diff --git a/app/src/main/rust/src/libgit2/mod.rs b/app/src/main/rust/src/libgit2/mod.rs
index da347b4..b5f4a98 100644
--- a/app/src/main/rust/src/libgit2/mod.rs
+++ b/app/src/main/rust/src/libgit2/mod.rs
@@ -80,6 +80,17 @@ pub fn init_lib(home_path: String) {
             error!("gitconfig: {e}");
         }
     }
+
+    unsafe {
+        libgit2_sys::git_libgit2_opts(
+            libgit2_sys::GIT_OPT_SET_SERVER_CONNECT_TIMEOUT as std::ffi::c_int,
+            7000,
+        );
+        libgit2_sys::git_libgit2_opts(
+            libgit2_sys::GIT_OPT_SET_SERVER_TIMEOUT as std::ffi::c_int,
+            7000,
+        );
+    };
 }
 
 pub fn create_repo(repo_path: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
@@ -241,6 +252,7 @@ pub fn commit_all(name: &str, email: &str, message: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
 
 pub fn push(cred: Option<Cred>) -> Result<(), Error> {
     apply_ssh_workaround(false);
+
     let repo = REPO.lock().expect("repo lock");
     let repo = repo.as_ref().expect("repo");
 
@@ -272,6 +284,7 @@ pub fn push(cred: Option<Cred>) -> Result<(), Error> {
 
 pub fn pull(cred: Option<Cred>, author: &GitAuthor) -> Result<(), Error> {
     apply_ssh_workaround(false);
+
     let repo = REPO.lock().expect("repo lock");
     let repo = repo.as_ref().expect("repo");