diff --git a/moonstreamapi/moonstreamapi/routes/subscriptions.py b/moonstreamapi/moonstreamapi/routes/subscriptions.py
index f53a3982..d2f76aa0 100644
--- a/moonstreamapi/moonstreamapi/routes/subscriptions.py
+++ b/moonstreamapi/moonstreamapi/routes/subscriptions.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     MOONSTREAM_ENTITIES_RESERVED_TAGS,
     THREAD_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
     MOONSTREAM_DB_V3_INDEX_INSTANCE,
+    BUGOUT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
 )
 from ..settings import bugout_client as bc
 from ..web3_provider import yield_web3_provider
@@ -192,6 +193,7 @@ async def add_subscription_handler(
             title=label,
             required_fields=required_fields,
             secondary_fields=content,
+            timeout=BUGOUT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
         )
     except EntityJournalNotFoundException as e:
         raise MoonstreamHTTPException(
@@ -200,7 +202,7 @@ async def add_subscription_handler(
             internal_error=e,
         )
     except Exception as e:
-        logger.error(f"Failed to get journal id")
+        logger.error(f"Failed to create subscription entity error: {str(e)}")
         raise MoonstreamHTTPException(
             status_code=500,
             internal_error=e,
@@ -585,6 +587,7 @@ async def update_subscriptions_handler(
             ),
             required_fields=update_required_fields,
             secondary_fields=update_secondary_fields,
+            timeout=BUGOUT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
         )
     except Exception as e:
         logger.error(f"Error update user subscriptions: {str(e)}")
diff --git a/moonstreamapi/moonstreamapi/settings.py b/moonstreamapi/moonstreamapi/settings.py
index c3a93170..fa32fa0c 100644
--- a/moonstreamapi/moonstreamapi/settings.py
+++ b/moonstreamapi/moonstreamapi/settings.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     brood_api_url=BUGOUT_BROOD_URL, spire_api_url=BUGOUT_SPIRE_EXTERNAL_URL
 )
 
-BUGOUT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 5
+BUGOUT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 10
 
 HUMBUG_REPORTER_BACKEND_TOKEN = os.environ.get("HUMBUG_REPORTER_BACKEND_TOKEN")
 
diff --git a/moonstreamapi/moonstreamapi/version.py b/moonstreamapi/moonstreamapi/version.py
index 9d9a48ba..9a164689 100644
--- a/moonstreamapi/moonstreamapi/version.py
+++ b/moonstreamapi/moonstreamapi/version.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 Moonstream library and API version.
 """
 
-MOONSTREAMAPI_VERSION = "0.4.7"
+MOONSTREAMAPI_VERSION = "0.4.8"