diff --git a/welco/utils.py b/welco/utils.py
index 1a90c16..a4fc0f3 100644
--- a/welco/utils.py
+++ b/welco/utils.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def get_wcs_json(wcs_url, path, wcs_site):
     if response_json is None:
         signed_url = sign_url(url + '?orig=%s' % wcs_site.get('orig'), wcs_site.get('secret'))
         response_json = requests.get(signed_url, headers={'accept': 'application/json'},
-                timeout=2).json()
+                timeout=10).json()
         cache.set(url, response_json)
     return response_json