diff --git a/chainlib/connection.py b/chainlib/connection.py
index 6f0c4b1..857121b 100644
--- a/chainlib/connection.py
+++ b/chainlib/connection.py
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ class RPCConnection:
         }
     __constructors_for_chains = {}
 
-    def __init__(self, url=None, chain_spec=None, auth=None, verify_identity=True):
+    def __init__(self, url=None, chain_spec=None, auth=None, verify_identity=True, timeout=1.0):
+        self.timeout = timeout
         self.chain_spec = chain_spec
         self.location = None
         self.basic = None
@@ -329,6 +330,7 @@ class JSONRPCHTTPConnection(HTTPConnection):
                 req,
                 data=data.encode('utf-8'),
                 context=ssl_ctx,
+                timeout=self.timeout,
                 )
         except URLError as e:
             raise RPCException(e)
diff --git a/chainlib/tx.py b/chainlib/tx.py
index 0671d64..0834178 100644
--- a/chainlib/tx.py
+++ b/chainlib/tx.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class Tx:
     """
 
     def __init__(self, src, block=None):
-        self.txs = []
         self.src = src
         self.block = block
         self.block_src = None
+        self.index = None
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index a28abed..337efe5 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name=chainlib
 license=WTFPL2
 author_email=dev@holbrook.no
 description=Generic blockchain access library and tooling
-version=0.1.0b1
+version=0.1.0
 url=https://gitlab.com/chaintools/chainlib
 author=Louis Holbrook