diff --git a/allianceauth/services/modules/discord/discord_client/app_settings.py b/allianceauth/services/modules/discord/discord_client/app_settings.py
index 668d6cf4..5f8b21ce 100644
--- a/allianceauth/services/modules/discord/discord_client/app_settings.py
+++ b/allianceauth/services/modules/discord/discord_client/app_settings.py
@@ -6,9 +6,14 @@ DISCORD_API_BASE_URL = clean_setting(
     'DISCORD_API_BASE_URL', 'https://discordapp.com/api/'
 )
 
-# Low level timeout for requests to the Discord API in ms
-DISCORD_API_TIMEOUT = clean_setting(
-    'DISCORD_API_TIMEOUT', 5000
+# Low level connecttimeout for requests to the Discord API in seconds
+DISCORD_API_TIMEOUT_CONNECT = clean_setting(
+    'DISCORD_API_TIMEOUT', 5
+)
+
+# Low level read timeout for requests to the Discord API in seconds
+DISCORD_API_TIMEOUT_READ = clean_setting(
+    'DISCORD_API_TIMEOUT', 30
 )
 
 # Base authorization URL for Discord Oauth
diff --git a/allianceauth/services/modules/discord/discord_client/client.py b/allianceauth/services/modules/discord/discord_client/client.py
index 605473d3..aff50c16 100644
--- a/allianceauth/services/modules/discord/discord_client/client.py
+++ b/allianceauth/services/modules/discord/discord_client/client.py
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ from allianceauth import __title__ as AUTH_TITLE, __url__, __version__
 from .. import __title__
 from .app_settings import (
     DISCORD_API_BASE_URL,
-    DISCORD_API_TIMEOUT, 
+    DISCORD_API_TIMEOUT_CONNECT,
+    DISCORD_API_TIMEOUT_READ,
     DISCORD_DISABLE_ROLE_CREATION,
     DISCORD_GUILD_NAME_CACHE_MAX_AGE,
     DISCORD_OAUTH_BASE_URL, 
@@ -540,7 +541,7 @@ class DiscordClient:
         args = {
             'url': url,
             'headers': headers,
-            'timeout': DISCORD_API_TIMEOUT / 1000
+            'timeout': (DISCORD_API_TIMEOUT_CONNECT, DISCORD_API_TIMEOUT_READ)
         }
         if data:
             args['json'] = data