diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/load-generator-commons/src/main/java/rocks/theodolite/benchmarks/loadgenerator/HttpRecordSender.java b/theodolite-benchmarks/load-generator-commons/src/main/java/rocks/theodolite/benchmarks/loadgenerator/HttpRecordSender.java
index f9c0d3830e955ca88864d61e8bb74dc0974c1f26..fbfbd526c95153153ca9354e7b7c8aa913fa566e 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/load-generator-commons/src/main/java/rocks/theodolite/benchmarks/loadgenerator/HttpRecordSender.java
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/load-generator-commons/src/main/java/rocks/theodolite/benchmarks/loadgenerator/HttpRecordSender.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
 import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
 import java.net.http.HttpResponse.BodyHandler;
 import java.net.http.HttpResponse.BodyHandlers;
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
@@ -23,6 +24,8 @@ public class HttpRecordSender<T extends SpecificRecord> implements RecordSender<
 
   private static final int HTTP_OK = 200;
 
+  private static final Duration CONNECTION_TIMEOUT = Duration.ofSeconds(1);
+
   private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(HttpRecordSender.class);
 
   private final Gson gson = new Gson();
@@ -63,6 +66,7 @@ public class HttpRecordSender<T extends SpecificRecord> implements RecordSender<
     final String json = this.gson.toJson(message);
     final HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
         .uri(this.uri)
+        .timeout(CONNECTION_TIMEOUT)
         .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString(json))
         .build();
     final BodyHandler<Void> bodyHandler = BodyHandlers.discarding();
@@ -81,7 +85,7 @@ public class HttpRecordSender<T extends SpecificRecord> implements RecordSender<
                     response.statusCode());
               }
             });
-    if (this.async) {
+    if (this.isSync()) {
       try {
         result.get();
       } catch (InterruptedException | ExecutionException e) {
@@ -90,4 +94,8 @@ public class HttpRecordSender<T extends SpecificRecord> implements RecordSender<
     }
   }
 
+  private boolean isSync() {
+    return !this.async;
+  }
+
 }