diff --git a/sender_worker.go b/sender_worker.go
index b01bb62..5a705fa 100644
--- a/sender_worker.go
+++ b/sender_worker.go
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
 
 	"git.sr.ht/~michalr/go-satel"
 )
 
 const (
 	NotificationPartitionIndex = 0
+	httpTimeout                = 1 * time.Second
 )
 
 type Sender interface {
@@ -61,7 +63,10 @@ func doHttpNotification(url string, logger *log.Logger, wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
 	}
 	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, url, nil)
 
-	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+	client := http.Client{
+		Timeout: httpTimeout,
+	}
+	res, err := client.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Print("Could not POST ", url, ": ", err)
 		return
@@ -139,7 +144,10 @@ func SendToMatterbridge(events <-chan GenericMessage, s SatelNameGetter, config
 				}
 				req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, matterbridgeConfig.URI, bytes.NewBuffer(body))
 				req.Header["Authorization"] = []string{fmt.Sprint("Bearer ", matterbridgeConfig.Token)}
-				res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+				client := http.Client{
+					Timeout: httpTimeout,
+				}
+				res, err := client.Do(req)
 				if err != nil {
 					logger.Print("Could not POST ", matterbridgeConfig.URI, ": ", err)
 					return