diff --git a/bots/log2zulip b/bots/log2zulip
index b1a293e..1dc0ad0 100755
--- a/bots/log2zulip
+++ b/bots/log2zulip
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ def process_lines(raw_lines, file_name):
     lines = []
     for line in raw_lines:
         # Add any filtering or modification code here
+        if re.match(".*upstream timed out.*while reading upstream.*", line):
+            continue
         lines.append(line)
 
     if len(lines) > 10: