diff --git a/lora.py b/lora.py
index c4f1baf..9dca579 100644
--- a/lora.py
+++ b/lora.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class LORANode(object):
 		origstate = self.st.copy()
 
 		while True:
-			resp = await self.sd.sendtillrecv(msg, 1)
+			resp = await self.sd.sendtillrecv(msg, .25)
 			#_debprint('got:', resp)
 
 			# skip empty messages
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class SyncDatagram(object):
 	async def recv(self, timeout=None): #pragma: no cover
 		'''Receive a datagram.  If timeout is not None, wait that many
 		seconds, and if nothing is received in that time, raise an
-		TimeoutError exception.'''
+		asyncio.TimeoutError exception.'''
 
 		raise NotImplementedError
 
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ class SyncDatagram(object):
 			await self.send(data)
 			try:
 				return await self.recv(freq)
-			except TimeoutError:
+			except asyncio.TimeoutError:
 				pass
 
 class MulticastSyncDatagram(SyncDatagram):
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ class TestSyncData(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
 		class MySync(SyncDatagram):
 			def __init__(self):
 				self.sendq = []
-				self.resp = [ TimeoutError(), b'a' ]
+				self.resp = [ asyncio.TimeoutError(), b'a' ]
 
 			async def recv(self, timeout=None):
 				assert timeout == 1