diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bd6e012..d22fa2a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ var_dump(
 
 ```
 var_dump(
-    \Yggverse\Net\Dig::records('yo.index', ['A', 'AAAA'], &$result = [], &$error = [], $provider = null)
+    \Yggverse\Net\Dig::records('yo.index', ['A', 'AAAA'], &$result = [], &$error = [], $provider = null, $timeout = 5)
 );
 ```
 
diff --git a/src/Dig.php b/src/Dig.php
index c7d221d..e8f5ae9 100644
--- a/src/Dig.php
+++ b/src/Dig.php
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class Dig
         );
     }
 
-    public static function records(string $hostname, array $records, array &$result = [], array &$error = [], ?string $provider = null): array
+    public static function records(string $hostname, array $records, array &$result = [], array &$error = [], ?string $provider = null, int $timeout = 5): array
     {
         if (self::isProvider($provider))
         {
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class Dig
             {
                 if (self::isRecord($record))
                 {
-                    if ($values = exec(sprintf('dig %s %s %s +short', (string) $provider, (string) $record, (string) $hostname)))
+                    if ($values = exec(sprintf('dig %s %s %s +short +time=%d', (string) $provider, $record, $hostname, $timeout)))
                     {
                         foreach (explode(PHP_EOL, $values) as $value)
                         {