diff --git a/randomteleport-plugin/src/main/java/de/themoep/randomteleport/RandomTeleport.java b/randomteleport-plugin/src/main/java/de/themoep/randomteleport/RandomTeleport.java
index 6e2e7ed..feef17c 100644
--- a/randomteleport-plugin/src/main/java/de/themoep/randomteleport/RandomTeleport.java
+++ b/randomteleport-plugin/src/main/java/de/themoep/randomteleport/RandomTeleport.java
@@ -206,6 +206,13 @@ public class RandomTeleport extends JavaPlugin implements RandomTeleportAPI {
             }
             return false;
         }));
+        addOptionParser(new SimpleOptionParser(array("t", "tries"), (searcher, args) -> {
+            if (args.length > 0) {
+                searcher.setMaxTries(Integer.parseInt(args[0]));
+                return true;
+            }
+            return false;
+        }));
         addOptionParser(new AdditionalOptionParser("spawnpoint", "sp"));
     }
 
diff --git a/randomteleport-plugin/src/main/java/de/themoep/randomteleport/searcher/RandomSearcher.java b/randomteleport-plugin/src/main/java/de/themoep/randomteleport/searcher/RandomSearcher.java
index 21e6ae6..7aa9dc2 100644
--- a/randomteleport-plugin/src/main/java/de/themoep/randomteleport/searcher/RandomSearcher.java
+++ b/randomteleport-plugin/src/main/java/de/themoep/randomteleport/searcher/RandomSearcher.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public class RandomSearcher {
     private int minRadius = 0;
     private int maxRadius = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
     private boolean generatedOnly = false;
-    private int maxChecks = 100;
+    private int maxTries = 100;
     private int cooldown;
     private Map<String, String> options = new LinkedHashMap<>();
 
@@ -220,12 +220,12 @@ public class RandomSearcher {
         this.generatedOnly = generatedOnly;
     }
 
-    public int getMaxChecks() {
-        return maxChecks;
+    public int getMaxTries() {
+        return maxTries;
     }
 
-    public void setMaxChecks(int maxChecks) {
-        this.maxChecks = maxChecks;
+    public void setMaxTries(int maxTries) {
+        this.maxTries = maxTries;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ public class RandomSearcher {
     }
 
     private void checkRandom(CompletableFuture<Location> future) {
-        if (checks >= maxChecks) {
+        if (checks >= maxTries) {
             future.completeExceptionally(new NotFoundException("location"));
             return;
         }
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ public class RandomSearcher {
                 ", minRadius=" + minRadius +
                 ", maxRadius=" + maxRadius +
                 ", generatedOnly=" + generatedOnly +
-                ", maxChecks=" + maxChecks +
+                ", maxTries=" + maxTries +
                 ", cooldown=" + cooldown +
                 '}';
     }
diff --git a/randomteleport-plugin/src/main/resources/plugin.yml b/randomteleport-plugin/src/main/resources/plugin.yml
index b0e590c..61d1c62 100644
--- a/randomteleport-plugin/src/main/resources/plugin.yml
+++ b/randomteleport-plugin/src/main/resources/plugin.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ commands:
         > -id <id> - The ID to use for the cooldown, uses automatically generated one if not provided
         > -f,-force - teleport even if there is no dirt/grass/sand/gravel, only checks for lava/water/cactus, ignores WorldGuard/Faction regions
         > -f,-force [<blocks|regions>] - only ignore blocks or regions
+        > -t,-tries <amount> - the amount of times the plugin should try to find a random location before giving up
         > -sp,spawnpoint [force] - set the respawn point of the player to the location he teleported to (force overrides existing spawnpoint)
         /<command> --stat - shows a statistic of the teleports since the last restart
         /<command> --reload - reloads the config