diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.Core/DiscordConfig.cs b/src/Discord.Net.Core/DiscordConfig.cs
index 737cf0050..0cb190726 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.Core/DiscordConfig.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.Core/DiscordConfig.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ namespace Discord
         public const string CDNUrl = "https://discordcdn.com/";
         public const string InviteUrl = "https://discord.gg/";
 
+        public const int DefaultRequestTimeout = 15000;
         public const int MaxMessageSize = 2000;
         public const int MaxMessagesPerBatch = 100;
         public const int MaxUsersPerBatch = 1000;
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.Core/RequestOptions.cs b/src/Discord.Net.Core/RequestOptions.cs
index 195390ecf..b82ec29c8 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.Core/RequestOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.Core/RequestOptions.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
         public RequestOptions()
         {
-            Timeout = 30000;
+            Timeout = DiscordConfig.DefaultRequestTimeout;
         }
 
         public RequestOptions Clone() => MemberwiseClone() as RequestOptions;
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.Rest/DiscordRestConfig.cs b/src/Discord.Net.Rest/DiscordRestConfig.cs
index 8dee72231..33a3cb4e8 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.Rest/DiscordRestConfig.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.Rest/DiscordRestConfig.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ namespace Discord.Rest
     {
         public static string UserAgent { get; } = $"DiscordBot (https://github.com/RogueException/Discord.Net, v{Version})";
         
-        internal const int RestTimeout = 10000;
         internal const int MessageQueueInterval = 100;
         internal const int WebSocketQueueInterval = 100;