YOUTUBE_DOMAIN)) {
@@ -205,7 +211,18 @@ public final class DownloaderImpl extends Downloader {
             }
 
             final okhttp3.Request request = requestBuilder.build();
-            final okhttp3.Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
+
+            OkHttpClient tmpClient = client;
+            final okhttp3.Response response;
+
+            if (customTimeout != null) {
+                tmpClient = new OkHttpClient.Builder()
+                        .readTimeout(customTimeout, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+                        .build();
+            }
+
+            response = tmpClient.newCall(request).execute();
+
             final ResponseBody body = response.body();
 
             if (response.code() == 429) {
@@ -260,7 +277,16 @@ public final class DownloaderImpl extends Downloader {
 
         }
 
-        final okhttp3.Response response = client.newCall(requestBuilder.build()).execute();
+        OkHttpClient tmpClient = client;
+        final okhttp3.Response response;
+
+        if (customTimeout != null) {
+            tmpClient = new OkHttpClient.Builder()
+                    .readTimeout(customTimeout, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+                    .build();
+        }
+
+        response = tmpClient.newCall(requestBuilder.build()).execute();
 
         if (response.code() == 429) {
             response.close();
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/util/SponsorBlockUtils.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/util/SponsorBlockUtils.java
index 530f1e78a..c87da1b1c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/util/SponsorBlockUtils.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/util/SponsorBlockUtils.java
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ public final class SponsorBlockUtils {
             final String responseBody =
                     DownloaderImpl
                             .getInstance()
+                            .setCustomTimeout(3)
                             .get(apiUrl + params)
                             .responseBody();