diff --git a/launchable/utils/env_keys.py b/launchable/utils/env_keys.py
index ed1980a7f..a45af6cc0 100644
--- a/launchable/utils/env_keys.py
+++ b/launchable/utils/env_keys.py
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 ORGANIZATION_KEY = "LAUNCHABLE_ORGANIZATION"
 WORKSPACE_KEY = "LAUNCHABLE_WORKSPACE"
 BASE_URL_KEY = "LAUNCHABLE_BASE_URL"
+SKIP_TIMEOUT_RETRY = "LAUNCHABLE_SKIP_TIMEOUT_RETRY"
diff --git a/launchable/utils/http_client.py b/launchable/utils/http_client.py
index c5d3eeca9..0044ecb99 100644
--- a/launchable/utils/http_client.py
+++ b/launchable/utils/http_client.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 from ..app import Application
 from .authentication import authentication_headers
-from .env_keys import BASE_URL_KEY
+from .env_keys import BASE_URL_KEY, SKIP_TIMEOUT_RETRY
 from .gzipgen import compress as gzipgen_compress
 from .logger import AUDIT_LOG_FORMAT, Logger
 
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 DEFAULT_TIMEOUT: Tuple[int, int] = (5, 60)
 DEFAULT_GET_TIMEOUT: Tuple[int, int] = (5, 15)
 
+MAX_RETRIES = 3
+
 
 def get_base_url():
     return os.getenv(BASE_URL_KEY) or DEFAULT_BASE_URL
@@ -49,8 +51,12 @@ def __init__(self, base_url: str = "", session: Optional[Session] = None,
         self.skip_cert_verification = bool(app and app.skip_cert_verification)
 
         if session is None:
+            read = MAX_RETRIES
+            if os.getenv(SKIP_TIMEOUT_RETRY):
+                read = 0
             strategy = Retry(
-                total=3,
+                total=MAX_RETRIES,
+                read=read,
                 allowed_methods=["GET", "PUT", "PATCH", "DELETE"],
                 status_forcelist=[429, 500, 502, 503, 504],
                 backoff_factor=2