diff --git a/src/mdns.zig b/src/mdns.zig
index 15343fe..0c42fcc 100644
--- a/src/mdns.zig
+++ b/src/mdns.zig
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const MDNSError = error{
     NotResponse,
     NoMatchingAddress,
     AddressBadFormat,
+    SocketSetTimeoutFail,
 };
 
 pub fn get_mdns(domain: util.Domain, ip_info: util.IPInfo) !util.IP {
@@ -28,6 +29,11 @@ fn get_mdns_socket(ip_info: util.IPInfo) !socket {
     if (sock == -1) {
         return MDNSError.SocketInitFail;
     }
+    const timeout: std.c.timeval = .{ .tv_sec = 1, .tv_usec = 0 };
+    if (std.c.setsockopt(sock, std.c.SOL.SOCKET, std.c.SO.RCVTIMEO, &timeout, @intCast(@sizeOf(std.c.timeval))) == -1) {
+        std.debug.print("{d}\n", .{std.c._errno().*});
+        return MDNSError.SocketSetTimeoutFail;
+    }
     return sock;
 }
 
@@ -85,7 +91,7 @@ fn send_query(domain: util.Domain, ip_info: util.IPInfo) !socket {
     var buff = [_]u8{0x00} ** MSG_BUFF_SIZE;
 
     const n = try construct_mdns_query(domain, ip_info, &buff);
-    if (std.c.sendto(sock, &buff, n, 0, &addr.any, addr.getOsSockLen()) == -1) {
+    if (std.c.sendto(sock, &buff, n, std.c.MSG.DONTWAIT, &addr.any, addr.getOsSockLen()) == -1) {
         return MDNSError.UDPSendFail;
     }
     return sock;