diff --git a/onionr/onionrutils/blockmetadata/hasblock.py b/onionr/onionrutils/blockmetadata/hasblock.py
index 0e98dcd9..8f4bbb2a 100644
--- a/onionr/onionrutils/blockmetadata/hasblock.py
+++ b/onionr/onionrutils/blockmetadata/hasblock.py
@@ -21,12 +21,13 @@ import sqlite3
 from coredb import dbfiles
 import onionrexceptions
 from .. import stringvalidators
+from etc import onionrvalues
 
 def has_block(hash: str) -> bool:
     '''
         Check for new block in the block meta db
     '''
-    conn = sqlite3.connect(dbfiles.block_meta_db)
+    conn = sqlite3.connect(dbfiles.block_meta_db, timeout=onionrvalues.DATABASE_LOCK_TIMEOUT)
     c = conn.cursor()
     if not stringvalidators.validate_hash(hash):
         raise onionrexceptions.InvalidHexHash("Invalid hash")