diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentMessages.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentMessages.java
index f8b8c7d0bc..63768459b6 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentMessages.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentMessages.java
@@ -361,8 +361,6 @@ public class FragmentMessages extends FragmentBase implements SharedPreferences.
     private static final long REVIEW_ASK_DELAY = 14 * 24 * 3600 * 1000L; // milliseconds
     private static final long REVIEW_LATER_DELAY = 3 * 24 * 3600 * 1000L; // milliseconds
 
-    private static final int PRINT_IMAGE_TIMEOUT = 15 * 1000; // milliseconds
-
     static final List<String> SORT_DATE_HEADER = Collections.unmodifiableList(Arrays.asList(
             "time", "unread", "starred", "priority"
     ));
@@ -7365,6 +7363,9 @@ public class FragmentMessages extends FragmentBase implements SharedPreferences.
                 boolean print_html_header = args.getBoolean("print_html_header");
                 boolean print_html_images = args.getBoolean("print_html_images");
 
+                SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context);
+                int timeout = prefs.getInt("timeout", ImageHelper.DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT) * 1000;
+
                 DB db = DB.getInstance(context);
                 EntityMessage message = db.message().getMessage(id);
                 if (message == null || !message.content)
@@ -7409,8 +7410,8 @@ public class FragmentMessages extends FragmentBase implements SharedPreferences.
 
                                     HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
                                     connection.setRequestMethod("GET");
-                                    connection.setReadTimeout(PRINT_IMAGE_TIMEOUT);
-                                    connection.setConnectTimeout(PRINT_IMAGE_TIMEOUT);
+                                    connection.setReadTimeout(timeout);
+                                    connection.setConnectTimeout(timeout);
                                     connection.setInstanceFollowRedirects(true);
                                     connection.connect();
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ImageHelper.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ImageHelper.java
index 566b1ddd0f..80aa6dcc4e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ImageHelper.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ImageHelper.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class ImageHelper {
     private static final ExecutorService executor_n =
             Helper.getBackgroundExecutor(0, "image_n");
 
-    private static final int DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT = 15 * 1000; // milliseconds
+    static final int DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT = 15; // seconds
     private static final int MAX_REDIRECTS = 5; // https://www.freesoft.org/CIE/RFC/1945/46.htm
     private static final int MAX_PROBE = 64 * 1024; // bytes
     private static final int SLOW_CONNECTION = 2 * 1024; // Kbps
@@ -601,6 +601,9 @@ class ImageHelper {
         Resources res = context.getResources();
         DisplayMetrics dm = res.getDisplayMetrics();
 
+        SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context);
+        int timeout = prefs.getInt("timeout", ImageHelper.DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT) * 1000;
+
         Bitmap bm;
         HttpURLConnection urlConnection = null;
         try {
@@ -616,8 +619,8 @@ class ImageHelper {
                 urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
                 urlConnection.setRequestMethod("GET");
                 urlConnection.setDoOutput(false);
-                urlConnection.setReadTimeout(DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT);
-                urlConnection.setConnectTimeout(DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT);
+                urlConnection.setReadTimeout(timeout);
+                urlConnection.setConnectTimeout(timeout);
                 urlConnection.setInstanceFollowRedirects(true);
                 if (BuildConfig.DEBUG)
                     urlConnection.setRequestProperty("User-Agent", ua);