diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index 7bf723c5..68c7af48 100644
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ kojiro
 Lars Kneschke
 Lee Clemens
 leftyfb (Mike Rushton)
+M. Maraun
 Manuel Arostegui Ramirez
 Marcel Dopita
 Mark Edgington
diff --git a/config/action.d/badips.py b/config/action.d/badips.py
index a1df00a3..99e1866a 100644
--- a/config/action.d/badips.py
+++ b/config/action.d/badips.py
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class BadIPsAction(ActionBase):
 		"""
 		try:
 			response = urlopen(
-				self._Request("/".join([self._badips, "get", "categories"])))
+				self._Request("/".join([self._badips, "get", "categories"])), None, 3)
 		except HTTPError as response:
 			messages = json.loads(response.read().decode('utf-8'))
 			self._logSys.error(