diff --git a/src/Plugins/BotSharp.Plugin.Membase/MembasePlugin.cs b/src/Plugins/BotSharp.Plugin.Membase/MembasePlugin.cs
index 8a442ac4b..32e06d2c7 100644
--- a/src/Plugins/BotSharp.Plugin.Membase/MembasePlugin.cs
+++ b/src/Plugins/BotSharp.Plugin.Membase/MembasePlugin.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ public void RegisterDI(IServiceCollection services, IConfiguration config)
                     CollectionFormat = CollectionFormat.Multi
                 })
                 .AddHttpMessageHandler<MembaseAuthHandler>()
-                .ConfigureHttpClient(c => c.BaseAddress = new Uri(settings.Host));
+                .ConfigureHttpClient(c =>
+                {
+                    c.BaseAddress = new Uri(settings.Host);
+                    c.Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5);
+                });
 
         services.AddScoped<IGraphDb, MembaseGraphDb>();