diff --git a/client-cli/pvc/cli_lib/common.py b/client-cli/pvc/cli_lib/common.py
index dbdc954f..94117114 100644
--- a/client-cli/pvc/cli_lib/common.py
+++ b/client-cli/pvc/cli_lib/common.py
@@ -123,8 +123,10 @@ def call_api(
     params=None,
     data=None,
     files=None,
-    timeout=3,
 ):
+    # Set the connect timeout to 3 seconds but extremely long (48 hour) data timeout
+    timeout = (3, 172800)
+
     # Craft the URI
     uri = "{}://{}{}{}".format(
         config["api_scheme"], config["api_host"], config["api_prefix"], request_uri
diff --git a/client-cli/pvc/cli_lib/vm.py b/client-cli/pvc/cli_lib/vm.py
index c94ea5b2..c8c75ad5 100644
--- a/client-cli/pvc/cli_lib/vm.py
+++ b/client-cli/pvc/cli_lib/vm.py
@@ -377,19 +377,12 @@ def vm_state(config, vm, target_state, force=False, wait=False):
     API arguments: state={state}, wait={wait}
     API schema: {"message":"{data}"}
     """
-    if wait or target_state == "disable":
-        timeout = 300
-    else:
-        timeout = 3
-
     params = {
         "state": target_state,
         "force": str(force).lower(),
         "wait": str(wait).lower(),
     }
-    response = call_api(
-        config, "post", "/vm/{vm}/state".format(vm=vm), params=params, timeout=timeout
-    )
+    response = call_api(config, "post", "/vm/{vm}/state".format(vm=vm), params=params)
 
     if response.status_code == 200:
         retstatus = True