diff --git a/latency.py b/latency.py
index f526923f0c7dca808a11ac6332dc333d5a4472e2..d339d9467a10555be4f7b6f459dba378317c8341 100644
--- a/latency.py
+++ b/latency.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def latency_measurement(hostname, filename):
     latency = 0
     current_time = current_microsec()
     # print('requesting')
-    request = requests.get(str(hostname))
+    request = requests.get(str(hostname), timeout=1)
     try:
         if request.status_code == 200:
             latency = current_microsec() - current_time