diff --git a/cmd/util/config.go b/cmd/util/config.go
index 81879391..ef34aed6 100644
--- a/cmd/util/config.go
+++ b/cmd/util/config.go
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ func setDefaults(viper *viper.Viper) {
 	viper.SetDefault("general.debug", false)
 	viper.SetDefault("general.show_build_output", false)
 	viper.SetDefault("general.fatal_warnings", false)
+	viper.SetDefault("general.http_timeout", 360)
 
 	u, err := user.Current()
 	// os/user doesn't work in from scratch environments
@@ -178,6 +179,7 @@ func InitViper(ctx *types.Context, RootCmd *cobra.Command) {
 	}
 	pflags.Bool("same-owner", ctx.Config.GetGeneral().SameOwner, "Maintain same owner on uncompress.")
 	pflags.Int("concurrency", runtime.NumCPU(), "Concurrency")
+	pflags.Int("http-timeout", ctx.Config.General.HTTPTimeout, "Default timeout for http(s) requests")
 
 	viper.BindPFlag("logging.color", pflags.Lookup("color"))
 	viper.BindPFlag("logging.enable_emoji", pflags.Lookup("emoji"))
@@ -189,6 +191,7 @@ func InitViper(ctx *types.Context, RootCmd *cobra.Command) {
 	viper.BindPFlag("general.fatal_warnings", pflags.Lookup("fatal"))
 	viper.BindPFlag("general.same_owner", pflags.Lookup("same-owner"))
 	viper.BindPFlag("plugin", pflags.Lookup("plugin"))
+	viper.BindPFlag("general.http_timeout", pflags.Lookup("http-timeout"))
 
 	// Currently I maintain this only from cli.
 	viper.BindPFlag("no_spinner", pflags.Lookup("no-spinner"))
diff --git a/pkg/api/core/types/config.go b/pkg/api/core/types/config.go
index a3d12fe2..bce71163 100644
--- a/pkg/api/core/types/config.go
+++ b/pkg/api/core/types/config.go
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ type LuetGeneralConfig struct {
 	Debug           bool `yaml:"debug,omitempty" mapstructure:"debug"`
 	ShowBuildOutput bool `yaml:"show_build_output,omitempty" mapstructure:"show_build_output"`
 	FatalWarns      bool `yaml:"fatal_warnings,omitempty" mapstructure:"fatal_warnings"`
+	HTTPTimeout     int  `yaml:"http_timeout,omitempty" mapstructure:"http_timeout"`
 }
 
 type LuetSolverOptions struct {
diff --git a/pkg/installer/client/http.go b/pkg/installer/client/http.go
index af307a18..2dabc5ff 100644
--- a/pkg/installer/client/http.go
+++ b/pkg/installer/client/http.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/mudler/luet/pkg/api/core/types"
@@ -48,20 +47,11 @@ func NewHttpClient(r RepoData, ctx *types.Context) *HttpClient {
 	}
 }
 
-func NewGrabClient() *grab.Client {
-	httpTimeout := 360
-	timeout := os.Getenv("HTTP_TIMEOUT")
-	if timeout != "" {
-		timeoutI, err := strconv.Atoi(timeout)
-		if err == nil {
-			httpTimeout = timeoutI
-		}
-	}
-
+func NewGrabClient(timeout int) *grab.Client {
 	return &grab.Client{
 		UserAgent: "grab",
 		HTTPClient: &http.Client{
-			Timeout: time.Duration(httpTimeout) * time.Second,
+			Timeout: time.Duration(timeout) * time.Second,
 			Transport: &http.Transport{
 				Proxy: http.ProxyFromEnvironment,
 			},
@@ -101,7 +91,7 @@ func (c *HttpClient) DownloadFile(p string) (string, error) {
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(temp)
 
-	client := NewGrabClient()
+	client := NewGrabClient(c.context.Config.General.HTTPTimeout)
 
 	for _, uri := range c.RepoData.Urls {
 		file, err = c.context.Config.GetSystem().TempFile("HttpClient")