diff --git a/connection.go b/connection.go
index e9d7e8bd..4e64d375 100644
--- a/connection.go
+++ b/connection.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func (ws *Ws) connect() (err error) {
 	d := websocket.Dialer{
 		WriteBufferSize:  8192,
 		ReadBufferSize:   8192,
-		HandshakeTimeout: 5 * time.Second, // Timeout or else we'll hang forever and never fail on bad hosts.
+		HandshakeTimeout: ws.timeout, // Timeout or else we'll hang forever and never fail on bad hosts.
 	}
 	ws.conn, _, err = d.Dial(ws.host, http.Header{})
 	if err != nil {