diff --git a/installer/appbundle/filebot b/installer/appbundle/filebot
index 9329e952..d646652d 100644
--- a/installer/appbundle/filebot
+++ b/installer/appbundle/filebot
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ while [ -h "$SOURCE" ] ; do SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"; done
 dir_bin="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && pwd )"
 
 dir_app=$dir_bin/../Resources/Java
-java -Dunixfs=false -Djava.awt.headless=true -Xmx256m -Dapplication.deployment=app "-Djna.library.path=$dir_app" "-Djava.library.path=$dir_app" -jar "$dir_app/FileBot.jar" "$@"
+java -Dunixfs=false -Djava.awt.headless=true -Xmx256m -Dapplication.deployment=app "-Djna.library.path=$dir_app" "-Djava.library.path=$dir_app" -Dsun.net.client.defaultConnectTimeout=5000 -Dsun.net.client.defaultReadTimeout=25000 -jar "$dir_app/FileBot.jar" "$@"
diff --git a/installer/deb/filebot.sh b/installer/deb/filebot.sh
index 37adb1a0..e602ecaa 100644
--- a/installer/deb/filebot.sh
+++ b/installer/deb/filebot.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-java -Dunixfs=false -Xmx256m -Dapplication.deployment=deb -Dapplication.dir=$HOME/.filebot -Djava.io.tmpdir=$HOME/.filebot/temp -Djna.library.path=/usr/share/filebot -Djava.library.path=/usr/share/filebot -jar /usr/share/filebot/FileBot.jar "$@"
+java -Dunixfs=false -Xmx256m -Dapplication.deployment=deb -Dapplication.dir=$HOME/.filebot -Djava.io.tmpdir=$HOME/.filebot/temp -Djna.library.path=/usr/share/filebot -Djava.library.path=/usr/share/filebot -Dsun.net.client.defaultConnectTimeout=5000 -Dsun.net.client.defaultReadTimeout=25000 -jar /usr/share/filebot/FileBot.jar "$@"
diff --git a/installer/ipkg/filebot.sh b/installer/ipkg/filebot.sh
index 31cf0b3c..2b08b588 100644
--- a/installer/ipkg/filebot.sh
+++ b/installer/ipkg/filebot.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-java -Dunixfs=false -Dapplication.deployment=ipkg -Dapplication.dir=$HOME/.filebot -Djava.io.tmpdir=$HOME/.filebot/temp -Djna.library.path=/usr/share/filebot -Djava.library.path=/usr/share/filebot -jar /usr/share/filebot/FileBot.jar "$@"
+java -Dunixfs=false -Dapplication.deployment=ipkg -Dapplication.dir=$HOME/.filebot -Djava.io.tmpdir=$HOME/.filebot/temp -Djna.library.path=/usr/share/filebot -Djava.library.path=/usr/share/filebot -Dsun.net.client.defaultConnectTimeout=5000 -Dsun.net.client.defaultReadTimeout=25000 -jar /usr/share/filebot/FileBot.jar "$@"
diff --git a/installer/msi/filebot.cmd b/installer/msi/filebot.cmd
index 0189313f..3ccc3614 100644
--- a/installer/msi/filebot.cmd
+++ b/installer/msi/filebot.cmd
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 @ECHO OFF
-java -Dapplication.deployment=msi -Dapplication.dir="%APPDATA%\FileBot" -Xmx256m -jar "%~dp0FileBot.jar" %*
+java -Dapplication.deployment=msi -Dapplication.dir="%APPDATA%\FileBot" -Dsun.net.client.defaultConnectTimeout=5000 -Dsun.net.client.defaultReadTimeout=25000 -Xmx256m -jar "%~dp0FileBot.jar" %*
diff --git a/installer/portable/filebot.sh b/installer/portable/filebot.sh
index a64c0a41..51fe0a92 100644
--- a/installer/portable/filebot.sh
+++ b/installer/portable/filebot.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
 while [ -h "$SOURCE" ] ; do SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"; done
 dir_bin="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && pwd )"
 
-java -Dunixfs=false -Xmx256m -Dapplication.deployment=portable "-Dapplication.dir=$dir_bin" "-Djava.io.tmpdir=$dir_bin/temp" "-Duser.home=$dir_bin" "-Djna.library.path=$dir_bin" "-Djava.library.path=$dir_bin" -Djava.util.prefs.PreferencesFactory=net.sourceforge.tuned.prefs.FilePreferencesFactory -Dnet.sourceforge.tuned.prefs.file=prefs.properties -jar "$dir_bin/FileBot.jar" "$@"
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+java -Dunixfs=false -Xmx256m -Dapplication.deployment=portable "-Dapplication.dir=$dir_bin" "-Djava.io.tmpdir=$dir_bin/temp" "-Duser.home=$dir_bin" "-Djna.library.path=$dir_bin" "-Djava.library.path=$dir_bin" -Dsun.net.client.defaultConnectTimeout=5000 -Dsun.net.client.defaultReadTimeout=25000 -Djava.util.prefs.PreferencesFactory=net.sourceforge.tuned.prefs.FilePreferencesFactory -Dnet.sourceforge.tuned.prefs.file=prefs.properties -jar "$dir_bin/FileBot.jar" "$@"
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