diff --git a/src/bespokelabs/curator/client.py b/src/bespokelabs/curator/client.py
index fe78eb3d..a3a21c82 100644
--- a/src/bespokelabs/curator/client.py
+++ b/src/bespokelabs/curator/client.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def create_session(self, metadata: t.Dict, session_id: str | None = None) -> str
             return self.session
         metadata.update({"status": _SessionStatus.STARTED})
 
-        response = requests.post(f"{BASE_CLIENT_URL}/sessions", json=metadata, headers=self._headers)
+        response = requests.post(f"{BASE_CLIENT_URL}/sessions", json=metadata, headers=self._headers, timeout=30)
 
         if response.status_code == 200:
             self._session = response.json().get("session_id")