diff --git a/templates/ruby/api.mustache b/templates/ruby/api.mustache
index 7ed75fcd89..072224815c 100644
--- a/templates/ruby/api.mustache
+++ b/templates/ruby/api.mustache
@@ -17,6 +17,18 @@ module {{moduleName}}
       raise '`app_id` is missing.' if config.app_id.nil? || config.app_id == ''
       raise '`api_key` is missing.' if config.api_key.nil? || config.api_key == ''
 
+      if config.connect_timeout.nil?
+        config.connect_timeout = {{x-timeouts.server.connect}}
+      end
+
+      if config.read_timeout.nil?
+        config.read_timeout = {{x-timeouts.server.read}}
+      end
+
+      if config.write_timeout.nil?
+        config.write_timeout = {{x-timeouts.server.write}}
+      end
+
       @api_client = Algolia::ApiClient.new(config)
     end
 
@@ -54,22 +66,10 @@ module {{moduleName}}
       {{/hostsWithoutVariables.size}}
 
       config = Algolia::Configuration.new(app_id, api_key, hosts, '{{{baseName}}}', opts)
-      create_with_config(config)
+      new(config)
     end
 
     def self.create_with_config(config)
-      if config.connect_timeout.nil?
-        config.connect_timeout = {{x-timeouts.server.connect}}
-      end
-
-      if config.read_timeout.nil?
-        config.read_timeout = {{x-timeouts.server.read}}
-      end
-
-      if config.write_timeout.nil?
-        config.write_timeout = {{x-timeouts.server.write}}
-      end
-
       new(config)
     end
 
@@ -196,4 +196,4 @@ module {{moduleName}}
 {{/isSearchClient}}
   end
 {{/operations}}
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end