diff --git a/lib/geocoder/lookups/base.rb b/lib/geocoder/lookups/base.rb
index 7a65d66a1b1ec1daf6cc254d79733cd9f1b77a63..c54c5c60224f0f679d9274b8148183c914f6cde3 100644
--- a/lib/geocoder/lookups/base.rb
+++ b/lib/geocoder/lookups/base.rb
@@ -263,18 +263,16 @@ module Geocoder
       # return the response object.
       #
       def make_api_request(query)
-        timeout(configuration.timeout) do
-          uri = URI.parse(query_url(query))
-          http_client.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: use_ssl?) do |client|
-            req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri, configuration.http_headers)
-            if configuration.basic_auth[:user] and configuration.basic_auth[:password]
-              req.basic_auth(
-                configuration.basic_auth[:user],
-                configuration.basic_auth[:password]
-              )
-            end
-            client.request(req)
+        uri = URI.parse(query_url(query))
+        http_client.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: use_ssl?, open_timeout: configuration.timeout, read_timeout: configuration.timeout) do |client|
+          req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri, configuration.http_headers)
+          if configuration.basic_auth[:user] and configuration.basic_auth[:password]
+            req.basic_auth(
+              configuration.basic_auth[:user],
+              configuration.basic_auth[:password]
+            )
           end
+          client.request(req)
         end
       end