diff --git a/documentation/basic_concepts.md b/documentation/basic_concepts.md
index 20d67f69..1f6a011c 100644
--- a/documentation/basic_concepts.md
+++ b/documentation/basic_concepts.md
@@ -113,6 +113,13 @@ Built-in middlewares:
 2. `Crawly.Middlewares.RobotsTxt` - this middleware ensures that Crawly respects the robots.txt defined by the target website.
 3. `Crawly.Middlewares.UniqueRequest` - this middleware ensures that crawly would not schedule the same URL(request) multiple times.
 4. `Crawly.Middlewares.UserAgent` - this middleware is used to set a User Agent HTTP header. Allows to rotate UserAgents, if the last one is defined as a list.
+5. `Crawly.Middlewares.RequestOptions` - allows to set additional request options, for example timeout, of proxy string.
+   
+   
+   Example:
+   ```elixir
+    {Crawly.Middlewares.RequestOptions, [timeout: 30_000, recv_timeout: 15000]}
+   ```
 
 ### Item Pipelines
 
diff --git a/documentation/configuration.md b/documentation/configuration.md
index 2e330391..e747ed38 100644
--- a/documentation/configuration.md
+++ b/documentation/configuration.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ A basic example:
 config :crawly,
   pipelines: [
     # my pipelines
-  ]
+  ],
   middlewares: [
     # my middlewares
   ]
@@ -79,14 +79,15 @@ config :crawly,
 
 ### middlewares :: [module()]
 
-```elixir
 The default middlewares are as follows:
+```elixir
 config :crawly,
   middlewares: [
     Crawly.Middlewares.DomainFilter,
     Crawly.Middlewares.UniqueRequest,
     Crawly.Middlewares.RobotsTxt,
-    {Crawly.Middlewares.UserAgent, user_agents: ["My Bot"] }
+    {Crawly.Middlewares.UserAgent, user_agents: ["My Bot"] },
+    {Crawly.Middlewares.RequestOptions, [timeout: 30_000, recv_timeout: 15000]}
   ]
 ```
 
diff --git a/documentation/quickstart.md b/documentation/quickstart.md
index 1c6845dc..bbd2de31 100644
--- a/documentation/quickstart.md
+++ b/documentation/quickstart.md
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ Goals:
    config :crawly,
      closespider_timeout: 10,
      concurrent_requests_per_domain: 8,
-     follow_redirect: true,
      closespider_itemcount: 1000,
      middlewares: [
        Crawly.Middlewares.DomainFilter,
+       {Crawly.Middlewares.RequestSettings, [timeout: 30_000]},
        Crawly.Middlewares.UniqueRequest,
        Crawly.Middlewares.UserAgent
      ],
diff --git a/lib/crawly.ex b/lib/crawly.ex
index d029b6e5..288f2d1f 100644
--- a/lib/crawly.ex
+++ b/lib/crawly.ex
@@ -12,19 +12,8 @@ defmodule Crawly do
              headers: [],
              options: []
   def fetch(url, headers \\ [], options \\ []) do
-    options = [follow_redirect: Application.get_env(:crawly, :follow_redirect, false)] ++ options
-
-    options =
-      case Application.get_env(:crawly, :proxy, false) do
-        false ->
-          options
-
-        proxy ->
-          options ++ [{:proxy, proxy}]
-      end
     request = Crawly.Request.new(url, headers, options)
 
-
     {fetcher, client_options} = Application.get_env(
       :crawly,
       :fetcher,
@@ -32,6 +21,5 @@ defmodule Crawly do
     )
 
     fetcher.fetch(request, client_options)
-
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/crawly/middlewares/request_options.ex b/lib/crawly/middlewares/request_options.ex
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..da3bd41d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/crawly/middlewares/request_options.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+defmodule Crawly.Middlewares.RequestOptions do
+  @moduledoc """
+  Request settings middleware
+
+  Allows to specify HTTP request settings like follow_redirect, or request
+  timeout.
+
+  ### Example Declaration
+  ```
+  middlewares: [
+    {Crawly.Middlewares.RequestOptions, [timeout: 30_000, recv_timeout: 15000]}
+  ]
+  ```
+  """
+  @behaviour Crawly.Pipeline
+
+  def run(request, state, options \\ []) do
+    {%Crawly.Request{request| options: options}, state}
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/crawly/request.ex b/lib/crawly/request.ex
index 3252e1be..cb5ff543 100644
--- a/lib/crawly/request.ex
+++ b/lib/crawly/request.ex
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ defmodule Crawly.Request do
     # incoming requests
     default_middlewares = [
       Crawly.Middlewares.DomainFilter,
+      {Crawly.Middlewares.RequestOptions, []},
       Crawly.Middlewares.UniqueRequest,
       Crawly.Middlewares.RobotsTxt
     ]
diff --git a/lib/crawly/worker.ex b/lib/crawly/worker.ex
index b1d0666a..91238814 100644
--- a/lib/crawly/worker.ex
+++ b/lib/crawly/worker.ex
@@ -135,30 +135,13 @@ defmodule Crawly.Worker do
     requests = Map.get(parsed_item, :requests, [])
     items = Map.get(parsed_item, :items, [])
 
-    # Reading HTTP client options
-    options = [follow_redirect: Application.get_env(:crawly, :follow_redirect, false)]
-
-    options =
-      case Application.get_env(:crawly, :proxy, false) do
-        false ->
-          options
-
-        proxy ->
-          options ++ [{:proxy, proxy}]
-      end
-
     # Process all requests one by one
     Enum.each(
       requests,
       fn request ->
-        request =
-          request
-          |> Map.put(:prev_response, response)
-          |> Map.put(:options, options)
-
+        request = Map.put(request, :prev_response, response)
         Crawly.RequestsStorage.store(spider_name, request)
-      end
-    )
+      end)
 
     # Process all items one by one
     Enum.each(
diff --git a/test/middlewares/request_options_test.exs b/test/middlewares/request_options_test.exs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ac1a38cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/middlewares/request_options_test.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+defmodule Middlewares.OptionsTest do
+  use ExUnit.Case, async: false
+
+  test "Options are added to request settings" do
+    req = Crawly.Request.new("http://example.com")
+    middlewares = [
+      {
+        Crawly.Middlewares.RequestOptions,
+        [timeout: 30_000, recv_timeout: 15000]
+      }
+    ]
+    state = %{spider_name: :test_spider}
+
+    {new_request, _state} = Crawly.Utils.pipe(middlewares, req, state)
+
+    assert [timeout: 30000, recv_timeout: 15000] ==  new_request.options
+  end
+end