diff --git a/conn.go b/conn.go
index f73abd7a..97c58fac 100644
--- a/conn.go
+++ b/conn.go
@@ -5,47 +5,59 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net"
+	"time"
+)
+
+const (
+	_READ_DEADLINE  = 10 * time.Second
+	_WRITE_DEADLINE = 10 * time.Second
 )
 
 type Conn struct {
-	c        net.Conn
+	nconn    net.Conn
 	writeBuf []byte
 }
 
-func NewConn(c net.Conn) *Conn {
+func NewConn(nconn net.Conn) *Conn {
 	return &Conn{
-		c:        c,
+		nconn:    nconn,
 		writeBuf: make([]byte, 2048),
 	}
 }
 
 func (c *Conn) Close() error {
-	return c.c.Close()
+	return c.nconn.Close()
 }
 
 func (c *Conn) RemoteAddr() net.Addr {
-	return c.c.RemoteAddr()
+	return c.nconn.RemoteAddr()
 }
 
 func (c *Conn) ReadRequest() (*Request, error) {
-	return requestDecode(c.c)
+	c.nconn.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(_READ_DEADLINE))
+	return requestDecode(c.nconn)
 }
 
 func (c *Conn) WriteRequest(req *Request) error {
-	return requestEncode(c.c, req)
+	c.nconn.SetWriteDeadline(time.Now().Add(_WRITE_DEADLINE))
+	return requestEncode(c.nconn, req)
 }
 
 func (c *Conn) ReadResponse() (*Response, error) {
-	return responseDecode(c.c)
+	c.nconn.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(_READ_DEADLINE))
+	return responseDecode(c.nconn)
 }
 
 func (c *Conn) WriteResponse(res *Response) error {
-	return responseEncode(c.c, res)
+	c.nconn.SetWriteDeadline(time.Now().Add(_WRITE_DEADLINE))
+	return responseEncode(c.nconn, res)
 }
 
 func (c *Conn) ReadInterleavedFrame(frame []byte) (int, int, error) {
+	c.nconn.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(_READ_DEADLINE))
+
 	var header [4]byte
-	_, err := io.ReadFull(c.c, header[:])
+	_, err := io.ReadFull(c.nconn, header[:])
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, 0, err
 	}
@@ -64,7 +76,7 @@ func (c *Conn) ReadInterleavedFrame(frame []byte) (int, int, error) {
 		return 0, 0, fmt.Errorf("frame length greater than 2048")
 	}
 
-	_, err = io.ReadFull(c.c, frame[:framelen])
+	_, err = io.ReadFull(c.nconn, frame[:framelen])
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, 0, err
 	}
@@ -73,12 +85,14 @@ func (c *Conn) ReadInterleavedFrame(frame []byte) (int, int, error) {
 }
 
 func (c *Conn) WriteInterleavedFrame(channel int, frame []byte) error {
+	c.nconn.SetWriteDeadline(time.Now().Add(_WRITE_DEADLINE))
+
 	c.writeBuf[0] = 0x24
 	c.writeBuf[1] = byte(channel)
 	binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(c.writeBuf[2:], uint16(len(frame)))
 	n := copy(c.writeBuf[4:], frame)
 
-	_, err := c.c.Write(c.writeBuf[:4+n])
+	_, err := c.nconn.Write(c.writeBuf[:4+n])
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -86,5 +100,5 @@ func (c *Conn) WriteInterleavedFrame(channel int, frame []byte) error {
 }
 
 func (c *Conn) Read(buf []byte) (int, error) {
-	return c.c.Read(buf)
+	return c.nconn.Read(buf)
 }