diff --git a/ginext/preContext.go b/ginext/preContext.go
index bc6fc33..c6b401a 100644
--- a/ginext/preContext.go
+++ b/ginext/preContext.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"gogs.mikescher.com/BlackForestBytes/goext/exerr"
 	"gogs.mikescher.com/BlackForestBytes/goext/langext"
 	"runtime/debug"
+	"time"
 )
 
 type PreContext struct {
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ type PreContext struct {
 	body    any
 	form    any
 	header  any
+	timeout *time.Duration
 }
 
 func (pctx *PreContext) URI(uri any) *PreContext {
@@ -45,6 +47,11 @@ func (pctx *PreContext) Header(header any) *PreContext {
 	return pctx
 }
 
+func (pctx *PreContext) WithTimeout(to time.Duration) *PreContext {
+	pctx.timeout = &to
+	return pctx
+}
+
 func (pctx PreContext) Start() (*AppContext, *gin.Context, *HTTPResponse) {
 	if pctx.uri != nil {
 		if err := pctx.ginCtx.ShouldBindUri(pctx.uri); err != nil {
@@ -118,7 +125,7 @@ func (pctx PreContext) Start() (*AppContext, *gin.Context, *HTTPResponse) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	ictx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), pctx.wrapper.requestTimeout)
+	ictx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), langext.Coalesce(pctx.timeout, pctx.wrapper.requestTimeout))
 	actx := CreateAppContext(pctx.ginCtx, ictx, cancel)
 
 	return actx, pctx.ginCtx, nil
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2a1ec73..5e55af2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ require (
 )
 
 require (
-	github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.10.0-rc3 // indirect
+	github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.10.0 // indirect
 	github.com/chenzhuoyu/base64x v0.0.0-20230717121745-296ad89f973d // indirect
 	github.com/chenzhuoyu/iasm v0.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gabriel-vasile/mimetype v1.4.2 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2609272..996ca3e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.10.0-rc2 h1:oDfRZ+4m6AYCOC0GFeOCeYqvBmucy1isvouS2K
 github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.10.0-rc2/go.mod h1:iZcSUejdk5aukTND/Eu/ivjQuEL0Cu9/rf50Hi0u/g4=
 github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.10.0-rc3 h1:uNSnscRapXTwUgTyOF0GVljYD08p9X/Lbr9MweSV3V0=
 github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.10.0-rc3/go.mod h1:iZcSUejdk5aukTND/Eu/ivjQuEL0Cu9/rf50Hi0u/g4=
+github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.10.0 h1:qtNZduETEIWJVIyDl01BeNxur2rW9OwTQ/yBqFRkKEk=
+github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.10.0/go.mod h1:iZcSUejdk5aukTND/Eu/ivjQuEL0Cu9/rf50Hi0u/g4=
 github.com/chenzhuoyu/base64x v0.0.0-20211019084208-fb5309c8db06/go.mod h1:DH46F32mSOjUmXrMHnKwZdA8wcEefY7UVqBKYGjpdQY=
 github.com/chenzhuoyu/base64x v0.0.0-20221115062448-fe3a3abad311/go.mod h1:b583jCggY9gE99b6G5LEC39OIiVsWj+R97kbl5odCEk=
 github.com/chenzhuoyu/base64x v0.0.0-20230717121745-296ad89f973d h1:77cEq6EriyTZ0g/qfRdp61a3Uu/AWrgIq2s0ClJV1g0=
diff --git a/goextVersion.go b/goextVersion.go
index 655c8fc..64ae6f0 100644
--- a/goextVersion.go
+++ b/goextVersion.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 package goext
 
-const GoextVersion = "0.0.238"
+const GoextVersion = "0.0.239"
 
-const GoextVersionTimestamp = "2023-08-09T19:51:41+0200"
+const GoextVersionTimestamp = "2023-08-11T16:32:34+0200"