diff --git a/Plugins/ScriptPlugins/GameInterface.js b/Plugins/ScriptPlugins/GameInterface.js
index bb0d8da4e..f3e4ca3f3 100644
--- a/Plugins/ScriptPlugins/GameInterface.js
+++ b/Plugins/ScriptPlugins/GameInterface.js
@@ -307,6 +307,11 @@ const sendEvent = (server, responseExpected, event, subtype, origin, target, dat
     const start = new Date();
 
     while (pendingOut && pendingCheckCount <= 10) {
+        if (server.Throttled) {
+            logger.WriteWarning('Server is throttled, so we are not attempting to send data');
+            return;
+        }
+        
         try {
             const out = server.GetServerDvar(outDvar);
             pendingOut = !(out == null || out === '' || out === 'null');
@@ -318,6 +323,7 @@ const sendEvent = (server, responseExpected, event, subtype, origin, target, dat
             logger.WriteDebug('Waiting for event bus to be cleared');
             System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Delay(1000).Wait();
         }
+        
         pendingCheckCount++;
     }
 
@@ -397,6 +403,10 @@ const initialize = (server) => {
 };
 
 const pollForEvents = server => {
+    if (server.Throttled) {
+        return;
+    }
+    
     const logger = _serviceResolver.ResolveService('ILogger');
 
     let input;
diff --git a/SharedLibraryCore/Server.cs b/SharedLibraryCore/Server.cs
index 48102eebf..85ef3819b 100644
--- a/SharedLibraryCore/Server.cs
+++ b/SharedLibraryCore/Server.cs
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ namespace SharedLibraryCore
         public string[] ExecuteServerCommand(string command)
         {
             var tokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
-            tokenSource.CancelAfter(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
+            tokenSource.CancelAfter(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(0.5));
 
             try
             {
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ namespace SharedLibraryCore
         public string GetServerDvar(string dvarName)
         {
             var tokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
-            tokenSource.CancelAfter(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
+            tokenSource.CancelAfter(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(0.5));
             try
             {
                 return this.GetDvarAsync<string>(dvarName, token: tokenSource.Token).GetAwaiter().GetResult().Value;
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ namespace SharedLibraryCore
         public bool SetServerDvar(string dvarName, string dvarValue)
         {
             var tokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
-            tokenSource.CancelAfter(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
+            tokenSource.CancelAfter(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(0.5));
             try
             {
                 this.SetDvarAsync(dvarName, dvarValue, tokenSource.Token).GetAwaiter().GetResult();