diff --git a/androidApp/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/androidApp/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index e986416..e53facf 100644
--- a/androidApp/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/androidApp/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
     <string name="new_items_notification_text">%1$d new items loaded.</string>
     <string name="pref_switch_notify_new_items">Notify on new items synced.</string>
     <string name="shortcut_offline">Offline</string>
-    <string name="pref_api_timeout">Api Timeout</string>
+    <string name="pref_api_timeout">Api Timeout (seconds)</string>
     <string name="pref_header_experimental">Experimental</string>
     <string name="webview_dialog_issue_message">Webview not available. Disabling the article viewer to avoid any future crashes. Will load articles inside of your browser from now on.</string>
     <string name="webview_dialog_issue_title">Webview issue</string>
diff --git a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/service/AppSettingsService.kt b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/service/AppSettingsService.kt
index c8e8bf2..860c981 100644
--- a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/service/AppSettingsService.kt
+++ b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/bou/amine/apps/readerforselfossv2/service/AppSettingsService.kt
@@ -100,9 +100,21 @@ class AppSettingsService {
         return _apiTimeout!!
     }
 
+    private fun secToMs(n: Long) = n * 1000
+
     private fun refreshApiTimeout() {
-        val settingsTimeout = settings.getLong(API_TIMEOUT, HttpTimeout.INFINITE_TIMEOUT_MS)
-        _apiTimeout = if (settingsTimeout > 0) settingsTimeout else HttpTimeout.INFINITE_TIMEOUT_MS
+        _apiTimeout = secToMs(try {
+            val settingsTimeout = settings.getString(API_TIMEOUT, "60")
+            if (settingsTimeout.toLong() > 0) {
+                settingsTimeout.toLong()
+            } else {
+                settings.remove(API_TIMEOUT)
+                60
+            }
+        } catch (e: Exception) {
+            settings.remove(API_TIMEOUT)
+            60
+        })
     }
 
     private fun refreshBaseUrl() {