diff --git a/openerpweb/openerpweb.py b/openerpweb/openerpweb.py
index 104394d361d..835d43ef358 100644
--- a/openerpweb/openerpweb.py
+++ b/openerpweb/openerpweb.py
@@ -93,7 +93,9 @@ class OpenERPSession(object):
         self.client_timezone = False
 
     def proxy(self, service):
-        s = xmlrpctimeout.TimeoutServerProxy('http://%s:%s/xmlrpc/%s' % (self._server, self._port, service), timeout=5)
+        # TODO: correct this bug with timeout connections not working in python 2.7
+        # s = xmlrpctimeout.TimeoutServerProxy('http://%s:%s/xmlrpc/%s' % (self._server, self._port, service), timeout=5)
+        s = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('http://%s:%s/xmlrpc/%s' % (self._server, self._port, service))
         return s
 
     def bind(self, db, uid, password):