diff --git a/gunicorn/arbiter.py b/gunicorn/arbiter.py
index 4d6d2f1a..5944830c 100644
--- a/gunicorn/arbiter.py
+++ b/gunicorn/arbiter.py
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ class Arbiter(object):
         self.num_workers = num_workers
         self.worker_age = 0
         self.app = app
-        
-        self.timeout = 30
+        self.conf = kwargs.get("config", {})
+        self.timeout = self.conf['timeout']
         self.reexec_pid = 0
         self.debug = kwargs.get("debug", False)
         self.log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
         self.opts = kwargs
-        self.conf = kwargs.get("config", {})
+        
         self._pidfile = None
         self.master_name = "Master"
         self.proc_name = self.conf['proc_name']
diff --git a/gunicorn/config.py b/gunicorn/config.py
index 58ba7030..9bd9582f 100644
--- a/gunicorn/config.py
+++ b/gunicorn/config.py
@@ -13,19 +13,21 @@ from gunicorn import util
 class Config(object):
     
     DEFAULTS = dict(
-        proc_name = None,
-        default_proc_name = os.getcwd(),
+        backlog=2048,
         bind='127.0.0.1:8000',
         daemon=False,
         debug=False,
+        default_proc_name = os.getcwd(),
+        group=None,
         logfile='-',
         loglevel='info',
         pidfile=None,
-        workers=1,
+        proc_name = None,
+        timeout=30,
+        tmp_upload_dir=None,
         umask="0",
         user=None,
-        group=None,
-        tmp_upload_dir=None,
+        workers=1,
         
         after_fork=lambda server, worker: server.log.info(
             "Worker spawned (pid: %s)" % worker.pid),
diff --git a/gunicorn/sock.py b/gunicorn/sock.py
index 0f34990f..4b4bb5e4 100644
--- a/gunicorn/sock.py
+++ b/gunicorn/sock.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class BaseSocket(object):
         if not bound:
             self.bind(sock)
         sock.setblocking(0)
-        sock.listen(2048)
+        sock.listen(self.conf['backlog'])
         return sock
         
     def bind(self, sock):