diff --git a/otouto/plugins/youtube.lua b/otouto/plugins/youtube.lua
index 87fa590..89ff692 100644
--- a/otouto/plugins/youtube.lua
+++ b/otouto/plugins/youtube.lua
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ function get_yt_data (yt_code)
   return data
 end
 
-local function convertISO8601Time(duration)
+function convertISO8601Time(duration)
 	local a = {}
 
 	for part in string.gmatch(duration, "%d+") do
diff --git a/otouto/utilities.lua b/otouto/utilities.lua
index 4d0b743..eacaa30 100644
--- a/otouto/utilities.lua
+++ b/otouto/utilities.lua
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ local bindings = require('otouto.bindings')
 local redis = (loadfile "./otouto/redis.lua")()
 local mimetype = (loadfile "./otouto/mimetype.lua")()
 
+HTTP.timeout = 10
+
  -- For the sake of ease to new contributors and familiarity to old contributors,
  -- we'll provide a couple of aliases to real bindings here.
 function utilities:send_message(chat_id, text, disable_web_page_preview, reply_to_message_id, use_markdown, reply_markup)