diff --git a/check_expire b/check_expire
index ad51b05..625e9f3 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":
@@ -140,14 +140,16 @@ for server in servers:
         server = server[:-1] # Donuts RDAP server balks when there are two slashes and reply 404
         try:
             response = requests.get("%s/domain/%s" % (server, domain), timeout=timeout)
-            if response.status_code != 200:
-                errors += "Invalid RDAP return code at %s: %s " % \
-                    (server, response.status_code)
-            else:
-                found = True
-                break
         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)
+        else:
+            found = True
+            break
+>>>>>>> 3af8b3103483d8f542475b824fce57e28d58e242
 if not found:
     if errors != "":
         error(errors)
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'