diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7e3215f..f6fb727 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
   - [Server Stream Request](#server-stream-request)
   - [Bidirectional Stream Request](#bidirectional-stream-request)
   - [Request with Metadata](#request-with-metadata)
+  - [Using Deadline](#using-deadline)
   - [Promisify single function](#promisify-single-function)
 - [MIT License](#mit-license)
 
@@ -489,6 +490,15 @@ function main() {
 main();
 ```
 
+### Using Deadline
+
+The deadline parameter is used to to set a timestamp in millisenconds for the entire call to complete:
+
+```js
+// We give a deadline of 1 second (= 1000ms)
+grpc_promise.promisifyAll(client, deadline: Date.now() + 1000);
+```
+
 ### Promisify single function
 
 Client side:
diff --git a/examples/client-bidi-stream.js b/examples/client-bidi-stream.js
index 51a75c0..5c1d070 100644
--- a/examples/client-bidi-stream.js
+++ b/examples/client-bidi-stream.js
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ function main() {
   const meta = new grpc.Metadata();
   meta.add('key', 'value');
 
-  grpc_promise.promisifyAll(client, {timeout: 100, metadata: meta}); // Optional timeout definition, defaults = 50
+  // Optional timeout definition, defaults = 50
+  grpc_promise.promisifyAll(client, { timeout: 100, metadata: meta, deadline: Date.now() + 1000 });
 
   let t = client.testStreamStream();
   t.sendMessage({})
diff --git a/examples/client-client-stream.js b/examples/client-client-stream.js
index 2725bbb..0814a0e 100644
--- a/examples/client-client-stream.js
+++ b/examples/client-client-stream.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ function main() {
   const meta = new grpc.Metadata();
   meta.add('key', 'value');
 
-  grpc_promise.promisifyAll(client, {metadata: meta});
+  grpc_promise.promisifyAll(client, { metadata: meta, deadline: Date.now() + 1000 });
 
   client.testStreamSimple(meta)
     .sendMessage({id: 1})
diff --git a/examples/client-promisify-only-one.js b/examples/client-promisify-only-one.js
index 7330845..65dbde1 100644
--- a/examples/client-promisify-only-one.js
+++ b/examples/client-promisify-only-one.js
@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
 const grpc = require('grpc');
+const protoLoader = require('@grpc/proto-loader');
 const grpc_promise = require('../lib/index'); // require('grpc-promise')
-const test_proto = grpc.load(__dirname + '/protobuf/test.proto').test;
+
+const packageDefinition = protoLoader.loadSync(
+  __dirname + '/protobuf/test.proto',
+  {
+    keepCase: true,
+    longs: String,
+    enums: String,
+    defaults: true,
+    oneofs: true
+  }
+);
+
+const protoDescriptor = grpc.loadPackageDefinition(packageDefinition);
+const test_proto = protoDescriptor.test;
 
 function main() {
   const client = new test_proto.Test('localhost:50052', grpc.credentials.createInsecure());
@@ -8,7 +22,7 @@ function main() {
   const meta = new grpc.Metadata();
   meta.add('key', 'value');
 
-  grpc_promise.promisify(client, ['testSimpleSimple'], {metadata: meta});
+  grpc_promise.promisify(client, ['testSimpleSimple'], { metadata: meta, deadline: Date.now() + 1000 });
 
   client.testSimpleSimple()
     .sendMessage({id: 1})
diff --git a/examples/client-server-stream.js b/examples/client-server-stream.js
index 275c626..04e3bad 100644
--- a/examples/client-server-stream.js
+++ b/examples/client-server-stream.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ function main() {
   const meta = new grpc.Metadata();
   meta.add('key', 'value');
 
-  grpc_promise.promisifyAll(client, {metadata: meta});
+  grpc_promise.promisifyAll(client, { metadata: meta, deadline: Date.now() + 1000 });
 
   client.testSimpleStream()
     .sendMessage({id: 1})
diff --git a/examples/client-unary.js b/examples/client-unary.js
index 9286ec3..5cd8b45 100644
--- a/examples/client-unary.js
+++ b/examples/client-unary.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ function main() {
   const meta = new grpc.Metadata();
   meta.add('key', 'value');
 
-  grpc_promise.promisifyAll(client, {metadata: meta});
+  grpc_promise.promisifyAll(client, { metadata: meta, deadline: Date.now() + 1000 });
 
   client.testSimpleSimple()
     .sendMessage({id: 1})
diff --git a/lib/request-types/bidi-stream-request.js b/lib/request-types/bidi-stream-request.js
index 3f4db73..536817d 100644
--- a/lib/request-types/bidi-stream-request.js
+++ b/lib/request-types/bidi-stream-request.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class BidiStreamRequest {
     this.queue = {};
     this.correlationId = 0;
     this.timeout = options.timeout || 50;
-    this.stream = original_function.call(client, options.metadata);
+    this.stream = original_function.call(client, options.metadata, { deadline: options.deadline });
 
     this.stream.on('error', () => {});
     this.stream.on('data', data => {
diff --git a/lib/request-types/client-stream-request.js b/lib/request-types/client-stream-request.js
index 3aa042a..503de28 100644
--- a/lib/request-types/client-stream-request.js
+++ b/lib/request-types/client-stream-request.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ class ClientStreamRequest {
   constructor (client, original_function, options = {}) {
     if (options == null) options = {};
     this.promise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      this.stream = original_function.call(client, options.metadata, function (error, response) {
+      this.stream = original_function.call(client, options.metadata, { deadline: options.deadline }, function (error, response) {
         if (error) {
           reject(error);
         } else {
diff --git a/lib/request-types/server-stream-request.js b/lib/request-types/server-stream-request.js
index bbdf311..dff254b 100644
--- a/lib/request-types/server-stream-request.js
+++ b/lib/request-types/server-stream-request.js
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@ class ServerStreamRequest {
     this.queue = [];
     this.client = client;
     this.metadata = options.metadata;
+    this.deadline = options.deadline || undefined;
     this.original_function = original_function;
   }
 
   sendMessage (content = {}) {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      this.stream = this.original_function.call(this.client, content, this.metadata);
+      this.stream = this.original_function.call(this.client, content, this.metadata, { deadline: this.deadline });
       this.stream.on('error', error => {
         reject(error);
       });
diff --git a/lib/request-types/unary-request.js b/lib/request-types/unary-request.js
index 5610cdd..b787827 100644
--- a/lib/request-types/unary-request.js
+++ b/lib/request-types/unary-request.js
@@ -5,24 +5,28 @@ class UnaryRequest {
     if (options == null) options = {};
     this.client = client;
     this.metadata = options.metadata;
+    this.deadline = options.deadline || undefined;
     this.original_function = original_function;
   }
 
   sendMessage (content = {}) {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      this.original_function.call(this.client, content, this.metadata, function (error, response) {
-        if (error) {
-          reject(error);
-        } else {
-          resolve(response);
+      this.original_function.call(this.client, content, this.metadata, { deadline: this.deadline },
+        function (error, response) {
+          if (error) {
+            reject(error);
+          } else {
+            resolve(response);
+          }
         }
-      });
+      );
     });
   }
 
 }
 
 const makeUnaryRequest = function (client, originalFunction, options) {
+  // console.log(options);
   return function () {
     return new UnaryRequest(client, originalFunction, options);
   };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f8acdf7..2fb351b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "grpc-promise",
-  "version": "1.3.0",
+  "version": "1.3.1",
   "description": "GRPC promisify module for all Request/Response types: standard and stream",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/test/lib/request-types/client-stream-request.js b/test/lib/request-types/client-stream-request.js
index cc47d75..a616d2c 100644
--- a/test/lib/request-types/client-stream-request.js
+++ b/test/lib/request-types/client-stream-request.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ describe('Client Stream Request', function () {
 
     it('Test ok', function () {
       const client = {};
-      const makeClientStreamRequest = function (metadata, callback) {
+      const makeClientStreamRequest = function (metadata, options, callback) {
         return new ClientStreamMock({callback: callback});
       };
       makeClientStreamRequest.requestStream = true;
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ describe('Client Stream Request', function () {
 
     it('Test ko', function () {
       const client = {};
-      const makeClientStreamRequest = function (metadata, callback) {
+      const makeClientStreamRequest = function (metadata, options, callback) {
         var stream = new ClientStreamMock();
         stream.on('finish', function () {
           callback('some_error');
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ describe('Client Stream Request', function () {
 
     it('Test ok', function (done) {
       const client = {};
-      const makeClientStreamRequest = function (metadata, callback) {
+      const makeClientStreamRequest = function (metadata, options, callback) {
         return new ClientStreamMock({callback: callback});
       };
       makeClientStreamRequest.requestStream = true;
diff --git a/test/lib/request-types/unary-request.js b/test/lib/request-types/unary-request.js
index 57be8ef..8dd33d7 100644
--- a/test/lib/request-types/unary-request.js
+++ b/test/lib/request-types/unary-request.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ describe('Unary Request', function () {
 
     it('Test ok', function () {
       const client = {};
-      const makeUnaryRequest = function (request, metadata, callback) {
+      const makeUnaryRequest = function (request, metadata, options, callback) {
         callback(null, request);
       };
       makeUnaryRequest.requestStream = false;
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ describe('Unary Request', function () {
 
     it('Test ko', function () {
       const client = {};
-      const makeUnaryRequest = function (request, metadata, callback) {
+      const makeUnaryRequest = function (request, metadata, options, callback) {
         callback('timeout');
       };
       makeUnaryRequest.requestStream = false;
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ describe('Unary Request', function () {
 
     it('Test ok', function () {
       const client = {};
-      const makeUnaryRequest = function (request, metadata, callback) {
+      const makeUnaryRequest = function (request, metadata, options, callback) {
         callback(null, request);
       };
       makeUnaryRequest.requestStream = false;