diff --git a/includes/class-bigbluebutton-api.php b/includes/class-bigbluebutton-api.php
index f44670e..3c3618b 100644
--- a/includes/class-bigbluebutton-api.php
+++ b/includes/class-bigbluebutton-api.php
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ public static function test_bigbluebutton_server( $url, $salt ) {
 	 * @return  Array|WP_Error  $response   Server response in array format.
 	 */
 	private static function get_response( $url ) {
-		$result = wp_remote_get( esc_url_raw( $url ) );
+		$result = wp_remote_get( esc_url_raw( $url ) , array( 'timeout' => 180 ));
 		return $result;
 	}