diff --git a/MD_Getc.c b/MD_Getc.c
index dc18fbb..fe91d22 100644
--- a/MD_Getc.c
+++ b/MD_Getc.c
@@ -6,8 +6,12 @@
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #endif
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <time.h>
 #include "MagiDoor.h"
 
+extern time_t mdtimeout;
+extern time_t mdtimeremaining;
+
 char md_getc() {
     char c;
     ssize_t ret;
@@ -25,9 +29,18 @@ char md_getc() {
 #else
         if (ret == -1 && (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EWOULDBLOCK)) {
 #endif
-            usleep(1);
+            if (mdtimeout <= time(NULL)) {
+                md_printf("\r\nIdle timeout!\r\n");
+                md_exit(0);
+            }
+            if (mdtimeremaining <= time(NULL)) {
+                md_printf("\r\nOut of time!\r\n");
+                md_exit(0);
+            }
+            usleep(100);
             continue;
         }
+        mdtimeout = time(NULL) + 900;
         return c;
     }
 }
diff --git a/MD_Init.c b/MD_Init.c
index 3529f68..d0dada4 100644
--- a/MD_Init.c
+++ b/MD_Init.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <time.h>
 #include "MagiDoor.h"
 
 
@@ -24,6 +25,9 @@ MDDoorControl_t mdcontrol;
 struct termios ttysave;
 #endif
 
+time_t mdtimeout;
+time_t mdtimeremaining;
+
 static void md_cfg_read_line(char *buffer, int len, FILE *fptr) {
     fgets(buffer, len, fptr);
     if (buffer[strlen(buffer) - 1] == '\n') {
@@ -74,13 +78,7 @@ int read_door32(const char *dropfile) {
     md_cfg_read_line(buffer, 256, fptr); // node no
     
     mdcontrol.node = strtol(buffer, NULL, 10);
-#if defined(WIN32) || defined(_MSC_VER)
-    WSADATA wsa;
 
-    WSAStartup(WINSOCK_VERSION, &wsa);
-#else
-    mdcontrol.socket = -1;
-#endif
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -171,8 +169,6 @@ int read_doorsys(const char *dropfile) {
 
     fclose(fptr);
 
-    mdcontrol.socket = -1;
-
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -187,13 +183,15 @@ void md_exit(int exitcode) {
     exit(exitcode);
 }
 
-int md_init(const char *dropfile) {
+int md_init(const char *dropfile, int socket) {
     char *filename = strrchr(dropfile, PATH_SEP);
 #if !defined(WIN32) && !defined(_MSC_VER)
     struct termios ttystate;
 #endif
     int ret;
 
+    mdcontrol.socket = socket;
+
     if (filename == NULL) {
         filename = (char *)dropfile;
     } else {
@@ -207,8 +205,7 @@ int md_init(const char *dropfile) {
     }
 
     if (mdcontrol.socket == -1) {
-#if defined(WIN32) || defined(_MSC_VER)
-#else        
+#if !defined(WIN32) && !defined(_MSC_VER)
         tcgetattr(STDIN_FILENO, &ttystate);
         ttysave = ttystate;
 
@@ -220,7 +217,14 @@ int md_init(const char *dropfile) {
 
         tcsetattr(STDIN_FILENO, TCSANOW, &ttystate);
 #endif
-    }
+    } else {
+#if defined(WIN32) || defined(_MSC_VER)
+        WSADATA wsa;
 
+        WSAStartup(WINSOCK_VERSION, &wsa);
+#endif        
+    }
+    mdtimeremaining = time(NULL) + mdcontrol.user_timeleft;
+    mdtimeout = time(NULL) + 900;
     return ret;
 }
diff --git a/MagiDoor.h b/MagiDoor.h
index dd12ddd..f521f87 100644
--- a/MagiDoor.h
+++ b/MagiDoor.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ typedef struct MDDoorControl {
 
 extern MDDoorControl_t mdcontrol;
 
-extern int md_init(const char *dropfile);
+extern int md_init(const char *dropfile, int socket);
 extern void md_exit(int exitcode);
 extern void md_putchar(char c);
 extern void md_printf(const char *fmt, ...);