diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index afaf360..7dea76e 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
+1.0.1
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index b4b3ba4..2758f29 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
-	"time"
 
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ var (
 	withOptics  = flag.Bool("with-optics", false, "retrieves optical diagnostic metrics")
 	withWlanSTA = flag.Bool("with-wlansta", false, "retrieves connected wlan station metrics")
 	withWlanIF  = flag.Bool("with-wlanif", false, "retrieves wlan interface metrics")
-	timeout     = flag.Duration("timeout", collector.DefaultTimeout*time.Second, "timeout when connecting to routers")
+	timeout     = flag.Duration("timeout", collector.DefaultTimeout, "timeout when connecting to routers")
 	tls         = flag.Bool("tls", false, "use tls to connect to routers")
 	insecure    = flag.Bool("insecure", false, "skips verification of server certificate when using TLS (not recommended)")
 	cfg         *config.Config