diff --git a/couchpotato/core/plugins/base.py b/couchpotato/core/plugins/base.py
index bd3e066..035ccab 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/plugins/base.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/plugins/base.py
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class Plugin(object):
                 log.error("Something went wrong when finishing the plugin function. Could not find the 'is_running' key")
 
 
-    def getCache(self, cache_key, url = None, timeout = 300):
+    def getCache(self, cache_key, url = None, timeout = 300, url_timeout = 10):
         cache = Env.get('cache').get(cache_key)
         if cache:
             if not Env.get('dev'): log.debug('Getting cache %s' % cache_key)
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class Plugin(object):
 
         if url:
             try:
-                data = self.urlopen(url)
+                data = self.urlopen(url, timeout = url_timeout)
                 self.setCache(cache_key, data, timeout = timeout)
                 return data
             except:
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/providers/movie/imdbapi/main.py b/couchpotato/core/providers/movie/imdbapi/main.py
index 568b413..933538c 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/providers/movie/imdbapi/main.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/providers/movie/imdbapi/main.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class IMDBAPI(MovieProvider):
             return []
 
         cache_key = 'imdbapi.cache.%s' % q
-        cached = self.getCache(cache_key, self.urls['search'] % tryUrlencode({'t': name_year.get('name'), 'y': name_year.get('year', '')}))
+        cached = self.getCache(cache_key, self.urls['search'] % tryUrlencode({'t': name_year.get('name'), 'y': name_year.get('year', '')}), url_timeout = 3)
 
         if cached:
             result = self.parseMovie(cached)
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class IMDBAPI(MovieProvider):
             return {}
 
         cache_key = 'imdbapi.cache.%s' % identifier
-        cached = self.getCache(cache_key, self.urls['info'] % identifier)
+        cached = self.getCache(cache_key, self.urls['info'] % identifier, url_timeout = 3)
 
         if cached:
             result = self.parseMovie(cached)