diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/glide/artistimage/ArtistImageLoader.java b/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/glide/artistimage/ArtistImageLoader.java
index f0f4b972..f99fef3a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/glide/artistimage/ArtistImageLoader.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/glide/artistimage/ArtistImageLoader.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
 
 public class ArtistImageLoader implements StreamModelLoader<ArtistImage> {
     // we need these very low values to make sure our artist image loading calls doesn't block the image loading queue
-    private static final int TIMEOUT = 500;
+    private static final int TIMEOUT = 700;
 
     private Context context;
     private LastFMRestClient lastFMClient;
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/lastfm/rest/LastFMRestClient.java b/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/lastfm/rest/LastFMRestClient.java
index 49d0a98f..c5ac4743 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/lastfm/rest/LastFMRestClient.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/lastfm/rest/LastFMRestClient.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import retrofit2.converter.gson.GsonConverterFactory;
  * @author Karim Abou Zeid (kabouzeid)
  */
 public class LastFMRestClient {
-    public static final String BASE_URL = "http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/";
+    public static final String BASE_URL = "https://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/";
 
     private LastFMService apiService;