diff --git a/src/monitor_utils/sessions.py b/src/monitor_utils/sessions.py
index 13abbd8..7ef5eb2 100644
--- a/src/monitor_utils/sessions.py
+++ b/src/monitor_utils/sessions.py
@@ -13,12 +13,16 @@ from aioweb import Response
 from aioweb_tls import CurlCffi, TLSSession
 from fake_useragent import UserAgent
 
-from monitor_utils.constants import CLIENT_IDENTIFIERS, RETRY_LIMIT
+from monitor_utils.constants import CLIENT_IDENTIFIERS, RETRY_LIMIT, TIMEOUT_SECONDS
 
 UA = UserAgent()
 
 
-def get_default_session(proxies: AioProxies, headers: dict | None = None) -> TLSSession:
+def get_default_session(
+    proxies: AioProxies,
+    headers: dict | None = None,
+    timeout: int = TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
+) -> TLSSession:
     """Return a TLSSession impersonating a random client fingerprint.
 
     Fingerprint rotation lives here so every monitor rotates the same way; the
@@ -36,6 +40,9 @@ def get_default_session(proxies: AioProxies, headers: dict | None = None) -> TLS
             monitor-wide static headers; per-request headers still go through
             send_request. The curl_cffi impersonation already supplies a
             matching User-Agent, so one is not defaulted here.
+        timeout: Total request timeout in seconds, defaulting to TIMEOUT_SECONDS.
+            aioweb's own default is only 10s, so this restores the wider budget
+            the old sessions used and slow retailers depend on.
 
     Returns:
         A TLSSession over a curl_cffi backend with a random impersonation, with
@@ -45,7 +52,9 @@ def get_default_session(proxies: AioProxies, headers: dict | None = None) -> TLS
     headers = headers or {}
     headers.setdefault("User-Agent", UA.chrome)
     impersonate = random.choice(CLIENT_IDENTIFIERS)
-    session = TLSSession(backend=CurlCffi(impersonate=impersonate), headers=headers)
+    session = TLSSession(
+        backend=CurlCffi(impersonate=impersonate), headers=headers, timeout=timeout
+    )
     session.proxy_pool = proxies
     return session