diff --git a/Example/example.ts b/Example/example.ts
index 9cb0ee3..6e8a5d0 100644
--- a/Example/example.ts
+++ b/Example/example.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ const startSock = async() => {
 		generateHighQualityLinkPreview: true,
 		// ignore all broadcast messages -- to receive the same
 		// comment the line below out
-		shouldIgnoreJid: jid => isJidBroadcast(jid),
+		// shouldIgnoreJid: jid => isJidBroadcast(jid),
 		// implement to handle retries
 		getMessage: async key => {
 			if(store) {
diff --git a/src/Socket/socket.ts b/src/Socket/socket.ts
index 1dfe72f..32b6ee4 100644
--- a/src/Socket/socket.ts
+++ b/src/Socket/socket.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export const makeSocket = ({
 		agent
 	})
 	ws.setMaxListeners(0)
+
 	const ev = makeEventBuffer(logger)
 	/** ephemeral key pair used to encrypt/decrypt communication. Unique for each connection */
 	const ephemeralKeyPair = Curve.generateKeyPair()
@@ -65,7 +66,17 @@ export const makeSocket = ({
 		}
 
 		const bytes = noise.encodeFrame(data)
-        await sendPromise.call(ws, bytes) as Promise<void>
+		await promiseTimeout<void>(
+			connectTimeoutMs,
+			async(resolve, reject) => {
+				try {
+					await sendPromise.call(ws, bytes)
+					resolve()
+				} catch(error) {
+					reject(error)
+				}
+			}
+		)
 	}
 
 	/** send a binary node */
diff --git a/src/Utils/generics.ts b/src/Utils/generics.ts
index 58c2a2a..7e5ee28 100644
--- a/src/Utils/generics.ts
+++ b/src/Utils/generics.ts
@@ -138,13 +138,13 @@ export const delayCancellable = (ms: number) => {
 
 export async function promiseTimeout<T>(ms: number | undefined, promise: (resolve: (v?: T)=>void, reject: (error) => void) => void) {
 	if(!ms) {
-		return new Promise (promise)
+		return new Promise(promise)
 	}
 
 	const stack = new Error().stack
 	// Create a promise that rejects in <ms> milliseconds
 	const { delay, cancel } = delayCancellable (ms)
-	const p = new Promise ((resolve, reject) => {
+	const p = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 		delay
 			.then(() => reject(
 				new Boom('Timed Out', {