diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..892e34b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Changelog
+
+
+## [1.2.10] - 2019-08-06
+
+- Lower socketcluster client timeout from 10s to 2s
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d4df3f3..de80471 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@deadlock-delegate/crawler",
-  "version": "1.2.9",
+  "version": "1.2.10",
   "description": "Crawler scans the ARK network to get information about the peers in the network.",
   "main": "src/crawler.js",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/src/peer.js b/src/peer.js
index e9d7b21..4a264ff 100644
--- a/src/peer.js
+++ b/src/peer.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class Peers {
     if (connection) {
       return connection
     }
-    connection = SocketClient.create({ hostname: ip, port })
+    connection = SocketClient.create({ hostname: ip, port, connectTimeout: 2000 })
     connection.on('error', (err) => {
       console.error(err)
       connection.destroy()