diff --git a/test/test.ts b/test/test.ts
index 609e777..6bd7dcb 100644
--- a/test/test.ts
+++ b/test/test.ts
@@ -13,13 +13,18 @@ tap.test('should request a JSON document over https', async () => {
     .toEqual(1);
 });
 
-tap.skip.test('should post a JSON document over http', async () => {
+tap.test('should post a JSON document over http', async () => {
   await expectAsync(smartrequest.postJson('http://md5.jsontest.com/?text=example_text'))
     .property('body')
     .property('md5')
     .toEqual('fa4c6baa0812e5b5c80ed8885e55a8a6');
 });
 
+tap.test('should safe get stuff', async () => {
+  smartrequest.safeGet('http://coffee.link/');
+  smartrequest.safeGet('https://coffee.link/');
+});
+
 tap.skip.test('should deal with unix socks', async () => {
   const socketResponse = await smartrequest.request(
     'http://unix:/var/run/docker.sock:/containers/json',
diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index 53ee69f..3204b83 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@pushrocks/smartrequest',
-  version: '2.0.14',
+  version: '2.0.15',
   description: 'dropin replacement for request'
 }
diff --git a/ts/smartrequest.interfaces.ts b/ts/smartrequest.interfaces.ts
index 6ce2682..f0acf93 100644
--- a/ts/smartrequest.interfaces.ts
+++ b/ts/smartrequest.interfaces.ts
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ export interface ISmartRequestOptions extends https.RequestOptions {
   requestBody?: any;
   autoJsonParse?: boolean;
   queryParams?: { [key: string]: string };
+  hardDataCuttingTimeout?: number;
 }
diff --git a/ts/smartrequest.request.ts b/ts/smartrequest.request.ts
index 510d0ff..83ff817 100644
--- a/ts/smartrequest.request.ts
+++ b/ts/smartrequest.request.ts
@@ -166,11 +166,18 @@ export let request = async (
   }
 
   // lets perform the actual request
-  const requestToFire = requestModule.request(optionsArg, async (response) => {
+  const requestToFire = requestModule.request(optionsArg, async (resArg) => {
+    if (optionsArg.hardDataCuttingTimeout) {
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        resArg.destroy();
+        done.reject(new Error('Request timed out'));
+      }, optionsArg.hardDataCuttingTimeout)
+    }
+
     if (responseStreamArg) {
-      done.resolve(response as IExtendedIncomingMessage);
+      done.resolve(resArg as IExtendedIncomingMessage);
     } else {
-      const builtResponse = await buildUtf8Response(response, optionsArg.autoJsonParse);
+      const builtResponse = await buildUtf8Response(resArg, optionsArg.autoJsonParse);
       done.resolve(builtResponse);
     }
   });
@@ -209,12 +216,13 @@ export let request = async (
 };
 
 export const safeGet = async (urlArg: string) => {
-  const agentToUse = urlArg.startsWith('http') ? plugins.http.globalAgent : plugins.https.globalAgent;
+  const agentToUse = urlArg.startsWith('http://') ? new plugins.http.Agent() : new plugins.https.Agent();
   try {
     const response = await request(urlArg, {
       method: 'GET',
       agent: agentToUse,
       timeout: 5000,
+      hardDataCuttingTimeout: 5000,
       autoJsonParse: false,
     });
     return response;