diff --git a/src/libnethogs.cpp b/src/libnethogs.cpp
index 5220f5d..ef4df82 100644
--- a/src/libnethogs.cpp
+++ b/src/libnethogs.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static bool wait_for_next_trigger() {
 }
 
 static int nethogsmonitor_init(int devc, char **devicenames, bool all,
-                               char *filter) {
+                               char *filter, int to_ms) {
   process_init();
 
   device *devices = get_devices(devc, devicenames, all);
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static int nethogsmonitor_init(int devc, char **devicenames, bool all,
 
     char errbuf[PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE];
     dp_handle *newhandle = dp_open_live(current_dev->name, BUFSIZ, promiscuous,
-                                        100, filter, errbuf);
+                                        to_ms, filter, errbuf);
     if (newhandle != NULL) {
       dp_addcb(newhandle, dp_packet_ip, process_ip);
       dp_addcb(newhandle, dp_packet_ip6, process_ip6);
@@ -276,17 +276,17 @@ static void nethogsmonitor_clean_up() {
   procclean();
 }
 
-int nethogsmonitor_loop(NethogsMonitorCallback cb, char *filter) {
-  return nethogsmonitor_loop_devices(cb, filter, 0, NULL, false);
+int nethogsmonitor_loop(NethogsMonitorCallback cb, char *filter, int to_ms) {
+    return nethogsmonitor_loop_devices(cb, filter, 0, NULL, false, to_ms);
 }
 
 int nethogsmonitor_loop_devices(NethogsMonitorCallback cb, char *filter,
-                                int devc, char **devicenames, bool all) {
+                                int devc, char **devicenames, bool all, int to_ms) {
   if (monitor_run_flag) {
     return NETHOGS_STATUS_FAILURE;
   }
 
-  int return_value = nethogsmonitor_init(devc, devicenames, all, filter);
+  int return_value = nethogsmonitor_init(devc, devicenames, all, filter, to_ms);
   if (return_value != NETHOGS_STATUS_OK) {
     return return_value;
   }
diff --git a/src/libnethogs.h b/src/libnethogs.h
index 085153e..81d127d 100644
--- a/src/libnethogs.h
+++ b/src/libnethogs.h
@@ -58,10 +58,12 @@ typedef void (*NethogsMonitorCallback)(int action,
  * that of tcpdump(1); for full details, see the man page for pcap-filter(7).
  * Note that this is EXPERIMENTAL, and may be removed or changed in a future
  * version.
+ * @param to_ms: <insert documentation>
  */
 
 NETHOGS_DSO_VISIBLE int nethogsmonitor_loop(NethogsMonitorCallback cb,
-                                            char *filter);
+                                            char *filter,
+                                            int to_ms);
 
 /**
  * @brief Enter the process monitoring loop and reports updates using the
@@ -85,7 +87,8 @@ NETHOGS_DSO_VISIBLE int nethogsmonitor_loop(NethogsMonitorCallback cb,
 NETHOGS_DSO_VISIBLE int nethogsmonitor_loop_devices(NethogsMonitorCallback cb,
                                                     char *filter, int devc,
                                                     char **devicenames,
-                                                    bool all);
+                                                    bool all,
+                                                    int to_ms);
 
 /**
  * @brief Makes the call to nethogsmonitor_loop return.