diff --git a/library/Director/Core/RestApiClient.php b/library/Director/Core/RestApiClient.php
index ae20cca0..1c863d68 100644
--- a/library/Director/Core/RestApiClient.php
+++ b/library/Director/Core/RestApiClient.php
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ class RestApiClient
             CURLOPT_USERPWD        => $auth,
             CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST  => strtoupper($method),
             CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
+            CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT => 3,
 
             // TODO: Fix this!
             CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST => false,