diff --git a/check_expire b/check_expire
index 8e1ab29..329304e 100755
--- a/check_expire
+++ b/check_expire
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ try:
         elif option == "--hostname" or option == "-H":
             domain = value
         elif option == "--timeout" or option == "-t":
-            timeout = int(value) 
+            timeout = float(value)
         elif option == "--unixtime" or option == "-u":
             unixtime = True
         elif option == "--verbose" or option == "-v":
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ for server in servers:
             response = requests.get("%s/domain/%s" % (server, domain), timeout=timeout)
         except requests.exceptions.Timeout:
             unknowns += "Timeout when trying to reach %s " % server
+            continue
         if response.status_code != 200:
             errors += "Invalid RDAP return code at %s: %s " % \
                 (server, response.status_code)
diff --git a/tests.yaml b/tests.yaml
index 4ea49c1..597b22b 100644
--- a/tests.yaml
+++ b/tests.yaml
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ tests:
       retcode: 1
       partstderr: 'ValueError'
 
-    # 2021-07-05: no RDAP server for this TLD
+    # No RDAP server for this TLD
     - exe: './check_expire'
       args:
           - '-H'
-          - 'bie.re'
+          - 'welcome.this-is-not-a-tld'
       retcode: 3
       partstdout: 'No RDAP server'
 
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ tests:
       retcode: 2
       partstdout: 'No expiration found'
 
-    # Far away and slow, timeout is expected
+    # With a timeout of 1µs, a timeout is expected
     - exe: './check_expire'
       args:
           - '-t'
-          - '1'
+          - '0.000001'
           - '-H'
-          - 'nic.ar'
+          - 'bortzmeyer.org'
       retcode: 3
       partstdout: 'Timeout'