diff --git a/src/main/java/org/redisson/RedisNodes.java b/src/main/java/org/redisson/RedisNodes.java
index f2d203d7f..07fd116f9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/redisson/RedisNodes.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/redisson/RedisNodes.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import org.redisson.client.RedisConnection;
 import org.redisson.client.protocol.RedisCommands;
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@ public class RedisNodes<N extends Node> implements NodesGroup<N> {
                         connectionFuture.addListener(new FutureListener<RedisConnection>() {
                             @Override
                             public void operationComplete(Future<RedisConnection> future) throws Exception {
-                                Future<String> r = c.async(RedisCommands.PING);
+                                Future<String> r = c.async(connectionManager.getConfig().getPingTimeout(), RedisCommands.PING);
                                 result.put(c, r);
                                 latch.countDown();
                             }
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ public class RedisNodes<N extends Node> implements NodesGroup<N> {
 
         long time = System.currentTimeMillis();
         try {
-            latch.await(connectionManager.getConfig().getConnectTimeout(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+            latch.await();
         } catch (InterruptedException e) {
             Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
         }
@@ -110,7 +109,7 @@ public class RedisNodes<N extends Node> implements NodesGroup<N> {
         boolean res = true;
         for (Entry<RedisConnection, Future<String>> entry : result.entrySet()) {
             Future<String> f = entry.getValue();
-            f.awaitUninterruptibly(connectionManager.getConfig().getPingTimeout(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+            f.awaitUninterruptibly();
             if (!"PONG".equals(f.getNow())) {
                 res = false;
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/redisson/RedissonCountDownLatch.java b/src/main/java/org/redisson/RedissonCountDownLatch.java
index 1b4e49d45..6e1a977f3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/redisson/RedissonCountDownLatch.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/redisson/RedissonCountDownLatch.java
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public class RedissonCountDownLatch extends RedissonObject implements RCountDown
 
     @Override
     public Future<Long> getCountAsync() {
-        return commandExecutor.readAsync(getName(), LongCodec.INSTANCE, RedisCommands.GET_LONG, getName());
+        return commandExecutor.writeAsync(getName(), LongCodec.INSTANCE, RedisCommands.GET_LONG, getName());
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/redisson/RedissonLock.java b/src/main/java/org/redisson/RedissonLock.java
index f98173d44..1089ec907 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/redisson/RedissonLock.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/redisson/RedissonLock.java
@@ -391,12 +391,12 @@ public class RedissonLock extends RedissonExpirable implements RLock {
 
     @Override
     public boolean isHeldByCurrentThread() {
-        return commandExecutor.read(getName(), LongCodec.INSTANCE, RedisCommands.HEXISTS, getName(), getLockName(Thread.currentThread().getId()));
+        return commandExecutor.write(getName(), LongCodec.INSTANCE, RedisCommands.HEXISTS, getName(), getLockName(Thread.currentThread().getId()));
     }
 
     @Override
     public int getHoldCount() {
-        Long res = commandExecutor.read(getName(), LongCodec.INSTANCE, RedisCommands.HGET, getName(), getLockName(Thread.currentThread().getId()));
+        Long res = commandExecutor.write(getName(), LongCodec.INSTANCE, RedisCommands.HGET, getName(), getLockName(Thread.currentThread().getId()));
         if (res == null) {
             return 0;
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/redisson/RedissonSemaphore.java b/src/main/java/org/redisson/RedissonSemaphore.java
index 6fce66b17..4f60ef927 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/redisson/RedissonSemaphore.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/redisson/RedissonSemaphore.java
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ public class RedissonSemaphore extends RedissonExpirable implements RSemaphore {
 
     @Override
     public int availablePermits() {
-        Long res = commandExecutor.read(getName(), LongCodec.INSTANCE, RedisCommands.GET_LONG, getName());
+        Long res = commandExecutor.write(getName(), LongCodec.INSTANCE, RedisCommands.GET_LONG, getName());
         return res.intValue();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/redisson/client/RedisClient.java b/src/main/java/org/redisson/client/RedisClient.java
index 011d7c529..1a545052e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/redisson/client/RedisClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/redisson/client/RedisClient.java
@@ -46,13 +46,19 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import org.redisson.client.protocol.RedisCommands;
 import org.redisson.misc.URIBuilder;
 
+/**
+ * Low-level Redis client
+ * 
+ * @author Nikita Koksharov
+ *
+ */
 public class RedisClient {
 
     private final Bootstrap bootstrap;
     private final InetSocketAddress addr;
     private final ChannelGroup channels = new DefaultChannelGroup(GlobalEventExecutor.INSTANCE);
 
-    private final long timeout;
+    private final long commandTimeout;
     private boolean hasOwnGroup;
 
     public RedisClient(String address) {
@@ -69,15 +75,19 @@ public class RedisClient {
     }
     
     public RedisClient(String host, int port) {
-        this(new NioEventLoopGroup(), NioSocketChannel.class, host, port, 60 * 1000);
+        this(new NioEventLoopGroup(), NioSocketChannel.class, host, port, 3000);
         hasOwnGroup = true;
     }
     
     public RedisClient(EventLoopGroup group, String host, int port) {
-        this(group, NioSocketChannel.class, host, port, 60 * 1000);
+        this(group, NioSocketChannel.class, host, port, 3000);
     }
 
-    public RedisClient(EventLoopGroup group, Class<? extends SocketChannel> socketChannelClass, String host, int port, int timeout) {
+    public RedisClient(EventLoopGroup group, Class<? extends SocketChannel> socketChannelClass, String host, int port, int connectTimeout) {
+        this(group, socketChannelClass, host, port, connectTimeout, 3000);
+    }
+    
+    public RedisClient(EventLoopGroup group, Class<? extends SocketChannel> socketChannelClass, String host, int port, int connectTimeout, int commandTimeout) {
         addr = new InetSocketAddress(host, port);
         bootstrap = new Bootstrap().channel(socketChannelClass).group(group).remoteAddress(addr);
         bootstrap.handler(new ChannelInitializer<Channel>() {
@@ -91,16 +101,17 @@ public class RedisClient {
             }
         });
 
-        bootstrap.option(ChannelOption.CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS, timeout);
-        this.timeout = timeout;
+        bootstrap.option(ChannelOption.CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS, connectTimeout);
+        this.commandTimeout = commandTimeout;
     }
 
+
     public InetSocketAddress getAddr() {
         return addr;
     }
 
-    long getTimeout() {
-        return timeout;
+    public long getCommandTimeout() {
+        return commandTimeout;
     }
 
     public Bootstrap getBootstrap() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/redisson/client/RedisConnection.java b/src/main/java/org/redisson/client/RedisConnection.java
index df79fda72..a389295b2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/redisson/client/RedisConnection.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/redisson/client/RedisConnection.java
@@ -122,8 +122,7 @@ public class RedisConnection implements RedisCommands {
         });
         
         try {
-            // TODO change connectTimeout to timeout
-            if (!l.await(redisClient.getTimeout(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)) {
+            if (!l.await(redisClient.getCommandTimeout(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)) {
                 Promise<R> promise = (Promise<R>)future;
                 RedisTimeoutException ex = new RedisTimeoutException("Command execution timeout for " + redisClient.getAddr());
                 promise.setFailure(ex);
@@ -143,8 +142,7 @@ public class RedisConnection implements RedisCommands {
     }
 
     public <T> T sync(RedisStrictCommand<T> command, Object ... params) {
-        Future<T> r = async(null, command, params);
-        return await(r);
+        return sync(null, command, params);
     }
 
     public <T, R> ChannelFuture send(CommandData<T, R> data) {
@@ -156,29 +154,37 @@ public class RedisConnection implements RedisCommands {
     }
 
     public <T, R> R sync(Codec encoder, RedisCommand<T> command, Object ... params) {
-        Future<R> r = async(encoder, command, params);
-        return await(r);
+        Promise<R> promise = ImmediateEventExecutor.INSTANCE.newPromise();
+        send(new CommandData<T, R>(promise, encoder, command, params));
+        return await(promise);
     }
 
     public <T, R> Future<R> async(RedisCommand<T> command, Object ... params) {
         return async(null, command, params);
     }
+    
+    public <T, R> Future<R> async(long timeout, RedisCommand<T> command, Object ... params) {
+        return async(null, command, params);
+    }
 
     public <T, R> Future<R> async(Codec encoder, RedisCommand<T> command, Object ... params) {
-        Promise<R> promise = ImmediateEventExecutor.INSTANCE.newPromise();
-        send(new CommandData<T, R>(promise, encoder, command, params));
-        return promise;
+        return async(-1, encoder, command, params);
     }
 
-    public <T, R> Future<R> asyncWithTimeout(Codec encoder, RedisCommand<T> command, Object ... params) {
+    public <T, R> Future<R> async(long timeout, Codec encoder, RedisCommand<T> command, Object ... params) {
         final Promise<R> promise = ImmediateEventExecutor.INSTANCE.newPromise();
+        if (timeout == -1) {
+            timeout = redisClient.getCommandTimeout();
+        }
+        
         final ScheduledFuture<?> scheduledFuture = redisClient.getBootstrap().group().next().schedule(new Runnable() {
             @Override
             public void run() {
                 RedisTimeoutException ex = new RedisTimeoutException("Command execution timeout for " + redisClient.getAddr());
                 promise.tryFailure(ex);
             }
-        }, redisClient.getTimeout(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+        }, timeout, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+        
         promise.addListener(new FutureListener<R>() {
             @Override
             public void operationComplete(Future<R> future) throws Exception {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/redisson/cluster/ClusterConnectionManager.java b/src/main/java/org/redisson/cluster/ClusterConnectionManager.java
index 1857f4bd1..5fe6b97af 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/redisson/cluster/ClusterConnectionManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/redisson/cluster/ClusterConnectionManager.java
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ public class ClusterConnectionManager extends MasterSlaveConnectionManager {
                 }
 
                 final RedisConnection connection = future.getNow();
-                Future<Map<String, String>> clusterFuture = connection.asyncWithTimeout(null, RedisCommands.CLUSTER_INFO);
+                Future<Map<String, String>> clusterFuture = connection.async(RedisCommands.CLUSTER_INFO);
                 clusterFuture.addListener(new FutureListener<Map<String, String>>() {
 
                     @Override
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ public class ClusterConnectionManager extends MasterSlaveConnectionManager {
     }
 
     private void updateClusterState(final ClusterServersConfig cfg, final RedisConnection connection, final Iterator<URI> iterator) {
-        Future<List<ClusterNodeInfo>> future = connection.asyncWithTimeout(null, RedisCommands.CLUSTER_NODES);
+        Future<List<ClusterNodeInfo>> future = connection.async(RedisCommands.CLUSTER_NODES);
         future.addListener(new FutureListener<List<ClusterNodeInfo>>() {
             @Override
             public void operationComplete(Future<List<ClusterNodeInfo>> future) throws Exception {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/pool/ConnectionPool.java b/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/pool/ConnectionPool.java
index 9a0a52697..6dcc4c263 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/pool/ConnectionPool.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/redisson/connection/pool/ConnectionPool.java
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ abstract class ConnectionPool<T extends RedisConnection> {
                         };
 
                         if (entry.getConfig().getPassword() != null) {
-                            Future<Void> temp = c.asyncWithTimeout(null, RedisCommands.AUTH, config.getPassword());
+                            Future<Void> temp = c.async(RedisCommands.AUTH, config.getPassword());
 
                             FutureListener<Void> listener = new FutureListener<Void> () {
                                 @Override public void operationComplete (Future < Void > future)throws Exception {
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ abstract class ConnectionPool<T extends RedisConnection> {
     }
 
     private void ping(RedisConnection c, final FutureListener<String> pingListener) {
-        Future<String> f = c.asyncWithTimeout(null, RedisCommands.PING);
+        Future<String> f = c.async(RedisCommands.PING);
         f.addListener(pingListener);
     }