diff --git a/log10/load.py b/log10/load.py
index 32d1af66..bde1d6d6 100644
--- a/log10/load.py
+++ b/log10/load.py
@@ -74,10 +74,9 @@ def post_request(url: str, json_payload: dict = {}) -> requests.Response:
     headers = {"x-log10-token": token, "Content-Type": "application/json"}
     json_payload["organization_id"] = org_id
     try:
-        # todo: set timeout
-        res = requests.post(
-            url, headers=headers, json=json_payload, timeout=os.environ.get("LOG10_REQUESTS_TIMEOUT", 10)
-        )
+        timeout = int(os.environ.get("LOG10_REQUESTS_TIMEOUT", 10))
+        assert isinstance(timeout, int)
+        res = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=json_payload, timeout=timeout)
         # raise_for_status() will raise an exception if the status is 4xx, 5xxx
         res.raise_for_status()
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ce587dad..6f5ce5ab 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "log10-io"
 
-version = "0.6.3"
+version = "0.6.4"
 authors = ["log10 team"]
 license = "MIT"
 description = "Unified LLM data management"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9c27d690..57c9fc5d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="Log10",
-    version="0.6.3",
+    version="0.6.4",
     description="Log10 LLM data management",
     author="Log10 team",
     author_email="team@log10.io",