diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 00777fe..e360f40 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"git.sr.ht/~adnano/go-gemini/tofu"
 )
 
+const TIMEOUT_NS time.Duration = time.Duration(60_000_000_000)
 var (
 	hosts     tofu.KnownHosts
 	hostsfile *tofu.HostWriter
@@ -149,7 +150,8 @@ func main() {
 	client := gemini.Client{
 		TrustCertificate: trustCertificate,
 	}
-	ctx := context.Background()
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), TIMEOUT_NS)
+	defer cancel()
 	resp, req, err := do(client, ctx, req, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)