diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/IPInfo.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/IPInfo.java
index e446335769..46dba24f47 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/IPInfo.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/IPInfo.java
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ public class IPInfo {
         HttpsURLConnection connection = (HttpsURLConnection) url.openConnection();
         connection.setRequestMethod("GET");
         connection.setReadTimeout(FETCH_TIMEOUT);
+        connection.setConnectTimeout(FETCH_TIMEOUT);
         connection.connect();
 
         Organization organization = new Organization();