diff --git a/projects/fal/src/fal/api.py b/projects/fal/src/fal/api.py
index f1d75a67..1b39d3b1 100644
--- a/projects/fal/src/fal/api.py
+++ b/projects/fal/src/fal/api.py
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
     f"pydantic=={pydantic_version}",
     "uvicorn",
     "starlette_exporter",
+    "structlog",
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/projects/fal/src/fal/app.py b/projects/fal/src/fal/app.py
index ea46a704..bba341dc 100644
--- a/projects/fal/src/fal/app.py
+++ b/projects/fal/src/fal/app.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ async def open_isolate_channel(address: str) -> async_grpc.Channel:
 
     channel_status = channel.channel_ready()
     try:
-        await asyncio.wait_for(channel_status, timeout=60)
+        await asyncio.wait_for(channel_status, timeout=1)
     except asyncio.TimeoutError:
         await _stack.aclose()
         raise Exception("Timed out trying to connect to local isolate")