diff --git a/MATLAB/+XPlaneConnect/openUDP.m b/MATLAB/+XPlaneConnect/openUDP.m
index b518cdb..2961598 100644
--- a/MATLAB/+XPlaneConnect/openUDP.m
+++ b/MATLAB/+XPlaneConnect/openUDP.m
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ p = inputParser;
 addOptional(p,'xpHost','127.0.0.1',@ischar);
 addOptional(p,'xpPort',49009,@isnumeric);
 addOptional(p,'port',0,@isnumeric);
-addOptional(p,'timeout',0,@isnumeric);
+addOptional(p,'timeout',100,@isnumeric);
 parse(p,varargin{:});
 
 %% Create client