diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index 8b09c6b..57461ed 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -93,7 +93,9 @@ Rails.application.configure do
     user_name: ENV['SMTP_USER_NAME'],
     password: ENV['SMTP_PASSWORD'],
     authentication: ENV['SMTP_AUTHENTICATION'] || 'plain',
-    enable_starttls_auto: ENV['SMTP_ENABLE_STARTTLS_AUTO'] || 'true'
+    enable_starttls: ENV['SMTP_ENABLE_STARTTLS_AUTO'] || 'true'
+    open_timeout: 5,
+    read_timeout: 5
   }
 
   # Enable locale fallbacks for I18n (makes lookups for any locale fall back to