diff --git a/SmartApi/smartConnect.py b/SmartApi/smartConnect.py
index d39fd53e..3233a633 100644
--- a/SmartApi/smartConnect.py
+++ b/SmartApi/smartConnect.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class SmartConnect(object):
     }
 
     try:
-        clientPublicIp= " " + get('https://api.ipify.org').text
+        clientPublicIp= " " + get('https://api.ipify.org', timeout=5).text
         if " " in clientPublicIp:
             clientPublicIp=clientPublicIp.replace(" ","")
         hostname = socket.gethostname()