diff --git a/stapler/handlers.py b/stapler/handlers.py
index 234a98e..f560539 100644
--- a/stapler/handlers.py
+++ b/stapler/handlers.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
 
 class BaseHandler(abc.ABC, http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
     SANITIZE_REGEX = re.compile(r"[^\x20-\x7F]+")
+    timeout = 10
 
     @typing.override
     def __init__(