diff --git a/example.config.toml b/example.config.toml
index 2c73905..507e8d2 100644
--- a/example.config.toml
+++ b/example.config.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
 # Set the active (highlight) color
 #active-color = "#fff"
 
+[video]
+# Timeout for loading videos (in milliseconds)
+#timeout = 10000
+
 [grid]
 #count = 3
 
diff --git a/src/browser/mediaPreload.js b/src/browser/mediaPreload.js
index 7d83d5d..e004fa0 100644
--- a/src/browser/mediaPreload.js
+++ b/src/browser/mediaPreload.js
@@ -136,10 +136,10 @@ function waitForQuery(query) {
   })
 }
 
-async function waitForVideo(kind) {
+async function waitForVideo(kind, timeout = 10000) {
   lockdownMediaTags()
 
-  let video = await Promise.race([waitForQuery(kind), sleep(10 * 1000)])
+  let video = await Promise.race([waitForQuery(kind), sleep(timeout)])
   if (video) {
     return { video }
   }
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ const igHacks = {
   },
 }
 
-async function findVideo(kind) {
+async function findVideo(kind, timeout = 10000) {
   if (periscopeHacks.isMatch()) {
     await periscopeHacks.onLoad()
   }
@@ -229,8 +229,13 @@ async function findVideo(kind) {
     await igHacks.onLoad()
   }
 
-  const { video, iframe } = await waitForVideo(kind)
+  const { video, iframe } = await waitForVideo(kind, timeout)
   if (!video) {
+    // Log HTML and status for debugging TikTok issues
+    if (location.host.includes('tiktok.com')) {
+      console.error('TikTok video not found. Page HTML:', document.documentElement.outerHTML)
+      console.error('Response status:', window.performance.getEntriesByType('navigation')[0]?.responseStatus || 'unknown')
+    }
     throw new Error('could not find video')
   }
   if (iframe) {
@@ -256,8 +261,13 @@ async function findVideo(kind) {
     const videoReady = new Promise((resolve) =>
       video.addEventListener('playing', resolve, { once: true }),
     )
-    await Promise.race([videoReady, sleep(10 * 1000)])
+    await Promise.race([videoReady, sleep(timeout)])
     if (!video.videoWidth) {
+      // Log HTML and status for debugging TikTok issues
+      if (location.host.includes('tiktok.com')) {
+        console.error('TikTok video timeout. Page HTML:', document.documentElement.outerHTML)
+        console.error('Response status:', window.performance.getEntriesByType('navigation')[0]?.responseStatus || 'unknown')
+      }
       throw new Error('timeout waiting for video to start')
     }
     console.log('video started')
@@ -283,7 +293,8 @@ async function main() {
   let rotationController
   if (content.kind === 'video' || content.kind === 'audio') {
     webFrame.insertCSS(VIDEO_OVERRIDE_STYLE, { cssOrigin: 'user' })
-    const { info, video } = await findVideo(content.kind)
+    const timeout = content.timeout || 10000 // Default to 10 seconds
+    const { info, video } = await findVideo(content.kind, timeout)
     if (content.kind === 'video') {
       rotationController = new RotationController(video)
       if (periscopeHacks.isMatch()) {
diff --git a/src/node/index.js b/src/node/index.js
index 1efeba0..78e5cc7 100644
--- a/src/node/index.js
+++ b/src/node/index.js
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ function parseArgs() {
       describe: 'Active (highlight) color of wall',
       default: '#fff',
     })
+    .option('video.timeout', {
+      describe: 'Timeout (in milliseconds) for loading videos',
+      number: true,
+      default: 10000,
+    })
     .group(['data.interval', 'data.json-url', 'data.toml-file'], 'Datasources')
     .option('data.interval', {
       describe: 'Interval (in seconds) for refreshing polled data sources',
@@ -285,6 +290,7 @@ async function main(argv) {
         viewContentMap.set(key, {
           url: stream.link,
           kind: stream.kind || 'video',
+          timeout: argv.video.timeout,
         })
       }
       streamWindow.setViews(viewContentMap, clientState.info.streams)