diff --git a/src/telepathy/bot.cr b/src/telepathy/bot.cr
index 141cb0e..fc49f2f 100644
--- a/src/telepathy/bot.cr
+++ b/src/telepathy/bot.cr
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ module Telepathy
             return Response(User).from_json(response.body).result
         end
 
-        def get_updates
-            update_data = {} of String => Int64 | String
+        def get_updates(timeout = 0)
+            update_data = {} of String => Int64 | Int32 | String
+            update_data["timeout"] = timeout
             @last_update_id.try { |id| update_data["offset"] = id }
             response = HTTP::Client.get(@request_base + "/getUpdates",
                                         headers: HTTP::Headers{"User-agent" => "Telepathy", "Content-type" => "application/json" },