Index: applications/editors/josm/plugins/wmsplugin/src/wmsplugin/WMSGrabber.java
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--- applications/editors/josm/plugins/wmsplugin/src/wmsplugin/WMSGrabber.java	(revision 14057)
+++ applications/editors/josm/plugins/wmsplugin/src/wmsplugin/WMSGrabber.java	(revision 14063)
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@
 import java.text.NumberFormat;
 import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
@@ -25,6 +26,6 @@
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.data.Bounds;
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.data.projection.Projection;
+import org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.MapView;
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.io.ProgressInputStream;
-import org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.MapView;
 
 
@@ -119,4 +120,6 @@
     
         HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
+        conn.setConnectTimeout(Main.pref.getInteger("wmsplugin.timeout.connect", 30) * 1000);
+        conn.setReadTimeout(Main.pref.getInteger("wmsplugin.timeout.read", 30) * 1000);
 
         String contentType = conn.getHeaderField("Content-Type");