diff --git a/server/managers/PodcastManager.js b/server/managers/PodcastManager.js
index 052ba8b3..625688c9 100644
--- a/server/managers/PodcastManager.js
+++ b/server/managers/PodcastManager.js
@@ -384,7 +384,17 @@ class PodcastManager {
       Logger.error(`[PodcastManager] checkPodcastForNewEpisodes no feed url for ${podcastLibraryItem.media.title} (ID: ${podcastLibraryItem.id})`)
       return null
     }
-    const feed = await getPodcastFeed(podcastLibraryItem.media.feedURL)
+    const feed = await Promise.race([
+      getPodcastFeed(podcastLibraryItem.media.feedURL),
+      new Promise((_, reject) =>
+        // The added second is to make sure that axios can fail first and only falls back later
+        setTimeout(() => reject(new Error('Timeout. getPodcastFeed seemed to timeout but not triggering the timeout.')), global.PodcastDownloadTimeout + 1000)
+      )
+    ]).catch((error) => {
+      Logger.error(`[PodcastManager] checkPodcastForNewEpisodes failed to fetch feed for ${podcastLibraryItem.media.title} (ID: ${podcastLibraryItem.id}):`, error)
+      return null
+    })
+
     if (!feed?.episodes) {
       Logger.error(`[PodcastManager] checkPodcastForNewEpisodes invalid feed payload for ${podcastLibraryItem.media.title} (ID: ${podcastLibraryItem.id})`, feed)
       return null