diff --git a/actions.go b/actions.go
index fa861fd..c91e479 100644
--- a/actions.go
+++ b/actions.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
+	"time"
 
 	"tildegit.org/tjp/sliderule"
 	"tildegit.org/tjp/sliderule/gemini"
@@ -72,22 +74,25 @@ It was written by TJP and released to the public domain.
 }
 
 func Navigate(state *BrowserState, target *url.URL, navIndex int, conf *Config) error {
-	hist := state.History
-
-	if hist.Url == nil || target.String() != hist.Url.String() {
-		state.History = &History{
-			Url:      target,
-			Depth:    hist.Depth + 1,
-			Back:     hist,
-			NavIndex: navIndex,
-		}
-		hist.Forward = state.History
+	if state.Url == nil || target.String() != state.Url.String() {
+		pushHistory(state, target, navIndex)
 	}
 	state.Modal = nil
 
 	return Reload(state, conf)
 }
 
+func pushHistory(state *BrowserState, target *url.URL, navIndex int) {
+	hist := state.History
+	state.History = &History{
+		Url:      target,
+		Depth:    hist.Depth + 1,
+		Back:     hist,
+		NavIndex: navIndex,
+	}
+	hist.Forward = state.History
+}
+
 func gopherURL(u *url.URL) (string, sliderule.Status) {
 	if u.Scheme != "gopher" || len(u.Path) < 2 || !strings.HasPrefix(u.Path, "/") {
 		return u.String(), 0
@@ -173,6 +178,8 @@ outer:
 			default:
 				return fmt.Errorf("gemini response %s: %s", gemini.StatusName(response.Status), response.Meta.(string))
 			}
+		} else {
+			break
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -190,10 +197,22 @@ outer:
 	return HandleResource(state, conf)
 }
 
+func requestCtx(timeout time.Duration) (context.Context, context.CancelFunc) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	if timeout > 0 {
+		return context.WithTimeout(ctx, timeout)
+	}
+	return ctx, func() {}
+}
+
 func fetch(state *BrowserState, u string, tlsConf *tls.Config) (*sliderule.Response, error) {
+	ctx, cancel := requestCtx(state.Timeout)
+	defer cancel()
+
 	tlsConf.ClientSessionCache = nil
-	response, err := sliderule.NewClient(tlsConf).Fetch(u)
+	response, err := sliderule.NewClient(tlsConf).Fetch(ctx, u)
 	var tofuErr *TOFUViolation
+
 	if errors.As(err, &tofuErr) {
 		writeError(err.Error())
 		state.Readline.SetPrompt("Trust new certificate instead (y/n)? [n] ")
@@ -210,7 +229,9 @@ func fetch(state *BrowserState, u string, tlsConf *tls.Config) (*sliderule.Respo
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
-		return sliderule.NewClient(tlsConf).Fetch(u)
+		ctx, cancel = requestCtx(state.Timeout)
+		defer cancel()
+		return sliderule.NewClient(tlsConf).Fetch(ctx, u)
 	} else if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -218,8 +239,11 @@ func fetch(state *BrowserState, u string, tlsConf *tls.Config) (*sliderule.Respo
 }
 
 func upload(state *BrowserState, u string, body io.Reader, tlsConf *tls.Config) (*sliderule.Response, error) {
+	ctx, cancel := requestCtx(state.Timeout)
+	defer cancel()
+
 	tlsConf.ClientSessionCache = nil
-	response, err := sliderule.NewClient(tlsConf).Upload(u, body)
+	response, err := sliderule.NewClient(tlsConf).Upload(ctx, u, body)
 	var tofuErr *TOFUViolation
 	if errors.As(err, &tofuErr) {
 		writeError(err.Error())
@@ -237,7 +261,9 @@ func upload(state *BrowserState, u string, body io.Reader, tlsConf *tls.Config)
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
-		return sliderule.NewClient(tlsConf).Upload(u, body)
+		ctx, cancel = requestCtx(state.Timeout)
+		defer cancel()
+		return sliderule.NewClient(tlsConf).Upload(ctx, u, body)
 	} else if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -306,16 +332,16 @@ func back(state *BrowserState) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func Back(state *BrowserState, num int) error {
+func Back(state *BrowserState, conf *Config, num int) error {
 	for i := 0; i < num; i += 1 {
 		if err := back(state); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
-	return print(state)
+	return HandleResource(state, conf)
 }
 
-func Forward(state *BrowserState, num int) error {
+func Forward(state *BrowserState, conf *Config, num int) error {
 	for i := 0; i < num; i += 1 {
 		if state.Forward == nil {
 			return ErrNoNextHistory
@@ -324,7 +350,7 @@ func Forward(state *BrowserState, num int) error {
 	}
 	state.Modal = nil
 
-	return print(state)
+	return HandleResource(state, conf)
 }
 
 func Next(state *BrowserState, conf *Config) error {
diff --git a/command.go b/command.go
index d994866..db0c6a2 100644
--- a/command.go
+++ b/command.go
@@ -383,13 +383,13 @@ func RunCommand(conf *Config, cmd *Command, state *BrowserState) error {
 		if len(cmd.Args) == 1 {
 			num, _ = strconv.Atoi(cmd.Args[0])
 		}
-		return Back(state, num)
+		return Back(state, conf, num)
 	case "forward":
 		num := 1
 		if len(cmd.Args) == 1 {
 			num, _ = strconv.Atoi(cmd.Args[0])
 		}
-		return Forward(state, num)
+		return Forward(state, conf, num)
 	case "next":
 		return Next(state, conf)
 	case "previous":
diff --git a/files.go b/files.go
index 052c4fb..4964750 100644
--- a/files.go
+++ b/files.go
@@ -11,17 +11,19 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/BurntSushi/toml"
 )
 
 type ConfigMain struct {
-	DefaultScheme  string `toml:"default_scheme"`
-	SoftWrap       int    `toml:"soft_wrap"`
-	DownloadFolder string `toml:"download_folder"`
-	VimKeys        bool   `toml:"vim_keys"`
-	Quiet          bool   `toml:"quiet"`
-	Pager          string `toml:"pager"`
+	DefaultScheme  string   `toml:"default_scheme"`
+	SoftWrap       int      `toml:"soft_wrap"`
+	DownloadFolder string   `toml:"download_folder"`
+	VimKeys        bool     `toml:"vim_keys"`
+	Quiet          bool     `toml:"quiet"`
+	Pager          string   `toml:"pager"`
+	Timeout        duration `toml:"duration"`
 }
 
 type Config struct {
@@ -30,6 +32,14 @@ type Config struct {
 	Handlers map[string]string `toml:"handlers"`
 }
 
+type duration struct{ time.Duration }
+
+func (d *duration) UnmarshalText(text []byte) error {
+	var err error
+	d.Duration, err = time.ParseDuration(string(text))
+	return err
+}
+
 func getConfig() (*Config, error) {
 	home := os.Getenv("HOME")
 	path := os.Getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME")
@@ -50,6 +60,9 @@ func getConfig() (*Config, error) {
 			DownloadFolder: home,
 			Quiet:          false,
 			Pager:          "auto",
+			Timeout: duration{
+				time.Duration(10 * time.Second),
+			},
 		},
 		Handlers: map[string]string{},
 	}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c7c1452..5da2fb6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.21.0
 require (
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.3.2
 	github.com/chzyer/readline v1.5.1
-	tildegit.org/tjp/sliderule v1.6.2-0.20240110181009-de1490808fa6
+	tildegit.org/tjp/sliderule v1.6.2-0.20240115025310-751f423f11bf
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 248ba96..8b7c35b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220310020820-b874c991c1a5 h1:y/woIyUBFbpQGKS0u1aHF/40W
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220310020820-b874c991c1a5/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
-tildegit.org/tjp/sliderule v1.6.2-0.20240110181009-de1490808fa6 h1:nVGF/L3NI+dqmlEdagFFjZZabPMPOocr1zVW1qBfGVg=
-tildegit.org/tjp/sliderule v1.6.2-0.20240110181009-de1490808fa6/go.mod h1:opdo8E25iS9X9pNismM8U7pCH8XO0PdRIIhdADn8Uik=
+tildegit.org/tjp/sliderule v1.6.2-0.20240115025310-751f423f11bf h1:p0MqM4m/LcgLjRH24OOV+oNOu/8+alABAdI6kLantvE=
+tildegit.org/tjp/sliderule v1.6.2-0.20240115025310-751f423f11bf/go.mod h1:opdo8E25iS9X9pNismM8U7pCH8XO0PdRIIhdADn8Uik=
diff --git a/help.go b/help.go
index ba45cf0..40af4ca 100644
--- a/help.go
+++ b/help.go
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ Consult "help COMMAND" for more information on any single command.
 `[1:],
 
 	"cli": `
-x-1 [-c COMMANDS] [URL]
+x-1 -h
+x-1 [-q] [-c COMMANDS] [URL]
 -----------------------
 With no arguments or flags, x-1 will just display the prompt and begin
 executing your commands. Use the "help" command  to begin exploring this
@@ -75,6 +76,9 @@ provided by separating them with a semi-colon ';') and then exit. In
 this mode it also forces quiet mode, in which it doesn't automatically
 print loaded pages.
 
+The -q flag will force quiet mode, overriding "quiet" in the
+configuration file.
+
 With a URL argument, it will begin an interactive prompt session by
 loading the requested url.
 `[1:],
@@ -122,6 +126,9 @@ The section "[main]" contains general configuration options:
     will pipe every page printed through less(1), "never" will not, and
     "auto" will pipe it through "less -F", which skips the pager when
     the output fits on a single screen anyway.
+  * timeout (string): Maximum time to wait trying to make a connection
+    to the host. Should be in the form with a unit suffix, like "15s" or
+    "500ms". The default is "10s".
 
 `[1:],
 
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 7ad9b4a..eb85922 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 var cmdMode = flag.String("c", "", "")
 var helpMode = flag.Bool("h", false, "")
+var quietMode = flag.Bool("q", false, "")
 
 func main() {
 	conf, err := getConfig()
@@ -62,6 +63,10 @@ func main() {
 		return
 	}
 
+	if *quietMode {
+		state.Quiet = true
+	}
+
 	rl, err := readline.New(Prompt)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
diff --git a/state.go b/state.go
index a967b7b..c46862f 100644
--- a/state.go
+++ b/state.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"net/url"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/chzyer/readline"
 )
@@ -19,8 +20,9 @@ type BrowserState struct {
 	DefaultTour Tour
 	CurrentTour *Tour
 
-	Quiet bool
-	Pager string
+	Quiet   bool
+	Pager   string
+	Timeout time.Duration
 
 	Readline *readline.Instance
 }
@@ -58,8 +60,9 @@ func NewBrowserState(conf *Config) *BrowserState {
 			NavIndex: -1,
 		},
 
-		Quiet: conf.Quiet,
-		Pager: conf.Pager,
+		Quiet:   conf.Quiet,
+		Pager:   conf.Pager,
+		Timeout: conf.Timeout.Duration,
 	}
 	state.CurrentTour = &state.DefaultTour
 	return state