diff --git a/config/configuration.go b/config/configuration.go
index 7fa1438..450bc50 100644
--- a/config/configuration.go
+++ b/config/configuration.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ type EnvConfig struct {
 	PIHolePassword []string      `config:"pihole_password"`
 	PIHoleApiToken []string      `config:"pihole_api_token"`
 	Port           uint16        `config:"port"`
-	Interval       time.Duration `config:"interval"`
+	Timeout        time.Duration `config:"timeout"`
 }
 
 func getDefaultEnvConfig() *EnvConfig {
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func getDefaultEnvConfig() *EnvConfig {
 		PIHolePassword: []string{},
 		PIHoleApiToken: []string{},
 		Port:           9617,
-		Interval:       10 * time.Second,
+		Timeout:        5 * time.Second,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/pihole/client.go b/internal/pihole/client.go
index 4cb6f64..867e547 100644
--- a/internal/pihole/client.go
+++ b/internal/pihole/client.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ type Client struct {
 }
 
 // NewClient method initializes a new PI-Hole client.
-func NewClient(config *config.Config) *Client {
+func NewClient(config *config.Config, envConfig *config.EnvConfig) *Client {
 	err := config.Validate()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Print(err)
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ func NewClient(config *config.Config) *Client {
 			CheckRedirect: func(req *http.Request, via []*http.Request) error {
 				return http.ErrUseLastResponse
 			},
+			Timeout: envConfig.Timeout,
 		},
 		Status: make(chan *ClientChannel, 1),
 	}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 1adb3de..ad37555 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	serverDead := make(chan struct{})
 
-	clients := buildClients(clientConfigs)
+	clients := buildClients(clientConfigs, envConf)
 
 	s := server.NewServer(envConf.Port, clients)
 	go func() {
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ func main() {
 	log.Println("pihole-exporter HTTP server stopped")
 }
 
-func buildClients(clientConfigs []config.Config) []*pihole.Client {
+func buildClients(clientConfigs []config.Config, envConfig *config.EnvConfig) []*pihole.Client {
 	clients := make([]*pihole.Client, 0, len(clientConfigs))
 	for i := range clientConfigs {
 		clientConfig := &clientConfigs[i]
 
-		client := pihole.NewClient(clientConfig)
+		client := pihole.NewClient(clientConfig, envConfig)
 		clients = append(clients, client)
 	}
 	return clients