diff --git a/client/src/components/PingTab.tsx b/client/src/components/PingTab.tsx
index e963a26..287356c 100644
--- a/client/src/components/PingTab.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/PingTab.tsx
@@ -7,11 +7,9 @@ const PingTab = ({ onPingClick }: { onPingClick: () => void }) => {
       <div className="col-span-2 flex justify-center items-center">
         <Button
           onClick={onPingClick}
-          className="bg-gradient-to-r from-purple-500 to-pink-500 hover:from-purple-600 hover:to-pink-600 text-white font-bold py-6 px-12 rounded-full shadow-lg transform transition duration-300 hover:scale-110 focus:outline-none focus:ring-4 focus:ring-purple-300 animate-pulse"
+          className="font-bold py-6 px-12 rounded-full"
         >
-          <span className="text-3xl mr-2">🚀</span>
-          MEGA PING
-          <span className="text-3xl ml-2">💥</span>
+          Ping Server
         </Button>
       </div>
     </TabsContent>
diff --git a/client/src/lib/hooks/useConnection.ts b/client/src/lib/hooks/useConnection.ts
index e093a46..75b5467 100644
--- a/client/src/lib/hooks/useConnection.ts
+++ b/client/src/lib/hooks/useConnection.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ import { Notification, StdErrNotificationSchema } from "../notificationTypes";
 import { auth } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/auth.js";
 import { authProvider } from "../auth";
 
-const DEFAULT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MSEC = 10000;
+const params = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
+const DEFAULT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MSEC =
+  parseInt(params.get("timeout") ?? "") || 10000;
 
 interface UseConnectionOptions {
   transportType: "stdio" | "sse";