diff --git a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/index.js b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/index.js
index 8e8cb6247..19ca7e43b 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/index.js
@@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ const registerNetworkIpc = (mainWindow) => {
       });
 
       const preferences = getPreferences();
+      const timeout = get(preferences, 'request.timeout', 0);
+      request.timeout = timeout;
       const sslVerification = get(preferences, 'request.sslVerification', true);
       const httpsAgentRequestFields = {};
       if (!sslVerification) {
@@ -505,6 +507,8 @@ const registerNetworkIpc = (mainWindow) => {
       const preparedRequest = prepareGqlIntrospectionRequest(endpoint, envVars, request, collectionRoot);
 
       const preferences = getPreferences();
+      const timeout = get(preferences, 'request.timeout', 0);
+      request.timeout = timeout;
       const sslVerification = get(preferences, 'request.sslVerification', true);
 
       if (!sslVerification) {
@@ -683,6 +687,8 @@ const registerNetworkIpc = (mainWindow) => {
             });
 
             const preferences = getPreferences();
+            const timeout = get(preferences, 'request.timeout', 0);
+            request.timeout = timeout;
             const sslVerification = get(preferences, 'request.sslVerification', true);
 
             // proxy configuration
diff --git a/packages/bruno-js/src/bruno-request.js b/packages/bruno-js/src/bruno-request.js
index 099d35111..afbf97873 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-js/src/bruno-request.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-js/src/bruno-request.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ class BrunoRequest {
     this.method = req.method;
     this.headers = req.headers;
     this.body = req.data;
+    this.timeout = req.timeout;
   }
 
   getUrl() {
@@ -50,6 +51,14 @@ class BrunoRequest {
   setMaxRedirects(maxRedirects) {
     this.req.maxRedirects = maxRedirects;
   }
+
+  getTimeout() {
+    return this.req.timeout;
+  }
+
+  setTimeout(timeout) {
+    this.req.timeout = timeout;
+  }
 }
 
 module.exports = BrunoRequest;