diff --git a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/sabnzbd/main.py b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/sabnzbd/main.py
index 09325704..e05a41c6 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/downloaders/sabnzbd/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/downloaders/sabnzbd/main.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class Sabnzbd(Downloader):
 
         try:
             if params.get('mode') is 'addfile':
-                data = self.urlopen(url, params = {"nzbfile": (nzb_filename, filedata)}, multipart = True, show_error = False)
+                data = self.urlopen(url, timeout = 60, params = {"nzbfile": (nzb_filename, filedata)}, multipart = True, show_error = False)
             else:
                 data = self.urlopen(url, show_error = False)
         except: