diff --git a/meilisearch-http/Cargo.toml b/meilisearch-http/Cargo.toml
index 9f06debaf..0a5cdff7f 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/Cargo.toml
+++ b/meilisearch-http/Cargo.toml
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ platform-dirs = "0.3.0"
 rand = "0.8.5"
 rayon = "1.5.1"
 regex = "1.5.5"
+reqwest = { version = "0.11.4", features = ["rustls-tls", "json"], default-features = false }
 rustls = "0.20.4"
 rustls-pemfile = "0.3.0"
 segment = { version = "0.2.0", optional = true }
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/analytics/segment_analytics.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/analytics/segment_analytics.rs
index 49f5aed3d..20df96942 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/analytics/segment_analytics.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/analytics/segment_analytics.rs
@@ -81,7 +81,19 @@ impl SegmentAnalytics {
         let user_id = user_id.unwrap_or_else(|| Uuid::new_v4().to_string());
         write_user_id(&opt.db_path, &user_id);
 
-        let client = HttpClient::default();
+        let client = reqwest::Client::builder()
+            .connect_timeout(Duration::from_secs(10))
+            .build();
+
+        // if reqwest throws an error we won't be able to send analytics
+        if client.is_err() {
+            return super::MockAnalytics::new(opt);
+        }
+
+        let client = HttpClient::new(
+            client.unwrap(),
+            "https://telemetry.meilisearch.com".to_string(),
+        );
         let user = User::UserId { user_id };
         let mut batcher = AutoBatcher::new(client, Batcher::new(None), SEGMENT_API_KEY.to_string());