diff --git a/src/DsRestAPI/Api/Python/DsRestAPI.py b/src/DsRestAPI/Api/Python/DsRestAPI.py
index 0bef80f86a1760a788456df06add67f00be83a1d..54b72ace5e45521c6e6c91cc795be5e01e38e1a3 100755
--- a/src/DsRestAPI/Api/Python/DsRestAPI.py
+++ b/src/DsRestAPI/Api/Python/DsRestAPI.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class DsRestAPI:
 
     def getContentList(self, request):
         '''Returns the response to the request as a string.'''
-        dsCall = {"requests": request};
+        dsCall = {"requests": request, "timeOut": 5.0};
         return self.__httpcall(dsCall)
 
     def get(self, request):