diff --git a/internal/config/builder.go b/internal/config/builder.go
index 2967f63..3941012 100644
--- a/internal/config/builder.go
+++ b/internal/config/builder.go
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ func NewBuilder() *Builder {
 			"telegram.id":      "telegram-id",
 			"telegram.channel": "telegram-channel",
 
+			// AbiCache
+			"abi_cache.api_timeout": "abi-cache-api-timeout",
+
 			// Log
 			"log.maxfilesize":           "log-max-filesize",
 			"log.maxtime":               "log-max-time",
diff --git a/internal/config/builder_test.go b/internal/config/builder_test.go
index 772f78b..8a02880 100644
--- a/internal/config/builder_test.go
+++ b/internal/config/builder_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ func TestBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 			MaxTime:             30 * time.Minute,
 			FileTimestampFormat: "20060102@150405",
 		},
+		AbiCache: AbiCache{
+			ApiTimeout: time.Minute * 300,
+		},
 		Ship: ShipConfig{
 			Url:                 "127.0.0.1:8089",
 			StartBlockNum:       23671836,
@@ -53,6 +56,8 @@ func TestBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 name: "ship-reader-1"
 api: "http://127.0.0.1:8080"
 message_codec: "mojibake"
+abi_cache:
+  api_timeout: 300m
 log:
   filename: some_file.log
   directory: /path/to/whatever
@@ -96,6 +101,9 @@ func TestBuilder_WithDefaultConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			MaxTime:             time.Hour * 24,
 			FileTimestampFormat: "2006-01-02_150405",
 		},
+		AbiCache: AbiCache{
+			ApiTimeout: time.Second,
+		},
 		Ship: ShipConfig{
 			Url:                 "ws://127.0.0.1:8080",
 			StartBlockNum:       shipclient.NULL_BLOCK_NUMBER,
@@ -133,6 +141,7 @@ func TestBuilder_Flags(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, flags.Set("redis-password", "secret123"))
 	require.NoError(t, flags.Set("redis-db", "3"))
 	require.NoError(t, flags.Set("redis-prefix", "custom-prefix"))
+	require.NoError(t, flags.Set("abi-cache-api-timeout", "16h"))
 	require.NoError(t, flags.Set("telegram-id", "72983126312982618"))
 	require.NoError(t, flags.Set("telegram-channel", "-293492332"))
 	require.NoError(t, flags.Set("log-max-filesize", "25mb"))
@@ -160,6 +169,9 @@ func TestBuilder_Flags(t *testing.T) {
 			MaxTime:             time.Minute * 10,
 			FileTimestampFormat: "0102-15:04:05",
 		},
+		AbiCache: AbiCache{
+			ApiTimeout: time.Hour * 16,
+		},
 		Ship: ShipConfig{
 			Url:                 "ws://myship.com:7823",
 			StartBlockNum:       7327833,
diff --git a/internal/config/cli.go b/internal/config/cli.go
index 85d8f39..b7c90ce 100644
--- a/internal/config/cli.go
+++ b/internal/config/cli.go
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ func GetFlags() *pflag.FlagSet {
 	flags.String("telegram-id", "", "Id of telegram bot")
 	flags.Int64("telegram-channel", 0, "Telegram channel to send notifications to")
 
+	// AbiCache
+	flags.Duration("abi-cache-api-timeout", time.Second, "")
+
 	// Log
 	flags.StringP("log", "l", "", "Path to log file (default: print to stdout/stderr)")
 	flags.String("log-max-filesize", "10mb", "Max filesize for logfile to rotate")
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index 7bb8b4b..6f60465 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package config
 
 import (
+	"time"
+
 	"github.com/eosswedenorg/thalos/internal/log"
 	"github.com/eosswedenorg/thalos/internal/types"
 )
@@ -18,6 +20,10 @@ type TelegramConfig struct {
 	Channel int64  `yaml:"channel" mapstructure:"channel"`
 }
 
+type AbiCache struct {
+	ApiTimeout time.Duration `yaml:"api_timeout" mapstructure:"api_timeout"`
+}
+
 type ShipConfig struct {
 	Url                  string          `yaml:"url" mapstructure:"url"`
 	IrreversibleOnly     bool            `yaml:"irreversible_only" mapstructure:"irreversible_only"`
@@ -39,5 +45,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	Redis        RedisConfig `yaml:"redis" mapstructure:"redis"`
 	MessageCodec string      `yaml:"message_codec" mapstructure:"message_codec"`
 
+	AbiCache AbiCache `yaml:"abi_cache" mapstructure:"abi_cache"`
+
 	Telegram TelegramConfig `yaml:"telegram" mapstructure:"telegram"`
 }