diff --git a/script/engine.js b/script/engine.js
index 258afca..ae90548 100644
--- a/script/engine.js
+++ b/script/engine.js
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@
 			state: null,
 			debug: false,
 			log: false,
-			dropbox: false
+			dropbox: false,
+			doubleTime: false
 		},
 			
 		init: function(options) {
@@ -137,7 +138,19 @@
 				.text(_('lights off.'))
 				.click(Engine.turnLightsOff)
 				.appendTo(menu);
-			
+
+			$('<span>')
+				.addClass('menuBtn')
+				.text(_('hyper.'))
+				.click(function(){
+					Engine.options.doubleTime = !Engine.options.doubleTime;
+					if(Engine.options.doubleTime)
+						$(this).text(_('classic.'));
+					else
+						$(this).text(_('hyper.'));
+				})
+				.appendTo(menu);
+
 			$('<span>')
 				.addClass('menuBtn')
 				.text(_('restart.'))
@@ -680,7 +693,19 @@
 			if(lang && typeof Storage != 'undefined' && localStorage) {
 				localStorage.lang = lang;
 			}
+		},
+
+		setTimeout: function(callback, timeout, skipDouble){
+
+			if( Engine.options.doubleTime && !skipDouble ){
+				Engine.log('Double time, cutting timeout in half');
+				timeout /= 2;
+			}
+
+			return setTimeout(callback, timeout);
+
 		}
+
 	};
 
 	function eventNullifier(e) {
diff --git a/script/events.js b/script/events.js
index 115f15c..abff110 100644
--- a/script/events.js
+++ b/script/events.js
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ var Events = {
 		}
 		
 		// Set up the enemy attack timer
-		Events._enemyAttackTimer = setTimeout(Events.enemyAttack, scene.attackDelay * 1000);
+		Events._enemyAttackTimer = Engine.setTimeout(Events.enemyAttack, scene.attackDelay * 1000);
 	},
 	
 	createEatMeatButton: function(cooldown) {
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ var Events = {
 				if(dmg == 'stun') {
 					msg = _('stunned');
 					enemy.data('stunned', true);
-					setTimeout(function() {
+					Engine.setTimeout(function() {
 						enemy.data('stunned', false);
 					}, Events.STUN_DURATION);
 				}
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ var Events = {
 				if(dmg == 'stun') {
 					msg = _('stunned');
 					enemy.data('stunned', true);
-					setTimeout(function() {
+					Engine.setTimeout(function() {
 						enemy.data('stunned', false);
 					}, Events.STUN_DURATION);
 				}
@@ -438,14 +438,14 @@ var Events = {
 			});
 		}
 		
-		Events._enemyAttackTimer = setTimeout(Events.enemyAttack, scene.attackDelay * 1000);
+		Events._enemyAttackTimer = Engine.setTimeout(Events.enemyAttack, scene.attackDelay * 1000);
 	},
 	
 	winFight: function() {
 		Events.won = true;
 		clearTimeout(Events._enemyAttackTimer);
 		$('#enemy').animate({opacity: 0}, 300, 'linear', function() {
-			setTimeout(function() {
+			Engine.setTimeout(function() {
 				try {
 					var scene = Events.activeEvent().scenes[Events.activeScene];
 					var desc = $('#description', Events.eventPanel());
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ var Events = {
 				} catch(e) {
 					// It is possible to die and win if the timing is perfect. Just let it fail.
 				}
-			}, 1000);
+			}, 1000, true);
 		});
 	},
 	
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ var Events = {
 		// every 3 seconds change title to '*** EVENT ***', then 1.5 seconds later, change it back to the original title.
 		Events.BLINK_INTERVAL = setInterval(function() {
 			document.title = _('*** EVENT ***');
-			setTimeout(function() {document.title = title;}, 1500); 
+			Engine.setTimeout(function() {document.title = title;}, 1500, true); 
 		}, 3000);
 	},
 
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ var Events = {
 		var nextEvent = Math.floor(Math.random()*(Events._EVENT_TIME_RANGE[1] - Events._EVENT_TIME_RANGE[0])) + Events._EVENT_TIME_RANGE[0];
 		if(scale > 0) { nextEvent *= scale; }
 		Engine.log('next event scheduled in ' + nextEvent + ' minutes');
-		Events._eventTimeout = setTimeout(Events.triggerEvent, nextEvent * 60 * 1000);
+		Events._eventTimeout = Engine.setTimeout(Events.triggerEvent, nextEvent * 60 * 1000);
 	},
 
 	endEvent: function() {
diff --git a/script/events/room.js b/script/events/room.js
index 9a7841c..472e72a 100644
--- a/script/events/room.js
+++ b/script/events/room.js
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ Events.Room = [
 				],
 				onLoad: function() {
 					if(Math.random() < 0.5) {
-						setTimeout(function() {
+						Engine.setTimeout(function() {
 							$SM.add('stores.wood', 300);
 							Notifications.notify(Room, _('the mysterious wanderer returns, cart piled high with wood.'));
 						}, 60 * 1000);
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ Events.Room = [
 				],
 				onLoad: function() {
 					if(Math.random() < 0.3) {
-						setTimeout(function() {
+						Engine.setTimeout(function() {
 							$SM.add('stores.wood', 1500);
 							Notifications.notify(Room, _('the mysterious wanderer returns, cart piled high with wood.'));
 						}, 60 * 1000);
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ Events.Room = [
 				],
 				onLoad: function() {
 					if(Math.random() < 0.5) {
-						setTimeout(function() {
+						Engine.setTimeout(function() {
 							$SM.add('stores.fur', 300);
 							Notifications.notify(Room, _('the mysterious wanderer returns, cart piled high with furs.'));
 						}, 60 * 1000);
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ Events.Room = [
 				],
 				onLoad: function() {
 					if(Math.random() < 0.3) {
-						setTimeout(function() {
+						Engine.setTimeout(function() {
 							$SM.add('stores.fur', 1500);
 							Notifications.notify(Room, _('the mysterious wanderer returns, cart piled high with furs.'));
 						}, 60 * 1000);
diff --git a/script/outside.js b/script/outside.js
index 756f13e..f9f4690 100644
--- a/script/outside.js
+++ b/script/outside.js
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ var Outside = {
 	schedulePopIncrease: function() {
 		var nextIncrease = Math.floor(Math.random()*(Outside._POP_DELAY[1] - Outside._POP_DELAY[0])) + Outside._POP_DELAY[0];
 		Engine.log('next population increase scheduled in ' + nextIncrease + ' minutes');
-		Outside._popTimeout = setTimeout(Outside.increasePopulation, nextIncrease * 60 * 1000);
+		Outside._popTimeout = Engine.setTimeout(Outside.increasePopulation, nextIncrease * 60 * 1000);
 	},
 	
 	updateWorkersView: function() {
diff --git a/script/room.js b/script/room.js
index d4d6e6f..32bd49b 100644
--- a/script/room.js
+++ b/script/room.js
@@ -521,8 +521,8 @@ var Room = {
 		Room.updateIncomeView();
 		Room.updateBuildButtons();
 		
-		Room._fireTimer = setTimeout(Room.coolFire, Room._FIRE_COOL_DELAY);
-		Room._tempTimer = setTimeout(Room.adjustTemp, Room._ROOM_WARM_DELAY);
+		Room._fireTimer = Engine.setTimeout(Room.coolFire, Room._FIRE_COOL_DELAY);
+		Room._tempTimer = Engine.setTimeout(Room.adjustTemp, Room._ROOM_WARM_DELAY);
 		
 		/*
 		 * Builder states:
@@ -533,12 +533,12 @@ var Room = {
 		 * 4 - Helping
 		 */
 		if($SM.get('game.builder.level') >= 0 && $SM.get('game.builder.level') < 3) {
-			Room._builderTimer = setTimeout(Room.updateBuilderState, Room._BUILDER_STATE_DELAY);
+			Room._builderTimer = Engine.setTimeout(Room.updateBuilderState, Room._BUILDER_STATE_DELAY);
 		}
 		if($SM.get('game.builder.level') == 1 && $SM.get('stores.wood', true) < 0) {
-			setTimeout(Room.unlockForest, Room._NEED_WOOD_DELAY);
+			Engine.setTimeout(Room.unlockForest, Room._NEED_WOOD_DELAY);
 		}
-		setTimeout($SM.collectIncome, 1000);
+		Engine.setTimeout($SM.collectIncome, 1000);
 
 		Notifications.notify(Room, _("the room is {0}", Room.TempEnum.fromInt($SM.get('game.temperature.value')).text));
 		Notifications.notify(Room, _("the fire is {0}", Room.FireEnum.fromInt($SM.get('game.fire.value')).text));
@@ -671,10 +671,10 @@ var Room = {
 		if($SM.get('game.fire.value') > 1 && $SM.get('game.builder.level') < 0) {
 			$SM.set('game.builder.level', 0);
 			Notifications.notify(Room, _("the light from the fire spills from the windows, out into the dark"));
-			setTimeout(Room.updateBuilderState, Room._BUILDER_STATE_DELAY);
+			Engine.setTimeout(Room.updateBuilderState, Room._BUILDER_STATE_DELAY);
 		}	
 		window.clearTimeout(Room._fireTimer);
-		Room._fireTimer = setTimeout(Room.coolFire, Room._FIRE_COOL_DELAY);
+		Room._fireTimer = Engine.setTimeout(Room.coolFire, Room._FIRE_COOL_DELAY);
 		Room.updateButton();
 		Room.setTitle();
 	},
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ var Room = {
 		}
 		if($SM.get('game.fire.value') > 0) {
 			$SM.set('game.fire',Room.FireEnum.fromInt($SM.get('game.fire.value') - 1));
-			Room._fireTimer = setTimeout(Room.coolFire, Room._FIRE_COOL_DELAY);
+			Room._fireTimer = Engine.setTimeout(Room.coolFire, Room._FIRE_COOL_DELAY);
 			Room.onFireChange();
 		}
 	},
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ var Room = {
 		if($SM.get('game.temperature.value') != old) {
 			Room.changed = true;
 		}
-		Room._tempTimer = setTimeout(Room.adjustTemp, Room._ROOM_WARM_DELAY);
+		Room._tempTimer = Engine.setTimeout(Room.adjustTemp, Room._ROOM_WARM_DELAY);
 	},
 	
 	unlockForest: function() {
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ var Room = {
 		if(lBuilder === 0) {
 			Notifications.notify(Room, _("a ragged stranger stumbles through the door and collapses in the corner"));
 			lBuilder = $SM.setget('game.builder.level', 1);
-			setTimeout(Room.unlockForest, Room._NEED_WOOD_DELAY);
+			Engine.setTimeout(Room.unlockForest, Room._NEED_WOOD_DELAY);
 		} 
 		else if(lBuilder < 3 && $SM.get('game.temperature.value') >= Room.TempEnum.Warm.value) {
 			var msg = "";
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ var Room = {
 			}
 		}
 		if(lBuilder < 3) {
-			setTimeout(Room.updateBuilderState, Room._BUILDER_STATE_DELAY);
+			Engine.setTimeout(Room.updateBuilderState, Room._BUILDER_STATE_DELAY);
 		}
 		Engine.saveGame();
 	},
diff --git a/script/space.js b/script/space.js
index 322281d..27ae696 100644
--- a/script/space.js
+++ b/script/space.js
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ var Space = {
 			}
 			
 			if(!Space.done) {
-				setTimeout(Space.createAsteroid, 1000 - (Space.altitude * 10));
+				Engine.setTimeout(Space.createAsteroid, 1000 - (Space.altitude * 10));
 			}
 		}
 	},
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ var Space = {
 			}
 		}, 1000);
 		
-		Space._panelTimeout = setTimeout(function() {
+		Space._panelTimeout = Engine.setTimeout(function() {
 			if (Engine.isLightsOff())
 				$('#spacePanel, .menu, select.menuBtn').animate({color: '#272823'}, 500, 'linear');
 			else
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ var Space = {
 			left: left
 		}).appendTo(el2);
 		if(num < Space.NUM_STARS) {
-			setTimeout(function() { Space.drawStarAsync(el, el2, num + 1); }, 100);
+			Engine.setTimeout(function() { Space.drawStarAsync(el, el2, num + 1); }, 100);
 		}
 	},
 	
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ var Space = {
 			top: '350px',
 			left: '240px'
 		}, 3000, 'linear', function() {
-			setTimeout(function() {
+			Engine.setTimeout(function() {
 				Space.ship.animate({
 					top: '-100px'
 				}, 200, 'linear', function() {
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ var Space = {
 					$('#outerSlider').css({'left': '0px', 'top': '0px'});
 					$('#locationSlider, #worldPanel, #spacePanel, #notifications').remove();
 					$('#header').empty();
-					setTimeout(function() {
+					Engine.setTimeout(function() {
 						$('body').stop();
 						var container_color;
 						if (Engine.isLightsOff())
diff --git a/script/world.js b/script/world.js
index 39aec2d..b785d2b 100644
--- a/script/world.js
+++ b/script/world.js
@@ -818,12 +818,12 @@ var World = {
 				Engine.activeModule = Room;
 				$('div.headerButton').removeClass('selected');
 				Room.tab.addClass('selected');
-				setTimeout(function(){ 
+				Engine.setTimeout(function(){ 
 					Room.onArrival(); 
 					$('#outerSlider').animate({opacity:'1'}, 600, 'linear');
 					Button.cooldown($('#embarkButton'));
 					Engine.keyLock = false;
-				}, 2000);
+				}, 2000, true);
 			});
 		}
 	},