diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index cc0af6f..4f7c0fa 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@pushrocks/webrequest',
-  version: '3.0.11',
+  version: '3.0.12',
   description: 'securely request from browsers'
 }
diff --git a/ts/index.ts b/ts/index.ts
index 1adb3ae..55ade51 100644
--- a/ts/index.ts
+++ b/ts/index.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ export class WebRequest {
   private static neededPolyfillsLoadedDeferred = plugins.smartpromise.defer<{
     fetch: typeof fetch,
     Response: typeof Response,
-    AbortController: typeof AbortController
+    AbortController?: typeof AbortController,
+    helixTimeout?: any,
   }>();
   public static async loadNeededPolyfills() {
     if (this.polyfillStatusEvaluated) {
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ export class WebRequest {
       this.neededPolyfillsLoadedDeferred.resolve({
         fetch: fetchMod.fetch,
         Response: fetchMod.Response,
-        AbortController: fetchMod.AbortSignal
+        helixTimeout: fetchMod.timeoutSignal,
       });
     } else {
       this.neededPolyfillsLoadedDeferred.resolve({
@@ -115,12 +116,24 @@ export class WebRequest {
       timeoutMs?: number;
     }
   ) {
+    optionsArg = {
+      timeoutMs: 60000,
+      useCache: false,
+      ...optionsArg,
+    }
     const fetchObject = await WebRequest.neededPolyfillsLoadedDeferred.promise;
-    const controller = new fetchObject.AbortController();
+    let controller: AbortController;
     if (optionsArg.timeoutMs) {
-      plugins.smartdelay.delayFor(optionsArg.timeoutMs).then(() => {
-        controller.abort();
-      });
+      if (fetchObject.AbortController) {
+        controller = new fetchObject.AbortController();
+        plugins.smartdelay.delayFor(optionsArg.timeoutMs).then(() => {
+          controller.abort();
+        });
+      } else {
+        controller = {
+          signal: fetchObject.helixTimeout(optionsArg.timeoutMs)
+        } as any;
+      }
     }
     let cachedResponseDeferred = plugins.smartpromise.defer<Response>();
     let cacheUsed = false;
@@ -131,7 +144,7 @@ export class WebRequest {
       cachedResponseDeferred.resolve(null);
     }
     let response: Response = await fetchObject.fetch(urlArg, {
-      signal: controller.signal,
+      signal: controller ? controller.signal : null,
       method: optionsArg.method,
       headers: {
         'Content-Type': 'application/json',