diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6c937f7..771ef25 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
 [![PyPI version](https://badge.fury.io/py/gitea-auto-update.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/py/gitea-auto-update)
 [![Downloads](https://pepy.tech/badge/gitea-auto-update)](https://pepy.tech/project/gitea-auto-update)
 ![GitHub](https://img.shields.io/github/license/cmiksche/gitea-auto-update?style=flat)
-![Twitter Follow](https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/cmiksche?style=social)
+[![Twitter Follow](https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/cmiksche?style=social)](https://twitter.com/cmiksche)
+[![Mastodon Follow](https://img.shields.io/mastodon/follow/106336578279256330?domain=https%3A%2F%2Fmastodon.social&style=social)](https://mastodon.social/@cmiksche)
 
-Script for a automatic update of gitea. Should be run locally on the gitea server. Has options for updating via new binary file or build from source.
+Script for an automatic update of gitea. Should be run locally on the gitea server. Has options for updating via new binary file or build from source.
 
 ## Procedure
 * Get Gitea Version from the Gitea CLI and if that fails from the Gitea API
diff --git a/gitea_auto_update/lib/download.py b/gitea_auto_update/lib/download.py
index bb351c2..2e37a73 100644
--- a/gitea_auto_update/lib/download.py
+++ b/gitea_auto_update/lib/download.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def download(url, file_name):
     # open in binary mode
     with open(file_name, "wb") as file:
         # get request
-        response = requests.get(url)
+        response = requests.get(url, timeout=3600)
         # write to file
         file.write(response.content)
 
diff --git a/gitea_auto_update/lib/version.py b/gitea_auto_update/lib/version.py
index 21f8e88..dcc365a 100644
--- a/gitea_auto_update/lib/version.py
+++ b/gitea_auto_update/lib/version.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import requests
 
 def get_github_version_tag(api_url):
     """Get the version from github"""
-    version_tag = requests.get(api_url).json()['tag_name']
+    version_tag = requests.get(api_url, timeout=30).json()['tag_name']
     logging.info('Version: github_version_tag = %s', version_tag)
     return version_tag
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class Version:
         except IOError:
             # Get the version via the web api if the file does fail
             try:
-                current_version = requests.get(self.gt_site).json()['version']
+                current_version = requests.get(self.gt_site, timeout=30).json()['version']
                 if current_version.status_code != 200:
                     raise RuntimeError("Could not download version.") from None
             except RuntimeError: