diff --git a/src/mnode_proto_ping_client.cc b/src/mnode_proto_ping_client.cc
index 097828e..37baff8 100644
--- a/src/mnode_proto_ping_client.cc
+++ b/src/mnode_proto_ping_client.cc
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ int main()
 {
     spdlog::set_level(spdlog::level::info);
 
-    auto socket = nng::make_req_socket();
+    auto socket = nng::make_req_socket(1000);
 
-    if (int res = nng_dial(socket, "tcp://localhost:5555", nullptr, 0))
+    if (int res = nng_dial(socket, "tcp://localhost:5555", nullptr, NNG_FLAG_NONBLOCK))
     {
         nng::mnode_nng_error("nng_dial", res);
         return res;