diff --git a/kube_ops_view/kubernetes.py b/kube_ops_view/kubernetes.py
index 72c9032..c80a81e 100644
--- a/kube_ops_view/kubernetes.py
+++ b/kube_ops_view/kubernetes.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def map_container(cont: dict, pod: dict):
 def request(cluster, path, **kwargs):
     if 'timeout' not in kwargs:
         # sane default timeout
-        kwargs['timeout'] = 5
+        kwargs['timeout'] = (5, 15)
     if cluster.cert_file and cluster.key_file:
         kwargs['cert'] = (cluster.cert_file, cluster.key_file)
     return session.get(urljoin(cluster.api_server_url, path), auth=cluster.auth, verify=cluster.ssl_ca_cert, **kwargs)