diff --git a/timeout b/timeout
index 56cb989..cb2de2a 100755
--- a/timeout
+++ b/timeout
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ check_pid() {
 	PID=$1
 	LOOP=$2
 
-	for _ in $(seq 1 "$LOOP"); do
-		test -d "/proc/$PID/" && sleep 1 || STATUS=0
+	for _ in $(seq 1 "$(($LOOP*2))"); do
+		test -d "/proc/$PID/" && sleep 0.5 || STATUS=0
 	done
 
 	printf "%d" ${STATUS:-1}
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ main() {
 	SCRIPT_PID=$(run_script "$SCRIPT_FILE")
 	EXIT_STATUS=$(check_pid "$SCRIPT_PID" "$TIMEOUT")
 
-	stop_delete_script "$PID" "$SCRIPT_FILE"
+	stop_delete_script "$SCRIPT_PID" "$SCRIPT_FILE"
 
 	exit "$EXIT_STATUS"
 }