diff --git a/client/app.js b/client/app.js
index c2093e4..21f2a2d 100644
--- a/client/app.js
+++ b/client/app.js
@@ -56,10 +56,6 @@ async function checkEvent(e) {
           case "a73247ee-e33e-4e9b-9105-bd9d11e111fc":
             await russianRoulette(data);
             break;
-          // timeout a un amigo
-          case "638c642d-23d8-4264-9702-e77eeba134de":
-            await timeoutFriend(data);
-            break;
           // highlight message
           case "a26c0d9e-fd2c-4943-bc94-c5c2f2c974e4":
             await highlightMessage(data);
@@ -192,25 +188,6 @@ function russianRoulette({ userDisplayName, message }) {
   });
 }
 
-async function timeoutFriend(data) {
-  const senderUser = data.userDisplayName;
-  const receptorUser = data.message.split(" ")[0];
-
-  sendWsActions({
-    type: "timeout",
-    userId: data.userId,
-    channelId: data.channelId,
-    data: {
-      username: receptorUser,
-      time: "60",
-      reason: `Timeout dado por @${senderUser} con puntos del canal.`
-    }
-  });
-
-  const cardMessage = `@${senderUser} ha expulsado a @${receptorUser} por 60 segundos.`;
-  await createCard(data.rewardName, cardMessage, data.backgroundColor, data.rewardImage);
-}
-
 async function highlightMessage(data) {
   const urlRegex = /(https?:\/\/)?[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%._\+~#=]{1,256}\.[a-zA-Z0-9()]{1,6}\b([-a-zA-Z0-9()@:%_\+.~#?&//=]*)/;
 
diff --git a/src/backend/pubSubClient/actions/timeoutFriend.ts b/src/backend/pubSubClient/actions/timeoutFriend.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4cdaec4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/pubSubClient/actions/timeoutFriend.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import { LOG_PREFIX } from "..";
+import { RedemptionMessage } from "../../../interfaces/RedemptionMessage";
+import { broadcast } from "../../helpers/webServer";
+import { getUsernameFromId } from "../../helpers/twitch";
+import { timeout } from "../../chatClient/clientActions";
+
+async function timeoutFriend(msg: RedemptionMessage): Promise<boolean> {
+	const { message, channelId, userDisplayName } = msg;
+	if (!msg.message) {
+		console.log(`${LOG_PREFIX}Redemption has no message`);
+
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	const channel = await getUsernameFromId(parseInt(channelId));
+
+	if (!channel) {
+		console.log(`${LOG_PREFIX}No channel found`);
+
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	const time = 60;
+	const reason = `Timeout dado por @${userDisplayName} con puntos del canal`;
+
+	try {
+		await timeout(channel, msg.message, time, reason);
+
+		msg.message = `@${userDisplayName} ha expulsado a @${message} por ${time} segundos`;
+
+		broadcast(JSON.stringify(msg));
+	} catch (e) {
+		// user can not be timed out
+		if (e instanceof Error) {
+			console.error(`${LOG_PREFIX} ${e.message}`);
+		}
+
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+export { timeoutFriend };
diff --git a/src/backend/pubSubClient/index.ts b/src/backend/pubSubClient/index.ts
index d6c7f67..483bd21 100644
--- a/src/backend/pubSubClient/index.ts
+++ b/src/backend/pubSubClient/index.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { getApiClient } from "../helpers/twitch";
 import { getVip } from "./actions/getVip";
 import { russianRoulette } from "./actions/russianRoulette";
 import { stealVip } from "./actions/stealVip";
+import { timeoutFriend } from "./actions/timeoutFriend";
 
 const LOG_PREFIX = "[PubSub] ";
 
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ async function onRedemption(message: PubSubRedemptionMessage) {
 			await russianRoulette(msg);
 			break;
 		case RedemptionIds.TimeoutFriend:
+			await timeoutFriend(msg);
 			break;
 		case RedemptionIds.GetVip:
 			msg.message = `@${msg.userDisplayName} ha encontrado diamantes!`;