diff --git a/src/Exceptions/ErrorException.php b/src/Exceptions/ErrorException.php
index 9194353..59f7538 100644
--- a/src/Exceptions/ErrorException.php
+++ b/src/Exceptions/ErrorException.php
@@ -22,4 +22,9 @@ public static function snimoeValueNotFound(): self
     {
         return new self("SNlM0e value not found in response. Check __Secure-1PSID value.");
     }
+
+    public static function curlError($error): self
+    {
+        return new self("Curl error: " . $error);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/LaravelBard.php b/src/LaravelBard.php
index 47cc73c..7bd1830 100644
--- a/src/LaravelBard.php
+++ b/src/LaravelBard.php
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class LaravelBard
     private $reqid;
     private $SNlM0e;
 
-    public function __construct($timeout = 6, $proxies = null, $session = null)
+    public function __construct($timeout = 60, $proxies = null, $session = null)
     {
         $this->proxies = $proxies;
         $this->timeout = $timeout;
@@ -120,6 +120,11 @@ public function get_answer($input_text)
         ]);
 
         $resp = curl_exec($this->session);
+
+        if (curl_errno($this->session)) {
+            throw ErrorException::curlError(curl_error($this->session));
+        }
+
         $resp_dict = json_decode(explode("\n", $resp)[3], true)[0][2];
 
         if ($resp_dict === null) {