diff --git a/src/Omeda.php b/src/Omeda.php
index 2fce41b..f68124a 100644
--- a/src/Omeda.php
+++ b/src/Omeda.php
@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@ class Omeda {
     curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
     curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
 
+    // @todo: Make this configurable.
+    curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 15);
+
     // Submit the request to the API.
     $response_message = curl_exec($request);
     if (!$response_message) {