diff --git a/PFERD/ilias/downloader.py b/PFERD/ilias/downloader.py
index f26c43c..82527a0 100644
--- a/PFERD/ilias/downloader.py
+++ b/PFERD/ilias/downloader.py
@@ -84,9 +84,13 @@ class IliasDownloader:
             session: requests.Session,
             authenticator: IliasAuthenticator,
             strategy: IliasDownloadStrategy,
+            timeout: int = 5
     ):
         """
         Create a new IliasDownloader.
+
+        The timeout applies to the download request only, as bwcloud uses IPv6
+        and requests has a problem with that: https://github.com/psf/requests/issues/5522
         """
 
         self._tmp_dir = tmp_dir
@@ -94,6 +98,7 @@ class IliasDownloader:
         self._session = session
         self._authenticator = authenticator
         self._strategy = strategy
+        self._timeout = timeout
 
     def download_all(self, infos: List[IliasDownloadInfo]) -> None:
         """
@@ -137,7 +142,7 @@ class IliasDownloader:
             PRETTY.warning(f"Could not download {str(info.path)!r} as I got no URL :/")
             return True
 
-        with self._session.get(url, stream=True) as response:
+        with self._session.get(url, stream=True, timeout=self._timeout) as response:
             content_type = response.headers["content-type"]
             has_content_disposition = "content-disposition" in response.headers
 
diff --git a/PFERD/pferd.py b/PFERD/pferd.py
index e99cf20..0b25151 100644
--- a/PFERD/pferd.py
+++ b/PFERD/pferd.py
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ class Pferd(Location):
             dir_filter: IliasDirectoryFilter,
             transform: Transform,
             download_strategy: IliasDownloadStrategy,
-            clean: bool = True
+            timeout: int,
+            clean: bool = True,
     ) -> Organizer:
         # pylint: disable=too-many-locals
         cookie_jar = CookieJar(to_path(cookies) if cookies else None)
@@ -81,7 +82,8 @@ class Pferd(Location):
         organizer = Organizer(self.resolve(to_path(target)))
 
         crawler = IliasCrawler(base_url, session, authenticator, dir_filter)
-        downloader = IliasDownloader(tmp_dir, organizer, session, authenticator, download_strategy)
+        downloader = IliasDownloader(tmp_dir, organizer, session,
+                                     authenticator, download_strategy, timeout)
 
         cookie_jar.load_cookies()
         info = crawl_function(crawler)
@@ -112,6 +114,7 @@ class Pferd(Location):
             password: Optional[str] = None,
             download_strategy: IliasDownloadStrategy = download_modified_or_new,
             clean: bool = True,
+            timeout: int = 5,
     ) -> Organizer:
         """
         Synchronizes a folder with the ILIAS instance of the KIT.
@@ -137,6 +140,8 @@ class Pferd(Location):
                 be downloaded. Can save bandwidth and reduce the number of requests.
                 (default: {download_modified_or_new})
             clean {bool} -- Whether to clean up when the method finishes.
+            timeout {int} -- The download timeout for opencast videos. Sadly needed due to a
+                requests bug.
         """
         # This authenticator only works with the KIT ilias instance.
         authenticator = KitShibbolethAuthenticator(username=username, password=password)
@@ -152,6 +157,7 @@ class Pferd(Location):
             transform=transform,
             download_strategy=download_strategy,
             clean=clean,
+            timeout=timeout
         )
 
         self._download_summary.merge(organizer.download_summary)
@@ -175,6 +181,7 @@ class Pferd(Location):
             password: Optional[str] = None,
             download_strategy: IliasDownloadStrategy = download_modified_or_new,
             clean: bool = True,
+            timeout: int = 5,
     ) -> Organizer:
         """
         Synchronizes a folder with the ILIAS instance of the KIT. This method will crawl the ILIAS
@@ -199,6 +206,8 @@ class Pferd(Location):
                 be downloaded. Can save bandwidth and reduce the number of requests.
                 (default: {download_modified_or_new})
             clean {bool} -- Whether to clean up when the method finishes.
+            timeout {int} -- The download timeout for opencast videos. Sadly needed due to a
+                requests bug.
         """
         # This authenticator only works with the KIT ilias instance.
         authenticator = KitShibbolethAuthenticator(username=username, password=password)
@@ -214,6 +223,7 @@ class Pferd(Location):
             transform=transform,
             download_strategy=download_strategy,
             clean=clean,
+            timeout=timeout
         )
 
         self._download_summary.merge(organizer.download_summary)