diff --git a/example status/src/functions/getWeather.nim b/example status/src/functions/getWeather.nim
index fab5855..bcfdb40 100644
--- a/example status/src/functions/getWeather.nim	
+++ b/example status/src/functions/getWeather.nim	
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ proc getWeather(): string =
     result = sWeather # Do something with the weather information
   else:
     dTimeStamp = some(now())
-    var hClient = newHttpClient()
+    var hClient = newHttpClient(timeout = 1000)
     try:
       sWeather = WEATHER_ICON & hClient.getContent("http://wttr.in/" & CITY & "?format=%t")
       result = sWeather