diff --git a/configs/core.ini b/configs/core.ini
index a1fc0f8d..f4ee0c2b 100755
--- a/configs/core.ini
+++ b/configs/core.ini
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 ; Configuration file for AMX Mod X
-amxx_logs	addons/amxmodx/logs
-amxx_configsdir	addons/amxmodx/configs
-amxx_datadir	addons/amxmodx/data
-amxx_modules	addons/amxmodx/configs/modules.ini
-amxx_plugins	addons/amxmodx/configs/plugins.ini
-amxx_pluginsdir	addons/amxmodx/plugins
-amxx_modulesdir	addons/amxmodx/modules
-amxx_vault	addons/amxmodx/data/vault.ini
+amxx_logs       addons/amxmodx/logs
+amxx_configsdir addons/amxmodx/configs
+amxx_datadir    addons/amxmodx/data
+amxx_modules    addons/amxmodx/configs/modules.ini
+amxx_plugins    addons/amxmodx/configs/plugins.ini
+amxx_pluginsdir addons/amxmodx/plugins
+amxx_modulesdir addons/amxmodx/modules
+amxx_vault      addons/amxmodx/data/vault.ini
 
 ; Logging mode
 ; 0 - no logging
 ; 1 - one logfile / day
 ; 2 - one logfile / map
 ; 3 - HL Logs
-amxx_logging	1
+amxx_logging 1
+
+; MySQL default timeout
+mysql_timeout 60
 
 ; Binary logging level
 ; add these up to get what you want
@@ -24,10 +27,10 @@ amxx_logging	1
 ; 8  - log all native params
 ; 16 - log internal function calls (only in debug mode)
 ; 32 - log line number accesses (only in debug mode)
-bin_logging	49
+bin_logging 49
 
 ; Maximum binary log size, in megs
-max_binlog_size	20
+max_binlog_size 20
 
 ; Plugin optimization flags - add these up to get what you want
 ; lowering these may stop crashes on very old CPUs
@@ -36,4 +39,4 @@ max_binlog_size	20
 ; 1 - float arithmetic
 ; 2 - float comparisons
 ; 4 - float rounding
-optimizer	7
+optimizer 7
diff --git a/configs/sql.cfg b/configs/sql.cfg
index b8cd7657..11901c87 100755
--- a/configs/sql.cfg
+++ b/configs/sql.cfg
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@
 
 // *NOTE* amx_sql_type specifies the DEFAULT database type which admin.sma will use.
 
-amx_sql_host	"127.0.0.1"
-amx_sql_user	"root"
-amx_sql_pass	""
-amx_sql_db		"amx"
-amx_sql_table	"admins"
-amx_sql_type	"mysql"
+amx_sql_host    "127.0.0.1"
+amx_sql_user    "root"
+amx_sql_pass    ""
+amx_sql_db      "amx"
+amx_sql_table   "admins"
+amx_sql_type    "mysql"
+amx_sql_timeout "60"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dlls/mysqlx/mysql/MysqlDriver.cpp b/dlls/mysqlx/mysql/MysqlDriver.cpp
index 89d5ed15..8afa7125 100644
--- a/dlls/mysqlx/mysql/MysqlDriver.cpp
+++ b/dlls/mysqlx/mysql/MysqlDriver.cpp
@@ -52,11 +52,22 @@ IDatabase *MysqlDriver::_Connect(DatabaseInfo *info, int *errcode, char *error,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	if (do_timeout && info->max_timeout)
+	decltype(info->max_timeout) timeout = atoi(LOCALINFO("mysql_timeout"));
+
+	if (timeout <= 0)
 	{
-		mysql_options(mysql, MYSQL_OPT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT, (const char *)&(info->max_timeout));
+		timeout = 60;
 	}
 
+	if (do_timeout && info->max_timeout > 0)
+	{
+		timeout = info->max_timeout;
+	}
+
+	mysql_options(mysql, MYSQL_OPT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT, (const char *)&timeout);
+	mysql_options(mysql, MYSQL_OPT_READ_TIMEOUT, (const char *)&timeout);
+	mysql_options(mysql, MYSQL_OPT_WRITE_TIMEOUT, (const char *)&timeout);
+
 	/** Have MySQL automatically reconnect if it times out or loses connection.
 	 * This will prevent "MySQL server has gone away" errors after a while.
 	 */
diff --git a/plugins/admin.sma b/plugins/admin.sma
index cb17beda..16e26230 100755
--- a/plugins/admin.sma
+++ b/plugins/admin.sma
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ public plugin_init()
 	register_cvar("amx_sql_pass", "", FCVAR_PROTECTED)
 	register_cvar("amx_sql_db", "amx", FCVAR_PROTECTED)
 	register_cvar("amx_sql_type", "mysql", FCVAR_PROTECTED)
+	register_cvar("amx_sql_timeout", "60", FCVAR_PROTECTED)
 
 	register_concmd("amx_reloadadmins", "cmdReload", ADMIN_CFG)
 	register_concmd("amx_addadmin", "addadminfn", ADMIN_RCON, "<playername|auth> <accessflags> [password] [authtype] - add specified player as an admin to users.ini")
diff --git a/plugins/include/sqlx.inc b/plugins/include/sqlx.inc
index 5641f9f4..6b92c3aa 100644
--- a/plugins/include/sqlx.inc
+++ b/plugins/include/sqlx.inc
@@ -393,6 +393,11 @@ stock Handle:SQL_MakeStdTuple(timeout = 0)
 	get_cvar_string("amx_sql_pass", pass, 31);
 	get_cvar_string("amx_sql_type", set_type, 11);
 	get_cvar_string("amx_sql_db", db, 127);
+
+	if (timeout <= 0)
+	{
+		timeout = get_cvar_num("amx_sql_timeout");
+	}
 	
 	SQL_GetAffinity(get_type, 12);