diff --git a/AUTHORS.rst b/AUTHORS.rst
index 9c702dc5b..0828a20dc 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.rst
+++ b/AUTHORS.rst
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Contributors
 
 The following wonderful people contributed directly or indirectly to this project:
 
+- `Alateas <https://github.com/alateas>`_
 - `Avanatiker <https://github.com/Avanatiker>`_
 - `Anton Tagunov <https://github.com/anton-tagunov>`_
 - `Balduro <https://github.com/Balduro>`_
diff --git a/telegram/bot.py b/telegram/bot.py
index 24d2c31b5..7fd57c54b 100644
--- a/telegram/bot.py
+++ b/telegram/bot.py
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ class Bot(TelegramObject):
             disable_notification=disable_notification,
             reply_to_message_id=reply_to_message_id,
             reply_markup=reply_markup,
-            timeout=20.,
+            timeout=timeout,
             **kwargs)
 
     @log