diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index 9a3e056f..cfbad8b4 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -84,6 +84,14 @@ MaxTopicTitleLength - The maximum length that a topic can be. Please note that t
 
 MaxUsernameLength - The maximum length that a user's name can be. Please note that this measures the number of bytes and may differ from language to language with it being equal to a letter in English and being two bytes in others.
 
+ReadTimeout - The number of seconds that we are allowed to take to fully read a request. Defaults to 5.
+
+WriteTimeout - The number of seconds that a route is allowed to run for before the request is automatically terminated. Defaults to 10.
+
+IdleTimeout - The number of seconds that a Keep-Alive connection will be kept open before being closed. You might to tweak this, if you use Cloudflare or similar. Defaults to 120.
+
+Related: https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/212794707-General-Best-Practices-for-Load-Balancing-at-your-origin-with-Cloudflare
+
 
 # Database
 
@@ -117,6 +125,6 @@ DebugMode - Outputs a basic level of information about what Gosora is doing to h
 
 SuperDebug - Outputs a detailed level of information about what Gosora is doing to help ease debugging. Warning: This may cause severe slowdowns in Gosora.
 
-TemplateDebug - Output a detailed level of information about what Gosora is doing during the template transpilation step. Warning: Huge amounts of information will be dumped into the logs.
+TemplateDebug - Output a detailed level of information about what Gosora is doing during the template transpilation step. Warning: Large amounts of information will be dumped into the logs.
 
 NoFsnotify - Whether you want to disable the file watcher which automatically reloads assets whenever they change.
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diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index f98cbb19..e9047aad 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -473,14 +473,20 @@ func startServer() {
 		rtime := common.Config.ReadTimeout
 		if rtime == 0 {
 			rtime = 5
+		} else if rtime == -1 {
+			rtime = 0
 		}
 		wtime := common.Config.WriteTimeout
 		if wtime == 0 {
 			wtime = 10
+		} else if wtime == -1 {
+			wtime = 0
 		}
 		itime := common.Config.IdleTimeout
 		if itime == 0 {
 			itime = 120
+		} else if itime == -1 {
+			itime = 0
 		}
 		return &http.Server{
 			Addr:    addr,
diff --git a/public/global.js b/public/global.js
index a653afd3..c3f54a22 100644
--- a/public/global.js
+++ b/public/global.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ var conn = false;
 var selectedTopics = [];
 var attachItemCallback = function(){}
 var baseTitle = document.title;
-var wsBackoff = false;
+var wsBackoff = 0;
 
 // Topic move
 var forumToMoveTo = 0;
@@ -214,8 +214,11 @@ function runWebSockets() {
 		conn = false;
 		console.log("The WebSockets connection was closed");
 		let backoff = 1000;
-		if(wsBackoff) backoff = 8000;
-		wsBackoff = true;
+		if(wsBackoff < 0) wsBackoff = 0;
+		else if(wsBackoff > 12) backoff = 13000;
+		else if(wsBackoff > 5) backoff = 7000;
+		wsBackoff++;
+
 		setTimeout(() => {
 			var alertMenuList = document.getElementsByClassName("menu_alerts");
 			for(var i = 0; i < alertMenuList.length; i++) {
@@ -223,6 +226,11 @@ function runWebSockets() {
 			}
 			runWebSockets();
 		}, 60 * backoff);
+
+		if(wsBackoff > 0) {
+			if(wsBackoff <= 5) setTimeout(() => wsBackoff--, 60 * 4000);
+			else if(wsBackoff <= 12) setTimeout(() => wsBackoff--, 60 * 20000);
+		}
 	}
 
 	conn.onmessage = (event) => {