diff --git a/aquatic_udp/src/lib/config.rs b/aquatic_udp/src/lib/config.rs
index 978344d..35f2e0a 100644
--- a/aquatic_udp/src/lib/config.rs
+++ b/aquatic_udp/src/lib/config.rs
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ pub struct NetworkConfig {
     /// $ sudo sysctl -w net.core.rmem_default=104857600
     pub socket_recv_buffer_size: usize,
     pub poll_event_capacity: usize,
+    pub poll_timeout_ms: u64,
 }
 
 impl Default for NetworkConfig {
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ impl Default for NetworkConfig {
             only_ipv6: false,
             socket_recv_buffer_size: 4096 * 128,
             poll_event_capacity: 4096,
+            poll_timeout_ms: 50,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/aquatic_udp/src/lib/network.rs b/aquatic_udp/src/lib/network.rs
index 566ba40..d1727cc 100644
--- a/aquatic_udp/src/lib/network.rs
+++ b/aquatic_udp/src/lib/network.rs
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ pub fn run_socket_worker(
 
     let mut local_responses: Vec<(Response, SocketAddr)> = Vec::new();
 
-    let timeout = Duration::from_millis(50);
+    let poll_timeout = Duration::from_millis(config.network.poll_timeout_ms);
 
     let connection_cleaning_duration =
         Duration::from_secs(config.cleaning.connection_cleaning_interval);
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ pub fn run_socket_worker(
     let mut iter_counter = 0usize;
 
     loop {
-        poll.poll(&mut events, Some(timeout))
+        poll.poll(&mut events, Some(poll_timeout))
             .expect("failed polling");
 
         for event in events.iter() {