diff --git a/src/lib/proxy.c b/src/lib/proxy.c
index ad383aa..4abd84f 100644
--- a/src/lib/proxy.c
+++ b/src/lib/proxy.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ void proxy_unload(void) {
 }
 
 static proxy_ctx_t *proxy_get_by_conf(host_config_t *conf) {
+    // TODO locking void *proxies
     int n = 0;
     for (int i = 0; i < CONFIG_MAX_HOST_CONFIG; i++) {
         host_config_t *hc = &config.hosts[i];
@@ -222,7 +223,6 @@ proxy_ctx_t *proxy_init(http_req *req, http_res *res, http_status_ctx *ctx, host
     const char *connection, *upgrade, *ws_version;
     long ret;
     int tries = 0, retry = 0;
-    struct timeval server_timeout = {.tv_sec = SERVER_TIMEOUT, .tv_usec = 0};
 
     proxy_ctx_t *proxy = proxy_get_by_conf(conf);
     proxy->in_use = 1;
@@ -247,11 +247,7 @@ proxy_ctx_t *proxy_init(http_req *req, http_res *res, http_status_ctx *ctx, host
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    server_timeout.tv_sec = SERVER_TIMEOUT_INIT;
-    server_timeout.tv_usec = 0;
-    if (setsockopt(proxy->proxy.socket, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, &server_timeout, sizeof(server_timeout)) < 0)
-        goto proxy_timeout_err;
-    if (setsockopt(proxy->proxy.socket, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDTIMEO, &server_timeout, sizeof(server_timeout)) < 0)
+    if (sock_set_timeout(&proxy->proxy, SERVER_TIMEOUT_INIT) != 0)
         goto proxy_timeout_err;
 
     struct hostent *host_ent = gethostbyname2(conf->proxy.hostname, AF_INET6);
@@ -294,11 +290,7 @@ proxy_ctx_t *proxy_init(http_req *req, http_res *res, http_status_ctx *ctx, host
         goto proxy_err;
     }
 
-    server_timeout.tv_sec = SERVER_TIMEOUT;
-    server_timeout.tv_usec = 0;
-    if (setsockopt(proxy->proxy.socket, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, &server_timeout, sizeof(server_timeout)) < 0)
-        goto proxy_timeout_err;
-    if (setsockopt(proxy->proxy.socket, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDTIMEO, &server_timeout, sizeof(server_timeout)) < 0) {
+    if (sock_set_timeout(&proxy->proxy, SERVER_TIMEOUT) != 0) {
         proxy_timeout_err:
         res->status = http_get_status(500);
         ctx->origin = INTERNAL;
diff --git a/src/lib/sock.c b/src/lib/sock.c
index 32b7c9f..dba1510 100644
--- a/src/lib/sock.c
+++ b/src/lib/sock.c
@@ -57,6 +57,23 @@ const char *sock_strerror(sock *s) {
     }
 }
 
+int sock_set_timeout_micros(sock *s, long recv_micros, long send_micros) {
+    struct timeval recv_to = {.tv_sec = recv_micros / 1000000, .tv_usec = recv_micros % 1000000},
+                   send_to = {.tv_sec = send_micros / 1000000, .tv_usec = send_micros % 1000000};
+
+    if (setsockopt(s->socket, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, &recv_to, sizeof(recv_to)) != 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    if (setsockopt(s->socket, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDTIMEO, &send_to, sizeof(send_to)) != 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int sock_set_timeout(sock *s, int sec) {
+    return sock_set_timeout_micros(s, sec * 1000000L, sec * 1000000L);
+}
+
 long sock_send(sock *s, void *buf, unsigned long len, int flags) {
     long ret;
     if (s->enc) {
diff --git a/src/lib/sock.h b/src/lib/sock.h
index 0898e97..bf256ed 100644
--- a/src/lib/sock.h
+++ b/src/lib/sock.h
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ int sock_enc_error(sock *s);
 
 const char *sock_strerror(sock *s);
 
+int sock_set_timeout_micros(sock *s, long recv_micros, long send_micros);
+
+int sock_set_timeout(sock *s, int sec);
+
 long sock_send(sock *s, void *buf, unsigned long len, int flags);
 
 long sock_recv(sock *s, void *buf, unsigned long len, int flags);
diff --git a/src/worker/tcp_acceptor.c b/src/worker/tcp_acceptor.c
index baecf35..32dc5d9 100644
--- a/src/worker/tcp_acceptor.c
+++ b/src/worker/tcp_acceptor.c
@@ -92,10 +92,7 @@ static int tcp_acceptor(client_ctx_t *ctx) {
          ctx->host[0] != 0 ? ctx->host : "", ctx->host[0] != 0 ? ") " : "",
          ctx->cc[0] != 0 ? ctx->cc : "N/A");
 
-    struct timeval client_timeout = {.tv_sec = CLIENT_TIMEOUT, .tv_usec = 0};
-    if (setsockopt(client->socket, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, &client_timeout, sizeof(client_timeout)) == -1 ||
-        setsockopt(client->socket, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDTIMEO, &client_timeout, sizeof(client_timeout)) == -1)
-    {
+    if (sock_set_timeout(client, CLIENT_TIMEOUT)) {
         error("Unable to set timeout for socket");
         return -1;
     }