diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0da665f..030cd07 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ dist/
 __pycache__/
 poetry.toml
 .ruff_cache/
+env/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/elevenlabs/base_client.py b/src/elevenlabs/base_client.py
index a67c7e0..86878f9 100644
--- a/src/elevenlabs/base_client.py
+++ b/src/elevenlabs/base_client.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def __init__(
         follow_redirects: typing.Optional[bool] = True,
         httpx_client: typing.Optional[httpx.Client] = None,
     ):
-        _defaulted_timeout = timeout if timeout is not None else 60 if httpx_client is None else None
+        _defaulted_timeout = timeout if timeout is not None else 60 if httpx_client is None else httpx_client.timeout.read
         self._client_wrapper = SyncClientWrapper(
             base_url=_get_base_url(base_url=base_url, environment=environment),
             api_key=api_key,
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ def __init__(
         follow_redirects: typing.Optional[bool] = True,
         httpx_client: typing.Optional[httpx.AsyncClient] = None,
     ):
-        _defaulted_timeout = timeout if timeout is not None else 60 if httpx_client is None else None
+        _defaulted_timeout = timeout if timeout is not None else 60 if httpx_client is None else httpx_client.timeout.read 
         self._client_wrapper = AsyncClientWrapper(
             base_url=_get_base_url(base_url=base_url, environment=environment),
             api_key=api_key,