diff --git a/.prettierrc b/.prettierrc
index c563e85..276a47a 100644
--- a/.prettierrc
+++ b/.prettierrc
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
   "printWidth": 80,
-  "singleQuote": true
+  "singleQuote": true,
+  "trailingComma": "none"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 89857be..5ff84af 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### `v8.0.0`
+
+Breaking changes:
+
+- Expire time for notify-send is made to match macOS and Windows with default time of 10 seconds. The API is changed to take seconds as input and converting it to milliseconds before passing it on to notify-send. See [#341](https://github.com/mikaelbr/node-notifier/pull/341).
+
 ### `v7.0.2`
 
 - Updates dependencies
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e43b68e..63f82b4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -70,16 +70,16 @@ notifier.notify(
     sound: true, // Only Notification Center or Windows Toasters
     wait: true // Wait with callback, until user action is taken against notification, does not apply to Windows Toasters as they always wait or notify-send as it does not support the wait option
   },
-  function(err, response) {
+  function (err, response) {
     // Response is response from notification
   }
 );
 
-notifier.on('click', function(notifierObject, options, event) {
+notifier.on('click', function (notifierObject, options, event) {
   // Triggers if `wait: true` and user clicks notification
 });
 
-notifier.on('timeout', function(notifierObject, options) {
+notifier.on('timeout', function (notifierObject, options) {
   // Triggers if `wait: true` and notification closes
 });
 ```
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ notifier.notify(
     dropdownLabel: undefined, // String. Label to be used if multiple actions
     reply: false // Boolean. If notification should take input. Value passed as third argument in callback and event emitter.
   },
-  function(error, response, metadata) {
+  function (error, response, metadata) {
     console.log(response, metadata);
   }
 );
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ notifier.notify(
     remove: undefined, // Number. Refer to previously created notification to close.
     install: undefined // String (path, application, app id).  Creates a shortcut <path> in the start menu which point to the executable <application>, appID used for the notifications.
   },
-  function(error, response) {
+  function (error, response) {
     console.log(response);
   }
 );
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ notifier.notify(
     wait: false, // Wait for User Action against Notification
     type: 'info' // The notification type : info | warn | error
   },
-  function(error, response) {
+  function (error, response) {
     console.log(response);
   }
 );
@@ -355,10 +355,12 @@ notifier.notify({
   message: 'Hello World',
   icon: __dirname + '/coulson.jpg',
 
+  wait: false, // Defaults no exipre time set. If true expire time of 5 seconds is used
+  timeout: 10, // Alias for expire-time, time etc. Time before notify-send expires. Defaults to 10 seconds.
+
   // .. and other notify-send flags:
   'app-name': 'node-notifier',
   urgency: undefined,
-  time: undefined,
   category: undefined,
   hint: undefined
 });
diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index 7ab0c78..2562b55 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -162,6 +162,12 @@ module.exports.mapToNotifySend = function (options) {
   options = mapAppIcon(options);
   options = mapText(options);
 
+  if (options.timeout === false) {
+    delete options.timeout;
+  }
+  if (options.wait === true) {
+    options['expire-time'] = 5; // 5 seconds default time (multipled below)
+  }
   for (var key in options) {
     if (key === 'message' || key === 'title') continue;
     if (options.hasOwnProperty(key) && notifySendFlags[key] !== key) {
@@ -169,6 +175,11 @@ module.exports.mapToNotifySend = function (options) {
       delete options[key];
     }
   }
+  if (typeof options['expire-time'] === 'undefined') {
+    options['expire-time'] = 10 * 1000; // 10 sec timeout by default
+  } else if (typeof options['expire-time'] === 'number') {
+    options['expire-time'] = options['expire-time'] * 1000; // notify send uses milliseconds
+  }
 
   return options;
 };
diff --git a/test/notify-send.js b/test/notify-send.js
index c06fa4a..59a86c3 100644
--- a/test/notify-send.js
+++ b/test/notify-send.js
@@ -2,60 +2,67 @@ var Notify = require('../notifiers/notifysend');
 var utils = require('../lib/utils');
 var os = require('os');
 
-describe('notify-send', function() {
+describe('notify-send', function () {
   var original = utils.command;
   var originalType = os.type;
 
-  beforeEach(function() {
-    os.type = function() {
+  beforeEach(function () {
+    os.type = function () {
       return 'Linux';
     };
   });
 
-  afterEach(function() {
+  afterEach(function () {
     utils.command = original;
     os.type = originalType;
   });
 
   function expectArgsListToBe(expected, done) {
-    utils.command = function(notifier, argsList, callback) {
+    utils.command = function (notifier, argsList, callback) {
       expect(argsList).toEqual(expected);
       done();
     };
   }
 
-  it('should pass on title and body', function(done) {
-    var expected = ['"title"', '"body"'];
+  it('should pass on title and body', function (done) {
+    var expected = ['"title"', '"body"', '--expire-time', '"10000"'];
     expectArgsListToBe(expected, done);
     var notifier = new Notify({ suppressOsdCheck: true });
     notifier.notify({ title: 'title', message: 'body' });
   });
 
-  it('should pass have default title', function(done) {
-    var expected = ['"Node Notification:"', '"body"'];
+  it('should pass have default title', function (done) {
+    var expected = [
+      '"Node Notification:"',
+      '"body"',
+      '--expire-time',
+      '"10000"'
+    ];
 
     expectArgsListToBe(expected, done);
     var notifier = new Notify({ suppressOsdCheck: true });
     notifier.notify({ message: 'body' });
   });
 
-  it('should throw error if no message is passed', function(done) {
-    utils.command = function(notifier, argsList, callback) {
+  it('should throw error if no message is passed', function (done) {
+    utils.command = function (notifier, argsList, callback) {
       expect(argsList).toBeUndefined();
     };
 
     var notifier = new Notify({ suppressOsdCheck: true });
-    notifier.notify({}, function(err) {
+    notifier.notify({}, function (err) {
       expect(err.message).toBe('Message is required.');
       done();
     });
   });
 
-  it('should escape message input', function(done) {
+  it('should escape message input', function (done) {
     var excapedNewline = process.platform === 'win32' ? '\\r\\n' : '\\n';
     var expected = [
       '"Node Notification:"',
-      '"some' + excapedNewline + ' \\"me\'ss\\`age\\`\\""'
+      '"some' + excapedNewline + ' \\"me\'ss\\`age\\`\\""',
+      '--expire-time',
+      '"10000"'
     ];
 
     expectArgsListToBe(expected, done);
@@ -63,22 +70,29 @@ describe('notify-send', function() {
     notifier.notify({ message: 'some\n "me\'ss`age`"' });
   });
 
-  it('should send additional parameters as --"keyname"', function(done) {
-    var expected = ['"title"', '"body"', '--icon', '"icon-string"'];
+  it('should send additional parameters as --"keyname"', function (done) {
+    var expected = [
+      '"title"',
+      '"body"',
+      '--icon',
+      '"icon-string"',
+      '--expire-time',
+      '"10000"'
+    ];
 
     expectArgsListToBe(expected, done);
     var notifier = new Notify({ suppressOsdCheck: true });
     notifier.notify({ title: 'title', message: 'body', icon: 'icon-string' });
   });
 
-  it('should remove extra options that are not supported by notify-send', function(done) {
+  it('should remove extra options that are not supported by notify-send', function (done) {
     var expected = [
       '"title"',
       '"body"',
       '--icon',
       '"icon-string"',
       '--expire-time',
-      '"100"'
+      '"1000"'
     ];
 
     expectArgsListToBe(expected, done);
@@ -87,7 +101,7 @@ describe('notify-send', function() {
       title: 'title',
       message: 'body',
       icon: 'icon-string',
-      time: 100,
+      time: 1,
       tullball: 'notValid'
     });
   });
diff --git a/test/utils.js b/test/utils.js
index 47c4283..bf4b103 100644
--- a/test/utils.js
+++ b/test/utils.js
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ var path = require('path');
 var fs = require('fs');
 var _ = require('../lib/utils');
 
-describe('utils', function() {
-  describe('clone', function() {
-    it('should clone nested objects', function() {
+describe('utils', function () {
+  describe('clone', function () {
+    it('should clone nested objects', function () {
       var obj = { a: { b: 42 }, c: 123 };
       var obj2 = _.clone(obj);
 
@@ -15,9 +15,14 @@ describe('utils', function() {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('mapping', function() {
-    it('should map icon for notify-send', function() {
-      var expected = { title: 'Foo', message: 'Bar', icon: 'foobar' };
+  describe('mapping', function () {
+    it('should map icon for notify-send', function () {
+      var expected = {
+        title: 'Foo',
+        message: 'Bar',
+        icon: 'foobar',
+        'expire-time': 10000
+      };
 
       expect(
         _.mapToNotifySend({ title: 'Foo', message: 'Bar', appIcon: 'foobar' })
@@ -28,7 +33,7 @@ describe('utils', function() {
       ).toEqual(expected);
     });
 
-    it('should map short hand for notify-sned', function() {
+    it('should map short hand for notify-sned', function () {
       var expected = {
         urgency: 'a',
         'expire-time': 'b',
@@ -42,7 +47,7 @@ describe('utils', function() {
       ).toEqual(expected);
     });
 
-    it('should map icon for notification center', function() {
+    it('should map icon for notification center', function () {
       var expected = {
         title: 'Foo',
         message: 'Bar',
@@ -60,7 +65,7 @@ describe('utils', function() {
       );
     });
 
-    it('should map icon for growl', function() {
+    it('should map icon for growl', function () {
       var icon = path.join(__dirname, 'fixture', 'coulson.jpg');
       var iconRead = fs.readFileSync(icon);
 
@@ -78,7 +83,7 @@ describe('utils', function() {
       expect(Buffer.isBuffer(obj.icon)).toBeTruthy();
     });
 
-    it('should not map icon url for growl', function() {
+    it('should not map icon url for growl', function () {
       var icon = 'http://hostname.com/logo.png';
 
       var expected = { title: 'Foo', message: 'Bar', icon: icon };