diff --git a/sqlite3-python/README.md b/sqlite3-python/README.md
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Simple SQL
 ```python
 def SQL(db='sql.db', *, sqlite3=__import__('sqlite3')):
-    con = sqlite3.connect(db, isolation_level=None, timeout=999)
+    con = sqlite3.connect(db, isolation_level=None, timeout=1e999)
     con.execute('PRAGMA journal_mode = WAL'); con.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
     return lambda q, *p: list(map(dict, con.execute(q, p)))
 sql = SQL()