diff --git a/pynfe/processamento/comunicacao.py b/pynfe/processamento/comunicacao.py
index eb60913..91e4566 100644
--- a/pynfe/processamento/comunicacao.py
+++ b/pynfe/processamento/comunicacao.py
@@ -344,10 +344,10 @@ class ComunicacaoSefaz(Comunicacao):
     def _construir_xml_status_pr(self, cabecalho, metodo, dados):
         u"""Mota o XML para o envio via SOAP"""
 
-        raiz = etree.Element('{%s}Envelope'%NAMESPACE_SOAP, nsmap={'xsi': NAMESPACE_XSI, 'xsd': NAMESPACE_XSD,'soap': NAMESPACE_SOAP})
-        c = etree.SubElement(raiz, '{%s}Header'%NAMESPACE_SOAP)
+        raiz = etree.Element('{%s}Envelope' % NAMESPACE_SOAP, nsmap={'xsi': NAMESPACE_XSI, 'xsd': NAMESPACE_XSD,'soap': NAMESPACE_SOAP})
+        c = etree.SubElement(raiz, '{%s}Header' % NAMESPACE_SOAP)
         c.append(cabecalho)
-        body = etree.SubElement(raiz, '{%s}Body'%NAMESPACE_SOAP)
+        body = etree.SubElement(raiz, '{%s}Body' % NAMESPACE_SOAP)
         a = etree.SubElement(body, 'nfeDadosMsg', xmlns=NAMESPACE_METODO+metodo)
         a.append(dados)
         return raiz
@@ -365,15 +365,15 @@ class ComunicacaoSefaz(Comunicacao):
         chave_cert = (cert, chave)
         # Abre a conexão HTTPS
         try:
-            xml_declaration='<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>'
+            xml_declaration = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>'
             xml = etree.tostring(xml, encoding='unicode', pretty_print=False).replace('\n','')
             xml = xml_declaration + xml
 
             # Faz o request com o servidor
-            result = requests.post(url, xml, headers=self._post_header(), cert=chave_cert, verify=False)
-            result.encoding='utf-8'
+            result = requests.post(url, xml, headers=self._post_header(), cert=chave_cert, verify=False, timeout=120)
+            result.encoding = 'utf-8'
             return result
-        except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError as e:
+        except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
             raise e
         finally:
             certificadoA1.excluir()