diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b24a21e..3aebb7a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -34,3 +34,5 @@ properties*
 dependency-reduced-pom.xml
 *.jar
 *.db
+
+*.zip
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c60fe38..364df83 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ botdarr:
 | MAX_DOWNLOADS_TO_SHOW | The max number of downloads to show. If you set this to any value less than or equal to 0, no downloads will show | yes | 20 |
 | MAX_RESULTS_TO_SHOW | The max number of results to show per search command. If you set this to any value less than 0, the bot won't startup | yes | 20 | 
 | COMMAND_PREFIX | The command prefix (default is !). Any prefix is allowed (but I haven't tested every single prefix in every client) | yes | ! | 
-| STATUS_ENDPOINTS | Endpoints that can be used to return statuses via !status command. The endpoints are separated by a comma and each endpoint is in the following format - name:hostname:port | no | | 
-    
+| STATUS_ENDPOINTS | Endpoints that can be used to return statuses via !status command. The endpoints are separated by a comma and each endpoint is in the following format - name:hostname:port | no | |
+| TIMEOUT | The connection/read timeout value (in milliseconds) for all outbound requests | no | 5000 |
 <br/>
 
 ## Usage
diff --git a/docker/entrypoint.sh b/docker/entrypoint.sh
index f5ff9e0..6b0998b 100644
--- a/docker/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/entrypoint.sh
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ if [ ! -e "$propertiesFile" ]; then
     addConfiguration "max-downloads-to-show" "${MAX_DOWNLOADS_TO_SHOW:-20}" "${propertiesFile}"
     addConfiguration "max-results-to-show" "${MAX_RESULTS_TO_SHOW:-20}" "${propertiesFile}"
     addConfiguration "command-prefix" "${COMMAND_PREFIX:-!}" "${propertiesFile}"
+    addConfiguration "timeout" "${TIMEOUT:-5000}" "${propertiesFile}"
 fi
 
 exec "$@"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/botdarr/Config.java b/src/main/java/com/botdarr/Config.java
index 9072e67..8072650 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/botdarr/Config.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/botdarr/Config.java
@@ -159,6 +159,18 @@ public static List<StatusEndPoint> getStatusEndpoints() {
     return statusEndPoints;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @return The connection/read timeouts for all outbound requests (in ms)
+   */
+  public static int getTimeout() {
+    try {
+      return Integer.parseInt(Config.getProperty(Config.Constants.TIMEOUT));
+    } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+      LOGGER.error("Error parsing timeout", e);
+    }
+    return 5000;
+  }
+
   private static StatusEndPoint getDomain(String constant, String name) {
     try {
       URI uri = new URI(getProperty(constant));
@@ -343,7 +355,7 @@ public static final class Constants {
     public static final String MAX_SHOW_REQUESTS_PER_USER = "max-show-requests-per-user";
 
     /**
-     * TODO: doc
+     * The max of artist requests per user per configured threshold
      */
     public static final String MAX_ARTIST_REQUESTS_PER_USER = "max-artist-requests-per-user";
 
@@ -376,6 +388,11 @@ public static final class Constants {
      * The additional status endpoints to check
      */
     public static final String STATUS_ENDPOINTS = "status-endpoints";
+
+    /**
+     * Connection/read timeouts for all outbound requests
+     */
+    public static final String TIMEOUT = "timeout";
   }
 
   private static String propertiesPath = "config/properties";
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/botdarr/api/lidarr/LidarrCache.java b/src/main/java/com/botdarr/api/lidarr/LidarrCache.java
index 24fe7d0..c8f54c8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/botdarr/api/lidarr/LidarrCache.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/botdarr/api/lidarr/LidarrCache.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.botdarr.api.lidarr;
 
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ public boolean doesArtistExist(LidarrArtist content) {
 
   public void addArtist(LidarrArtist artist) {
     existingForeignArtistIdToArtist.put(artist.getForeignArtistId(), artist);
-    existingArtistNamesToIds.put(artist.getArtistName(), artist.getForeignArtistId());
+    existingArtistNamesToIds.put(artist.getArtistName().toLowerCase(), artist.getForeignArtistId());
   }
 
   public void addQualityProfile(LidarrQualityProfile lidarrQualityProfile) {
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ public void removeDeletedMetadataProfiles(List<String> addUpdatedProfiles) {
   }
 
   public void removeDeletedArtists(List<String> addUpdatedArtists) {
-    existingArtistNamesToIds.keySet().retainAll(addUpdatedArtists);
+    existingArtistNamesToIds.values().retainAll(addUpdatedArtists);
     existingForeignArtistIdToArtist.keySet().retainAll(addUpdatedArtists);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/botdarr/connections/ConnectionHelper.java b/src/main/java/com/botdarr/connections/ConnectionHelper.java
index d557d92..9f999a2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/botdarr/connections/ConnectionHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/botdarr/connections/ConnectionHelper.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public boolean turnOnTimeouts() {
   public static <T> T makeRequest(RequestHandler requestHandler, ResponseHandler<T> responseHandler) {
     RequestConfig.Builder requestConfigBuilder = RequestConfig.custom();
     if (requestHandler.turnOnTimeouts()) {
-      int timeout = 5000;
+      int timeout = Config.getTimeout();
       requestConfigBuilder.setConnectTimeout(timeout);
       requestConfigBuilder.setSocketTimeout(timeout);
       requestConfigBuilder.setConnectionRequestTimeout(timeout);
diff --git a/src/main/resources/version.txt b/src/main/resources/version.txt
index fb467b1..fff6bf3 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/version.txt
+++ b/src/main/resources/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.2.2
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+5.2.3
\ No newline at end of file