diff --git a/neofetch b/neofetch
index 1040f515..0e40cd18 100755
--- a/neofetch
+++ b/neofetch
@@ -1629,13 +1629,15 @@ getlocalip () {
 
 getpublicip () {
     if type -p dig >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        publicip="$(dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com)"
+        publicip="$(dig +time=1 +tries=1 +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com 2>/dev/null)"
+    fi
 
-    elif type -p curl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        publicip="$(curl -w '\n' "$public_ip_host")"
+    if [ -z "$publicip" ] && type -p curl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        publicip="$(curl --max-time 10 -w '\n' "$public_ip_host")"
+    fi
 
-    elif type -p wget >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        publicip="$(wget -qO- "$public_ip_host"; printf "%s")"
+    if [ -z "$publicip" ] && type -p wget >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        publicip="$(wget -T 10 -qO- "$public_ip_host"; printf "%s")"
     fi
 }