diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d47cb14..af51518 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- A download that stops partway is given up after two minutes without data, instead of holding up every scan and download until a restart.
 - On a phone, the closed feed list no longer shades the left edge of the page with its shadow.
 - On an iPhone, the top bar's colour runs all the way up behind the status bar and the Dynamic Island, with no band of another colour above it.
 - A feed's buttons stay on one row on a narrow phone, and the reader's buttons stay together instead of breaking across lines under a long feed name.
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index ad47b6c..1231c2b 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -293,6 +293,9 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
             .user_agent(concat!("ipx/", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")))
             // Connecting only, so it bounds a download's start, not a long download (#108).
             .connect_timeout(std::time::Duration::from_secs(10))
+            // Two minutes without a byte is a stalled download, however long it is: unbounded, one
+            // held the worker, and every scan behind it, for good, while the daemon read healthy (#152).
+            .read_timeout(std::time::Duration::from_secs(120))
             .build()?,
         feed_client: reqwest::Client::builder()
             .user_agent(concat!("ipx/", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")))