diff --git a/src/index.html b/src/index.html
index 8291467..660c250 100644
--- a/src/index.html
+++ b/src/index.html
@@ -535,6 +535,16 @@
 						<input type="checkbox" d-change="updateSetting" data-setting="isCodeBlastOn"> Code blast!
 					</label>
 				</p>
+
+				<hr>
+
+				<h3>Advanced</h3>
+				<p>
+					<label class="line" title="This timeout is used to indentify a possible infinite loop and prevent it.">
+						Maximum time allowed in a loop iteration
+						<input type="number" data-setting="infiniteLoopTimeout" d-change="updateSetting"> ms
+					</label>
+				</p>
 			</div>
 		</div>
 
diff --git a/src/script.js b/src/script.js
index d255f03..9f64bc8 100644
--- a/src/script.js
+++ b/src/script.js
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ loginModal, profileModal, profileAvatarImg, profileUserName, openItemsBtn, askTo
 		autoComplete: true,
 		preserveConsoleLogs: true,
 		lightVersion: false,
-		lineWrap: true
+		lineWrap: true,
+		infiniteLoopTimeout: 1000
 	};
 	var HtmlModes = {
 		HTML: 'html',
@@ -914,7 +915,9 @@ loginModal, profileModal, profileAvatarImg, profileUserName, openItemsBtn, askTo
 				]);
 			} finally {
 				if (shouldPreventInfiniteLoops !== false) {
-					code = utils.addInfiniteLoopProtection(code);
+					code = utils.addInfiniteLoopProtection(code, {
+						timeout: prefs.infiniteLoopTimeout
+					});
 				}
 				d.resolve(code);
 			}
@@ -931,7 +934,9 @@ loginModal, profileModal, profileAvatarImg, profileUserName, openItemsBtn, askTo
 				]);
 			} finally {
 				if (shouldPreventInfiniteLoops !== false) {
-					code = utils.addInfiniteLoopProtection(code);
+					code = utils.addInfiniteLoopProtection(code, {
+						timeout: prefs.infiniteLoopTimeout
+					});
 				}
 				d.resolve(code);
 			}
@@ -954,7 +959,9 @@ loginModal, profileModal, profileAvatarImg, profileUserName, openItemsBtn, askTo
 					presets: ['latest', 'stage-2', 'react']
 				}).code;
 				if (shouldPreventInfiniteLoops !== false) {
-					code = utils.addInfiniteLoopProtection(code);
+					code = utils.addInfiniteLoopProtection(code, {
+						timeout: prefs.infiniteLoopTimeout
+					});
 				}
 				d.resolve(code);
 			}
@@ -983,7 +990,9 @@ loginModal, profileModal, profileAvatarImg, profileUserName, openItemsBtn, askTo
 					};
 				}
 				if (shouldPreventInfiniteLoops !== false) {
-					code = utils.addInfiniteLoopProtection(code.outputText);
+					code = utils.addInfiniteLoopProtection(code.outputText, {
+						timeout: prefs.infiniteLoopTimeout
+					});
 				}
 				d.resolve(code);
 			} catch (e) {
@@ -1753,6 +1762,8 @@ loginModal, profileModal, profileAvatarImg, profileUserName, openItemsBtn, askTo
 		$('[data-setting=preserveConsoleLogs]').checked = prefs.preserveConsoleLogs;
 		$('[data-setting=lightVersion]').checked = prefs.lightVersion;
 		$('[data-setting=lineWrap]').checked = prefs.lineWrap;
+		$('[data-setting=infiniteLoopTimeout]').value =
+			prefs.infiniteLoopTimeout;
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index 6e76ad4..b7692b8 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -87,13 +87,12 @@
 	 * Contributed by Ariya Hidayat!
 	 * @param code {string}	Code to be protected from infinite loops.
 	 */
-	function addInfiniteLoopProtection(code) {
+	function addInfiniteLoopProtection(code, { timeout }) {
 		var loopId = 1;
 		var patches = [];
 		var varPrefix = '_wmloopvar';
 		var varStr = 'var %d = Date.now();\n';
-		var checkStr =
-			'\nif (Date.now() - %d > 1000) { window.top.previewException(new Error("Infinite loop")); break;}\n';
+		var checkStr = `\nif (Date.now() - %d > ${timeout}) { window.top.previewException(new Error("Infinite loop")); break;}\n`;
 
 		esprima.parse(code, { tolerant: true, range: true, jsx: true }, function(
 			node