diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/achievements/AchievementsActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/achievements/AchievementsActivity.java
index d04d2b7b1..b2b14f3c9 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/achievements/AchievementsActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/achievements/AchievementsActivity.java
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ public class AchievementsActivity extends NavigationBaseActivity {
      * which then calls parseJson when results are fetched
      */
     private void setAchievements() {
+        progressBar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
         if (checkAccount()) {
             compositeDisposable.add(mediaWikiApi
                     .getAchievements(Objects.requireNonNull(sessionManager.getCurrentAccount()).name)
@@ -195,17 +196,23 @@ public class AchievementsActivity extends NavigationBaseActivity {
                                 if (response != null) {
                                     setUploadCount(Achievements.from(response));
                                 } else {
-                                    onError();
+                                    showSnackBarWithRetry();
                                 }
                             },
                             t -> {
                                 Timber.e(t, "Fetching achievements statistics failed");
-                                onError();
+                                showSnackBarWithRetry();
                             }
                     ));
         }
     }
 
+    private void showSnackBarWithRetry() {
+        progressBar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
+        ViewUtil.showDismissibleSnackBar(findViewById(android.R.id.content),
+            R.string.achievements_fetch_failed, R.string.retry, view -> setAchievements());
+    }
+
     /**
      * Shows a generic error toast when error occurs while loading achievements or uploads
      */
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/di/NetworkingModule.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/di/NetworkingModule.java
index 953b7ecee..92469202d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/di/NetworkingModule.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/di/NetworkingModule.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
 
 import java.io.File;
 
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import javax.inject.Named;
 import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
@@ -30,9 +31,11 @@ public class NetworkingModule {
     @Singleton
     public OkHttpClient provideOkHttpClient(Context context) {
         File dir = new File(context.getCacheDir(), "okHttpCache");
-        return new OkHttpClient.Builder()
-                .cache(new Cache(dir, OK_HTTP_CACHE_SIZE))
-                .build();
+        return new OkHttpClient.Builder().connectTimeout(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+            .writeTimeout(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+            .readTimeout(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+            .cache(new Cache(dir, OK_HTTP_CACHE_SIZE))
+            .build();
     }
 
     @Provides
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/utils/ViewUtil.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/utils/ViewUtil.java
index aef3dddb0..2f9107190 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/utils/ViewUtil.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/utils/ViewUtil.java
@@ -87,4 +87,24 @@ public class ViewUtil {
         popup.showAsDropDown(anchorView);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * A snack bar which has an action button which on click dismisses the snackbar and invokes the
+     * listener passed
+     */
+    public static void showDismissibleSnackBar(View view, int messageResourceId,
+        int actionButtonResourceId, View.OnClickListener onClickListener) {
+        if (view.getContext() == null) {
+            return;
+        }
+        ExecutorUtils.uiExecutor().execute(() -> {
+            Snackbar snackbar = Snackbar.make(view, view.getContext().getString(messageResourceId),
+                Snackbar.LENGTH_INDEFINITE);
+            snackbar.setAction(view.getContext().getString(actionButtonResourceId), v -> {
+                snackbar.dismiss();
+                onClickListener.onClick(v);
+            });
+            snackbar.show();
+        });
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 4224f231f..22feaa82a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -420,5 +420,6 @@ Upload your first media by touching the camera or gallery icon above.</string>
   <string name="never_ask_again">Never ask this again</string>
   <string name="display_location_permission_title">Display location permission</string>
   <string name="display_location_permission_explanation">Ask for location permission when needed for nearby notification card view feature.</string>
+  <string name="achievements_fetch_failed">Something went wrong, We could not fetch your achievements</string>
 
 </resources>