diff --git a/lib/server.js b/lib/server.js
index 8028ac4..335b9bc 100644
--- a/lib/server.js
+++ b/lib/server.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Server.init = function(port, host, options) {
   var self = this;
 
   if (!parseInt(port)) {
-    throw new Error('in node-nc server the port is mandatory!');  
+    throw new Error('in node-nc server the port is mandatory!');
   }
 
   // check args
@@ -36,16 +36,17 @@ Server.init = function(port, host, options) {
   this._port    = port;
   this._host    = host || 'localhost';
   this.timeout  = (options && options.timeout) || 3600000;
+  var _Server = this;
 
   function handler(socket) {
     var client = socket.remoteAddress + ':' + socket.remotePort;
 
     // socket configurations
     socket.setKeepAlive(true, 60000);
-    socket.setTimeout(this._timeout);
+    socket.setTimeout(_Server.timeout);
 
     if (options && options.readEncoding) {
-      socket.setEncoding(options.readEncoding); 
+      socket.setEncoding(options.readEncoding);
     }
 
     //
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ Server.prototype.send = function(client, msg, end, cb) {
       new Error(),
       client,
       msg);
-    cb(); 
+    cb();
   }
 };