diff -u b/lib/Drupal/smartling/ApiWrapper/SmartlingApiWrapper.php b/lib/Drupal/smartling/ApiWrapper/SmartlingApiWrapper.php
--- b/lib/Drupal/smartling/ApiWrapper/SmartlingApiWrapper.php
+++ b/lib/Drupal/smartling/ApiWrapper/SmartlingApiWrapper.php
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@
     }
 
     try {
-      $time_out = 30;
+      $time_out = drupal_is_cli() ? 300 : 30;
       $start_time = time();
 
       do {