diff --git a/unshackle/core/utilities.py b/unshackle/core/utilities.py
index 3182326..17b7441 100644
--- a/unshackle/core/utilities.py
+++ b/unshackle/core/utilities.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import requests
 from construct import ValidationError
 from langcodes import Language, closest_match
 from pymp4.parser import Box
+from requests.adapters import HTTPAdapter
 from unidecode import unidecode
 
 from unshackle.core.cacher import Cacher
@@ -241,7 +242,10 @@ def get_ip_info(session: Optional[requests.Session] = None) -> dict:
     If you provide a Requests Session with a Proxy, that proxies IP information
     is what will be returned.
     """
-    return (session or requests.Session()).get("https://ipinfo.io/json").json()
+    request = session or requests.Session()
+    request.adapters["http://"] = HTTPAdapter(max_retries=3)
+    request.adapters["https://"] = HTTPAdapter(max_retries=3)
+    return request.get("https://ipinfo.io/json", timeout=1).json()
 
 
 def get_cached_ip_info(session: Optional[requests.Session] = None) -> Optional[dict]: