diff --git a/pkg/irc/client.go b/pkg/irc/client.go
index fc30a0df..c5965d7e 100644
--- a/pkg/irc/client.go
+++ b/pkg/irc/client.go
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ func NewClient(nick, username string) *Client {
 		out:               make(chan string, 32),
 		quit:              make(chan struct{}),
 		reconnect:         make(chan struct{}),
+		dialer:            &net.Dialer{Timeout: 10 * time.Second},
 		recvBuf:           make([]byte, 0, 4096),
 		backoff: &backoff.Backoff{
 			Min:    500 * time.Millisecond,
diff --git a/pkg/irc/conn.go b/pkg/irc/conn.go
index f4ada4a8..7a3249ce 100644
--- a/pkg/irc/conn.go
+++ b/pkg/irc/conn.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"crypto/x509"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"net"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ func (c *Client) Connect(address string) {
 		c.Host = address[:idx]
 	}
 	c.Server = address
-	c.dialer = &net.Dialer{Timeout: 10 * time.Second}
 
 	c.connChange(false, nil)
 	go c.run()
@@ -244,7 +242,6 @@ func (c *Client) recv() {
 			if c.HandleNickInUse != nil {
 				go c.writeNick(c.HandleNickInUse(msg.Params[1]))
 			}
-
 		}
 
 		c.Messages <- msg
diff --git a/pkg/irc/dcc.go b/pkg/irc/dcc.go
index 1595b33e..daef9e34 100644
--- a/pkg/irc/dcc.go
+++ b/pkg/irc/dcc.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func DownloadDCC(w io.Writer, pack *DCCSend, progress chan DownloadProgress) err
 		}
 	}
 
-	conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", net.JoinHostPort(pack.IP, pack.Port))
+	conn, err := net.DialTimeout("tcp", net.JoinHostPort(pack.IP, pack.Port), 10*time.Second)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ func DownloadDCC(w io.Writer, pack *DCCSend, progress chan DownloadProgress) err
 	prevUpdate := start
 
 	for {
+		conn.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(10 * time.Second))
 		n, err := conn.Read(buf)
 		if err != nil {
 			if err != io.EOF {