diff --git a/app/lib/request.rb b/app/lib/request.rb
index b083edaf776facd837022b65af12bfd59fb315d3..61311df6e4f7affd1bea1c042431bdc699764ced 100644
--- a/app/lib/request.rb
+++ b/app/lib/request.rb
@@ -85,6 +85,6 @@ class Request
   end
 
   def http_client
-    HTTP.timeout(:per_operation, timeout).follow
+    HTTP.timeout(:per_operation, timeout).follow(max_hops: 2)
   end
 end