diff --git a/peer/main.go b/peer/main.go
index 509cf63..f2db699 100644
--- a/peer/main.go
+++ b/peer/main.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/netip"
 	"os"
+	"time"
 )
 
 // Usage:
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ func main_status() {
 				return net.Dial("unix", statusSocketPath(netName))
 			},
 		},
+		Timeout: 8 * time.Second,
 	}
 
 	getURL := "http://unix" + statusSocketPath(netName)