diff --git a/video.go b/video.go
index 6873977..bf2be9b 100644
--- a/video.go
+++ b/video.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ func (this *Thumbnailer) RenderScaledFfmpeg(absPath string) ([]byte, error) {
 	cmd := exec.Command(
 		"ffmpeg",
 		"-loglevel", "0",
+		"-timelimit", "10", // seconds
 		"-an",
 		"-i", absPath,
 		"-vf", scaleCmd,
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@ func (this *Thumbnailer) RenderScaledFfmpeg(absPath string) ([]byte, error) {
 		"-",
 	)
 
+	// -ss 00:00:30
+
 	stdout, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err