diff --git a/server/package.json b/server/package.json
index cf8907a..c7498ba 100644
--- a/server/package.json
+++ b/server/package.json
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     "@types/chunk": "^0.0.0",
     "aws-lambda": "^1.0.7",
     "aws-sdk": "^2.1187.0",
+    "axios": "^0.27.2",
     "body-parser": "^1.19.0",
     "chunk": "^0.0.3",
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
diff --git a/server/src/fetching/anime.ts b/server/src/fetching/anime.ts
index 23f13b5..941b54f 100644
--- a/server/src/fetching/anime.ts
+++ b/server/src/fetching/anime.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,14 @@ import { LocalDate, ZonedDateTime, ZoneOffset } from '@js-joda/core';
 import { Anime as MarikaAnime, IAnimeFull, IAnimeStats } from '@shineiichijo/marika';
 import { ratelimit, retry } from '../utils';
 import { Contracts } from "wrongopinions-common";
+import { default as axios } from 'axios';
 
 const marika = {
     anime: new MarikaAnime(),
 }
 
+axios.defaults.timeout = 10 * 1000; // Avoid pointless waiting when https://github.com/jikan-me/jikan-rest/issues/269 occurs
+
 export async function loadAnime(db: DB, queue: QueueDispatcher, id: number): Promise<void> {
     console.log("Loading anime", id);
     let details: IAnimeFull;