diff --git a/src/testprogram/testprogram.cc b/src/testprogram/testprogram.cc
index 8e9b66f..2f551b2 100644
--- a/src/testprogram/testprogram.cc
+++ b/src/testprogram/testprogram.cc
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@
 
 	cout << "TN3270 library revision is " << ((int) hllapi_get_revision()) << endl << ">";
 
+	hllapi_set_timeout(10);
+
 	cout.flush();
 
  	string cmdline;
--
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