diff --git a/src/amplitude_experiment/client.py b/src/amplitude_experiment/client.py
index 32e237c..7a6eabc 100644
--- a/src/amplitude_experiment/client.py
+++ b/src/amplitude_experiment/client.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import threading
 import time
 from time import sleep
 from .config import Config
@@ -41,20 +42,42 @@ def fetch(self, user: User):
                 Variants Dictionary.
         """
         try:
-            return self.fetch_internal(user)
+            return self.__fetch_internal(user)
         except Exception as e:
             self.logger.error(f"[Experiment] Failed to fetch variants: {e}")
             return {}
 
-    def fetch_internal(self, user):
+    def fetch_async(self, user: User, callback=None):
+        """
+        Fetch all variants for a user asynchronous. Will trigger callback after fetch complete
+            Parameters:
+                user (User): The Experiment User
+                callback (callable): Callback function, takes user and variants arguments
+        """
+        thread = threading.Thread(target=self.__fetch_async_internal, args=(user, callback))
+        thread.start()
+
+    def __fetch_async_internal(self, user, callback):
+        try:
+            variants = self.__fetch_internal(user)
+            if callback:
+                callback(user, variants)
+            return variants
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.logger.error(f"[Experiment] Failed to fetch variants: {e}")
+            if callback:
+                callback(user, {})
+            return {}
+
+    def __fetch_internal(self, user):
         self.logger.debug(f"[Experiment] Fetching variants for user: {user}")
         try:
-            return self.do_fetch(user, self.config.fetch_timeout_millis)
+            return self.__do_fetch(user, self.config.fetch_timeout_millis)
         except Exception as e:
             self.logger.error(f"Experiment] Fetch failed: {e}")
-            return self.retry_fetch(user)
+            return self.__retry_fetch(user)
 
-    def retry_fetch(self, user):
+    def __retry_fetch(self, user):
         if self.config.fetch_retries == 0:
             return {}
         self.logger.debug("[Experiment] Retrying fetch")
@@ -63,7 +86,7 @@ def retry_fetch(self, user):
         for i in range(self.config.fetch_retries):
             sleep(delay_millis / 1000.0)
             try:
-                return self.do_fetch(user, self.config.fetch_timeout_millis)
+                return self.__do_fetch(user, self.config.fetch_timeout_millis)
             except Exception as e:
                 self.logger.error(f"[Experiment] Retry failed: {e}")
                 err = e
@@ -71,16 +94,16 @@ def retry_fetch(self, user):
                                self.config.fetch_retry_backoff_max_millis)
         raise err
 
-    def do_fetch(self, user, timeout_millis):
+    def __do_fetch(self, user, timeout_millis):
         start = time.time()
-        user_context = self.add_context(user)
+        user_context = self.__add_context(user)
         headers = {
             'Authorization': f"Api-Key {self.api_key}",
             'Content-Type': 'application/json;charset=utf-8'
         }
         scheme, _, host = self.config.server_url.split('/', 3)
         Connection = http.client.HTTPConnection if scheme == 'http:' else http.client.HTTPSConnection
-        conn = Connection(host)
+        conn = Connection(host, timeout=timeout_millis / 1000)
         conn.connect()
         body = user_context.to_json().encode('utf8')
         if len(body) > 8000:
@@ -92,17 +115,17 @@ def do_fetch(self, user, timeout_millis):
         elapsed = '%.3f' % ((time.time() - start) * 1000)
         self.logger.debug(f"[Experiment] Fetch complete in {elapsed} ms")
         json_response = json.loads(response.read().decode("utf8"))
-        variants = self.parse_json_variants(json_response)
+        variants = self.__parse_json_variants(json_response)
         self.logger.debug(f"[Experiment] Fetched variants: {json.dumps(variants, default=str)}")
         conn.close()
         return variants
 
-    def add_context(self, user):
+    def __add_context(self, user):
         user = user or {}
         user.library = user.library or f"experiment-python-server/{__version__}"
         return user
 
-    def parse_json_variants(self, json_response):
+    def __parse_json_variants(self, json_response):
         variants = {}
         for key, value in json_response.items():
             variant_value = ''
diff --git a/src/amplitude_experiment/config.py b/src/amplitude_experiment/config.py
index 6b6e729..d10f0f0 100644
--- a/src/amplitude_experiment/config.py
+++ b/src/amplitude_experiment/config.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ def __init__(self, debug=False,
         """
         Initialize a config
             Parameters:
-                debug (str): Set to true to log some extra information to the console.
+                debug (bool): Set to true to log some extra information to the console.
                 server_url (str): The server endpoint from which to request variants.
                 fetch_timeout_millis (int): The request timeout, in milliseconds, used when fetching variants
                   triggered by calling start() or setUser().
diff --git a/tests/client_test.py b/tests/client_test.py
index fcb3d75..1dccbd8 100644
--- a/tests/client_test.py
+++ b/tests/client_test.py
@@ -20,6 +20,17 @@ def test_fetch(self):
         self.assertIn(variant_name, variants)
         self.assertEqual(expected_variant, variants.get(variant_name))
 
+    def callback_for_async(self, user, variants):
+        expected_variant = Variant('on', 'payload')
+        variant_name = 'sdk-ci-test'
+        self.assertIn(variant_name, variants)
+        self.assertEqual(expected_variant, variants.get(variant_name))
+
+    def test_fetch_async(self):
+        client = Client(API_KEY, Config(debug=True))
+        user = User(user_id='test_user')
+        client.fetch_async(user, self.callback_for_async)
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()