diff --git a/config/runtime.exs b/config/runtime.exs
index 935ba124..190a1da7 100644
--- a/config/runtime.exs
+++ b/config/runtime.exs
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ config :philomena, :s3_primary_options,
   host: System.fetch_env!("S3_HOST"),
   port: System.fetch_env!("S3_PORT"),
   access_key_id: System.fetch_env!("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"),
-  secret_access_key: System.fetch_env!("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"),
-  http_opts: [timeout: 180_000, recv_timeout: 180_000]
+  secret_access_key: System.fetch_env!("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY")
 
 config :philomena, :s3_primary_bucket, System.fetch_env!("S3_BUCKET")
 
@@ -85,8 +84,7 @@ config :philomena, :s3_secondary_options,
   host: System.get_env("ALT_S3_HOST"),
   port: System.get_env("ALT_S3_PORT"),
   access_key_id: System.get_env("ALT_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"),
-  secret_access_key: System.get_env("ALT_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"),
-  http_opts: [timeout: 180_000, recv_timeout: 180_000]
+  secret_access_key: System.get_env("ALT_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY")
 
 config :philomena, :s3_secondary_bucket, System.get_env("ALT_S3_BUCKET")
 
@@ -94,11 +92,7 @@ config :philomena, :s3_secondary_bucket, System.get_env("ALT_S3_BUCKET")
 config :elastix,
   httpoison_options: [ssl: [verify: :verify_none]]
 
-config :ex_aws, :hackney_opts,
-  timeout: 180_000,
-  recv_timeout: 180_000,
-  use_default_pool: false,
-  pool: false
+config :ex_aws, http_client: PhilomenaMedia.Req
 
 config :ex_aws, :retries,
   max_attempts: 20,
diff --git a/lib/philomena_media/req.ex b/lib/philomena_media/req.ex
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ff92d949
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/philomena_media/req.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+defmodule PhilomenaMedia.Req do
+  @behaviour ExAws.Request.HttpClient
+
+  @moduledoc """
+  Configuration for `m:Req`.
+
+  Options can be set for `m:Req` with the following config:
+
+      config :philomena, :req_opts,
+        receive_timeout: 30_000
+
+  The default config handles setting the above.
+  """
+
+  @default_opts [receive_timeout: 30_000]
+
+  @impl true
+  def request(method, url, body \\ "", headers \\ [], http_opts \\ []) do
+    [method: method, url: url, body: body, headers: headers, decode_body: false]
+    |> Keyword.merge(Application.get_env(:philomena, :req_opts, @default_opts))
+    |> Keyword.merge(http_opts)
+    |> Req.request()
+    |> case do
+      {:ok, %{status: status, headers: headers, body: body}} ->
+        {:ok, %{status_code: status, headers: headers, body: body}}
+
+      {:error, reason} ->
+        {:error, %{reason: reason}}
+    end
+  end
+end