diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e56eee6..02a88ca 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1182,7 +1182,7 @@ checksum = "3c5e1a9a646d36c3599cd173a41282daf47c44583ad367b8e6837255952e5c67"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "smartcat"
-version = "1.3.0"
+version = "1.4.1"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "device_query",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b481acb..7116db5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "smartcat"
-version = "1.4.0"
+version = "1.4.1"
 authors = ["Emilien Fugier <mail@emilienfugier.net>"]
 description = '''
 Putting a brain behind `cat`.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 46d62e4..09f442e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ Three files are used:
 [ollama]  # local API, no key required
 url = "http://localhost:11434/api/chat"
 default_model = "phi3"
-timeout_seconds = 30
+timeout_seconds = 180  # default timeout if not specified
 
 [openai]  # each supported api has their own config section with api and url
 api_key = "<your_api_key>"
@@ -361,12 +361,14 @@ sc test -v -c src/**/*
 
 The recording is then sent to a speech to text model, the resulting transcript is finally added to the prompt and sent to the text model to get an answer.
 
-On linux:
-On Mac:
-On windows:
+On linux: TODO
+On Mac: TODO
+On windows: TODO
 
 To debug, you can check the `conversation.toml` file or listen to the `audio.wav` in the smart config home and see what the model heard and transcripted.
 
+This feature shoud be offered as an extra down the road, totally optional on install. PRs are welcomed!
+
 
 ## How to help?
 
diff --git a/src/config/api.rs b/src/config/api.rs
index 029934e..c84bba6 100644
--- a/src/config/api.rs
+++ b/src/config/api.rs
@@ -64,8 +64,15 @@ pub struct ApiConfig {
     pub default_model: Option<String>,
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub version: Option<String>,
-    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
-    pub timeout_seconds: Option<u16>,
+    #[serde(
+        default = "default_timeout_seconds",
+        skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none"
+    )]
+    pub timeout_seconds: Option<u32>,
+}
+
+pub(super) fn default_timeout_seconds() -> Option<u32> {
+    Some(180)
 }
 
 impl Default for ApiConfig {
@@ -103,7 +110,7 @@ impl ApiConfig {
             url: String::from("http://localhost:11434/api/chat"),
             default_model: Some(String::from("phi3")),
             version: None,
-            timeout_seconds: Some(30),
+            timeout_seconds: Some(180),
         }
     }
 
@@ -114,7 +121,7 @@ impl ApiConfig {
             url: String::from("https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions"),
             default_model: Some(String::from("gpt-4")),
             version: None,
-            timeout_seconds: Some(30),
+            timeout_seconds: None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -125,7 +132,7 @@ impl ApiConfig {
             url: String::from("https://api.mistral.ai/v1/chat/completions"),
             default_model: Some(String::from("mistral-medium")),
             version: None,
-            timeout_seconds: Some(30),
+            timeout_seconds: None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -136,7 +143,7 @@ impl ApiConfig {
             url: String::from("https://api.groq.com/openai/v1/chat/completions"),
             default_model: Some(String::from("llama3-70b-8192")),
             version: None,
-            timeout_seconds: Some(30),
+            timeout_seconds: None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -147,7 +154,7 @@ impl ApiConfig {
             url: String::from("https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages"),
             default_model: Some(String::from("claude-3-opus-20240229")),
             version: Some(String::from("2023-06-01")),
-            timeout_seconds: Some(30),
+            timeout_seconds: None,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/config/mod.rs b/src/config/mod.rs
index 4d16a53..98e5ac6 100644
--- a/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ fn is_executable_in_path(executable_name: &str) -> bool {
 mod tests {
     use crate::{
         config::{
-            api::{api_keys_path, Api, ApiConfig},
+            api::{api_keys_path, default_timeout_seconds, Api, ApiConfig},
             ensure_config_files,
             prompt::{prompts_path, Prompt},
             resolve_config_path,
@@ -293,24 +293,21 @@ mod tests {
         // Check if the content matches the default values
 
         // API
-        assert_eq!(
-            api_config.get(&Prompt::default().api.to_string()),
-            Some(&ApiConfig::default())
-        );
-        assert_eq!(
-            api_config.get(&Api::Mistral.to_string()),
-            Some(&ApiConfig::mistral())
-        );
-
-        assert_eq!(
-            api_config.get(&Api::Groq.to_string()),
-            Some(&ApiConfig::groq())
-        );
-
-        assert_eq!(
-            api_config.get(&Api::Anthropic.to_string()),
-            Some(&ApiConfig::anthropic())
-        );
+        for (api, expected_config) in [
+            (Prompt::default().api.to_string(), ApiConfig::default()),
+            (Api::Mistral.to_string(), ApiConfig::mistral()),
+            (Api::Groq.to_string(), ApiConfig::groq()),
+            (Api::Anthropic.to_string(), ApiConfig::anthropic()),
+        ] {
+            let config = api_config.get(&api).unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(
+                ApiConfig {
+                    timeout_seconds: default_timeout_seconds(),
+                    ..expected_config
+                },
+                *config
+            );
+        }
 
         // Prompts
         let default_prompt = Prompt::default();
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index b66f2a9..6bd624f 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const DEFAULT_PROMPT_NAME: &str = "default";
 #[command(
     name = "smartcat (sc)",
     author = "Emilien Fugier",
-    version = "1.4.0",
+    version = "1.4.1",
     about = "Putting a brain behind `cat`. CLI interface to bring language models in the Unix ecosystem 🐈‍⬛",
     long_about = None,
     after_help = "Examples: