diff --git a/openapi_spec_validator/handlers/base.py b/openapi_spec_validator/handlers/base.py
index 0c58400..c6819a8 100644
--- a/openapi_spec_validator/handlers/base.py
+++ b/openapi_spec_validator/handlers/base.py
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
 """OpenAPI spec validator handlers file module."""
-from openapi_spec_validator.loaders import ExtendedSafeLoader
 
 
 class BaseHandler(object):
     """OpenAPI spec validator base handler."""
 
-    def __init__(self, **options):
-        self.options = options
-
-    @property
-    def loader(self):
-        return self.options.get('loader', ExtendedSafeLoader)
+    def __call__(self, f):
+        raise NotImplementedError
diff --git a/openapi_spec_validator/handlers/file.py b/openapi_spec_validator/handlers/file.py
index 5db8201..e4ac103 100644
--- a/openapi_spec_validator/handlers/file.py
+++ b/openapi_spec_validator/handlers/file.py
@@ -3,11 +3,15 @@
 from yaml import load
 
 from openapi_spec_validator.handlers.base import BaseHandler
+from openapi_spec_validator.loaders import ExtendedSafeLoader
 
 
 class FileObjectHandler(BaseHandler):
     """OpenAPI spec validator file-like object handler."""
 
+    def __init__(self, loader=ExtendedSafeLoader):
+        self.loader = loader
+
     def __call__(self, f):
         return load(f, self.loader)
 
diff --git a/openapi_spec_validator/handlers/requests.py b/openapi_spec_validator/handlers/requests.py
index 98d5234..e998dfe 100644
--- a/openapi_spec_validator/handlers/requests.py
+++ b/openapi_spec_validator/handlers/requests.py
@@ -13,17 +13,18 @@ class UrlRequestsHandler(FileHandler):
     """OpenAPI spec validator URL (requests) scheme handler."""
 
     def __init__(self, *allowed_schemes, **options):
+        self.timeout = options.pop('timeout', 10)
         super(UrlRequestsHandler, self).__init__(**options)
         self.allowed_schemes = allowed_schemes
 
-    def __call__(self, url, timeout=1):
+    def __call__(self, url):
         scheme = urlparse(url).scheme
         assert scheme in self.allowed_schemes
 
         if scheme == "file":
             return super(UrlRequestsHandler, self).__call__(url)
 
-        response = requests.get(url, timeout=timeout)
+        response = requests.get(url, timeout=self.timeout)
         response.raise_for_status()
 
         data = StringIO(response.text)
diff --git a/openapi_spec_validator/handlers/urllib.py b/openapi_spec_validator/handlers/urllib.py
index d85b0c5..39544a2 100644
--- a/openapi_spec_validator/handlers/urllib.py
+++ b/openapi_spec_validator/handlers/urllib.py
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@ class UrllibHandler(FileObjectHandler):
     """OpenAPI spec validator URL (urllib) scheme handler."""
 
     def __init__(self, *allowed_schemes, **options):
+        self.timeout = options.pop('timeout', 10)
         super(UrllibHandler, self).__init__(**options)
         self.allowed_schemes = allowed_schemes
 
-    def __call__(self, url, timeout=1):
+    def __call__(self, url):
         assert urlparse(url).scheme in self.allowed_schemes
 
-        f = urlopen(url, timeout=timeout)
+        f = urlopen(url, timeout=self.timeout)
 
         with contextlib.closing(f) as fh:
             return super(UrllibHandler, self).__call__(fh)