diff --git a/medusa-example.ini b/medusa-example.ini
index 21e020a9..42e9dc76 100644
--- a/medusa-example.ini
+++ b/medusa-example.ini
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ use_sudo_for_restore = True
 ;aws_cli_path = <Location of the aws cli binary if not in PATH>
 
 ; Read timeout in seconds for the storage provider.
-;read_timeout = 60
+;read_timeout = None
 
 [monitoring]
 ;monitoring_provider = <Provider used for sending metrics. Currently either of "ffwd" or "local">
diff --git a/medusa/config.py b/medusa/config.py
index 90ab3533..b490a126 100644
--- a/medusa/config.py
+++ b/medusa/config.py
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ def _build_default_config():
         'region': 'default',
         'backup_grace_period_in_days': 10,
         'use_sudo_for_restore': 'True',
-        'read_timeout': 60
     }
 
     config['logging'] = {
diff --git a/medusa/storage/azure_storage.py b/medusa/storage/azure_storage.py
index 67d4778a..ef7cdca7 100644
--- a/medusa/storage/azure_storage.py
+++ b/medusa/storage/azure_storage.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def __init__(self, config):
         logging.getLogger('azure.core.pipeline.policies.http_logging_policy').setLevel(logging.WARNING)
         logging.getLogger('chardet.universaldetector').setLevel(logging.WARNING)
 
-        self.read_timeout = int(config.read_timeout)
+        self.read_timeout = int(config.read_timeout) if 'read_timeout' in dir(config) else None
 
         super().__init__(config)
 
diff --git a/medusa/storage/google_storage.py b/medusa/storage/google_storage.py
index 35e7bb15..e036b701 100644
--- a/medusa/storage/google_storage.py
+++ b/medusa/storage/google_storage.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def __init__(self, config):
 
         logging.getLogger('gcloud.aio.storage.storage').setLevel(logging.WARNING)
 
-        self.read_timeout = int(config.read_timeout)
+        self.read_timeout = int(config.read_timeout) if 'read_timeout' in dir(config) else None
 
         super().__init__(config)
 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ async def _download_blob(self, src: str, dest: str):
             stream = await self.gcs_storage.download_stream(
                 bucket=self.bucket_name,
                 object_name=object_key,
-                timeout=self.read_timeout if self.read_timeout is not None else -1,
+                timeout=self.read_timeout,
             )
             Path(file_path).parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
             with open(file_path, 'wb') as f:
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ async def _read_blob_as_bytes(self, blob: AbstractBlob) -> bytes:
             bucket=self.bucket_name,
             object_name=blob.name,
             session=self.session,
-            timeout=self.read_timeout if self.read_timeout is not None else -1,
+            timeout=self.read_timeout,
         )
         return content
 
diff --git a/medusa/storage/s3_base_storage.py b/medusa/storage/s3_base_storage.py
index 5733d5b9..a4288adf 100644
--- a/medusa/storage/s3_base_storage.py
+++ b/medusa/storage/s3_base_storage.py
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ def __init__(self, config):
 
         self.executor = concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(int(config.concurrent_transfers))
 
+        self.read_timeout = int(config.read_timeout) if 'read_timeout' in dir(config) else None
+
         super().__init__(config)
 
     def connect(self):
@@ -137,7 +139,7 @@ def connect(self):
             signature_version='v4',
             tcp_keepalive=True,
             max_pool_connections=max_pool_size,
-            read_timeout=int(self.config.read_timeout),
+            read_timeout=self.read_timeout,
         )
         if self.credentials.access_key_id is not None:
             self.s3_client = boto3.client(
diff --git a/tests/resources/config/medusa-azure_blobs.ini b/tests/resources/config/medusa-azure_blobs.ini
index e7aebcc0..a999cdaf 100644
--- a/tests/resources/config/medusa-azure_blobs.ini
+++ b/tests/resources/config/medusa-azure_blobs.ini
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ multi_part_upload_threshold = 1024
 concurrent_transfers = 4
 backup_grace_period_in_days = 0
 max_backup_count = 1
+read_timeout = None
 
 [monitoring]
 monitoring_provider = local
diff --git a/tests/resources/config/medusa-s3_us_west_oregon.ini b/tests/resources/config/medusa-s3_us_west_oregon.ini
index 5e1502d9..ffd50dac 100644
--- a/tests/resources/config/medusa-s3_us_west_oregon.ini
+++ b/tests/resources/config/medusa-s3_us_west_oregon.ini
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ concurrent_transfers = 16
 backup_grace_period_in_days = 0
 max_backup_count = 1
 region = us-west-2
+read_timeout = 60
 
 [monitoring]
 monitoring_provider = local
diff --git a/tests/storage/abstract_storage_test.py b/tests/storage/abstract_storage_test.py
index 123760eb..ac5d223b 100644
--- a/tests/storage/abstract_storage_test.py
+++ b/tests/storage/abstract_storage_test.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class AttributeDict(dict):
     __slots__ = ()
     __getattr__ = dict.__getitem__
     __setattr__ = dict.__setitem__
+    __dict__ = dict.__dict__
 
 
 class TestAbstractStorage(AbstractStorage):