diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6fca555..4ebf03d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-# Go-BladeRF
+# go-bladerf
 
-`under development "draft"`
-
-## Examples
+## examples
 
 [go-bladerf-examples](https://github.com/erayarslan/go-bladerf-examples)
 
-## Tested On
+## tested on
 
 `libbladeRF 2.2.1-MacPorts-20191220-45521019`
diff --git a/bladerf.go b/bladerf.go
index 837ed85..f428363 100644
--- a/bladerf.go
+++ b/bladerf.go
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ func (trigger *Trigger) SetRole(role TriggerRole) {
 	(*trigger.ref).role = C.bladerf_trigger_role(role)
 }
 
-func (bladeRF *BladeRF) SyncTX(input []int16, metadata Metadata) (Metadata, error) {
+func (bladeRF *BladeRF) SyncTX(input []int16, metadata Metadata, timeout uint) (Metadata, error) {
 	if metadata.ref == nil {
 		var ref C.struct_bladerf_metadata
 		metadata.ref = &ref
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ func (bladeRF *BladeRF) SyncTX(input []int16, metadata Metadata) (Metadata, erro
 		*addr = (C.uint16_t)(input[i])
 	}
 
-	err := GetError(C.bladerf_sync_tx(bladeRF.ref, unsafe.Pointer(buf), C.uint(numberOfSample/2), metadata.ref, 5000))
+	err := GetError(C.bladerf_sync_tx(bladeRF.ref, unsafe.Pointer(buf), C.uint(numberOfSample/2), metadata.ref, C.uint(timeout)))
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return metadata, err
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ func (bladeRF *BladeRF) SyncTX(input []int16, metadata Metadata) (Metadata, erro
 	return LoadMetadata(metadata.ref), nil
 }
 
-func (bladeRF *BladeRF) SyncRX(bufferSize uintptr, metadata Metadata) ([]int16, Metadata, error) {
+func (bladeRF *BladeRF) SyncRX(bufferSize uintptr, metadata Metadata, timeout uint) ([]int16, Metadata, error) {
 	if metadata.ref == nil {
 		var ref C.struct_bladerf_metadata
 		metadata.ref = &ref
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ func (bladeRF *BladeRF) SyncRX(bufferSize uintptr, metadata Metadata) ([]int16,
 
 	start := C.malloc(C.size_t(C.sizeof_int16_t * bufferSize * 2 * 1))
 	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(start))
-	err := GetError(C.bladerf_sync_rx(bladeRF.ref, start, C.uint(bufferSize), metadata.ref, 5000))
+	err := GetError(C.bladerf_sync_rx(bladeRF.ref, start, C.uint(bufferSize), metadata.ref, C.uint(timeout)))
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, metadata, err
diff --git a/bladerf_test.go b/bladerf_test.go
index 56ddc92..6c7e431 100644
--- a/bladerf_test.go
+++ b/bladerf_test.go
@@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@ func TestSyncTX(t *testing.T) {
 		data[i] = complex(0.5, 0.5)
 	}
 
-	_, err = rf.SyncTX(Complex64ToInt16(data), Metadata{})
+	_, err = rf.SyncTX(Complex64ToInt16(data), Metadata{}, 3500)
 
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Log("PASSED")
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ func TestSyncRX(t *testing.T) {
 	err = rf.SyncConfig(RxX1, FormatSc16Q11, 2, 1024, 1, 3500)
 	err = rf.EnableModule(ChannelRx(0))
 
-	data, _, err := rf.SyncRX(1024, Metadata{})
+	data, _, err := rf.SyncRX(1024, Metadata{}, 3500)
 
 	complexData := Int16ToComplex64(data)
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 344abf6..73425f2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,6 +2,4 @@ module github.com/erayarslan/go-bladerf
 
 go 1.13
 
-require (
-	github.com/mattn/go-pointer v0.0.1
-)
+require github.com/mattn/go-pointer v0.0.1