diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 5427fc5..36e4ece 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import (
 	log "github.com/fangdingjun/go-log/v5"
 )
 
+var cfg *conf
+
 func main() {
 	var configfile string
 	var logFileCount int
@@ -42,10 +44,12 @@ func main() {
 		log.Default.Level = lv
 	}
 
-	cfg, err := loadConfig(configfile)
+	_cfg, err := loadConfig(configfile)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
+
+	cfg = _cfg
 	if cfg.UpstreamTimeout == 0 {
 		cfg.UpstreamTimeout = 5
 	}
diff --git a/upstream.go b/upstream.go
index 83c1214..7bb3f02 100644
--- a/upstream.go
+++ b/upstream.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ var dnsClientTLS *dns.Client
 var dnsClientHTTPS *httpclient
 
 func getResponseFromUpstream(msg *dns.Msg, upstreams []*url.URL) (*dns.Msg, error) {
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 3*time.Second)
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Duration(cfg.UpstreamTimeout+1)*time.Second)
 	defer cancel()
 
 	resch := make(chan *dns.Msg, len(upstreams))