diff --git a/scripts/curl-wrapper.sh b/scripts/curl-wrapper.sh
index 0ef6809..e24d1fb 100755
--- a/scripts/curl-wrapper.sh
+++ b/scripts/curl-wrapper.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # a curl wrapper for seirdy.one
-curl --proto "=https" --tlsv1.3 --cert-status -sS -m10 "$@"
+curl --proto "=https" --tlsv1.3 --cert-status -sS -m${SEIRDYONE_CURL_TIMEOUT-10} "$@"