diff --git a/ext/varnish/main.php b/ext/varnish/main.php
index de9ce60d..c80e670d 100644
--- a/ext/varnish/main.php
+++ b/ext/varnish/main.php
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ class VarnishPurger extends Extension {
 	private function curl_purge($path) {
 		$url = make_http(make_link($path));
 		$ch = curl_init();
-		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,$url);
+		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
 		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "PURGE");
+		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 5);
 		$result = curl_exec($ch);
 		$httpCode = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
 		curl_close($ch);