diff --git a/accounts/mixins.py b/accounts/mixins.py
index 850793c0..adf6260b 100644
--- a/accounts/mixins.py
+++ b/accounts/mixins.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class TurnstileMixin:
             'remoteip': request.META.get('REMOTE_ADDR'),
         }
 
-        response = requests.post(settings.TURNSTILE_VERIFY_URL, data=data)
+        response = requests.post(settings.TURNSTILE_VERIFY_URL, data=data, timeout=60)
         result = response.json()
 
         if not result.get('success'):
diff --git a/accounts/signals.py b/accounts/signals.py
index 49465665..d9440fee 100644
--- a/accounts/signals.py
+++ b/accounts/signals.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def create_user_profile(sender, instance, created, **kwargs):
                 
                 if avatar_url:
                     try:
-                        response = requests.get(avatar_url)
+                        response = requests.get(avatar_url, timeout=60)
                         if response.status_code == 200:
                             img_temp = NamedTemporaryFile(delete=True)
                             img_temp.write(response.content)
diff --git a/email_service/management/commands/test_email_service.py b/email_service/management/commands/test_email_service.py
index 32f19b69..ed1b5fbb 100644
--- a/email_service/management/commands/test_email_service.py
+++ b/email_service/management/commands/test_email_service.py
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                 },
                 headers={
                     'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-                }
-            )
+                }, 
+            timeout=60)
 
             if response.status_code == 200:
                 self.stdout.write(self.style.SUCCESS('✓ API endpoint test successful'))
diff --git a/email_service/services.py b/email_service/services.py
index 0a592340..46b3b0dc 100644
--- a/email_service/services.py
+++ b/email_service/services.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class EmailService:
                 f"{settings.FORWARD_EMAIL_BASE_URL}/v1/emails",
                 json=data,
                 headers=headers,
-            )
+            timeout=60)
 
             # Debug output
             print(f"Response Status: {response.status_code}")
diff --git a/location/views.py b/location/views.py
index 2af4b9dc..401551fe 100644
--- a/location/views.py
+++ b/location/views.py
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ class LocationSearchView(View):
             response = requests.get(
                 'https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search',
                 params=params,
-                headers={'User-Agent': 'ThrillWiki/1.0'}
-            )
+                headers={'User-Agent': 'ThrillWiki/1.0'}, 
+            timeout=60)
             response.raise_for_status()
             results = response.json()
         except requests.RequestException as e:
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ def reverse_geocode(request):
                 'format': 'json',
                 'addressdetails': 1
             },
-            headers={'User-Agent': 'ThrillWiki/1.0'}
-        )
+            headers={'User-Agent': 'ThrillWiki/1.0'}, 
+        timeout=60)
         response.raise_for_status()
         result = response.json()
         
diff --git a/media/management/commands/download_photos.py b/media/management/commands/download_photos.py
index 18d51a76..9309f7e8 100644
--- a/media/management/commands/download_photos.py
+++ b/media/management/commands/download_photos.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                     try:
                         # Download image
                         self.stdout.write(f'Downloading from URL: {photo_url}')
-                        response = requests.get(photo_url)
+                        response = requests.get(photo_url, timeout=60)
                         if response.status_code == 200:
                             # Delete any existing photos for this park
                             Photo.objects.filter(
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                             try:
                                 # Download image
                                 self.stdout.write(f'Downloading from URL: {photo_url}')
-                                response = requests.get(photo_url)
+                                response = requests.get(photo_url, timeout=60)
                                 if response.status_code == 200:
                                     # Delete any existing photos for this ride
                                     Photo.objects.filter(
diff --git a/parks/management/commands/seed_data.py b/parks/management/commands/seed_data.py
index 76ce714e..cb8fe520 100644
--- a/parks/management/commands/seed_data.py
+++ b/parks/management/commands/seed_data.py
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
 
     def download_image(self, url):
         """Download image from URL and return as Django File object"""
-        response = requests.get(url)
+        response = requests.get(url, timeout=60)
         if response.status_code == 200:
             img_temp = NamedTemporaryFile(delete=True)
             img_temp.write(response.content)
diff --git a/parks/views.py b/parks/views.py
index 9b47623a..e930afb3 100644
--- a/parks/views.py
+++ b/parks/views.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def location_search(request: HttpRequest) -> JsonResponse:
             "limit": 10,
         },
         headers={"User-Agent": "ThrillWiki/1.0"},
-    )
+    timeout=60)
 
     if response.status_code == 200:
         results = response.json()
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ def reverse_geocode(request: HttpRequest) -> JsonResponse:
             "accept-language": "en",
         },
         headers={"User-Agent": "ThrillWiki/1.0"},
-    )
+    timeout=60)
 
     if response.status_code == 200:
         result = response.json()