diff --git a/EMongoCursor.php b/EMongoCursor.php
index a27a7b9..4d50a70 100644
--- a/EMongoCursor.php
+++ b/EMongoCursor.php
@@ -173,6 +173,11 @@ public function limit($num = 0){
 		$this->cursor()->limit($num);
 		return $this;
     }
+    
+    public function timeout($ms){
+    	$this->cursor()->timeout($ms);
+    	return $this;
+    }
 
 	/**
 	 * Reset the MongoCursor to the beginning
diff --git a/EMongoModel.php b/EMongoModel.php
index df5eb73..9a197a8 100644
--- a/EMongoModel.php
+++ b/EMongoModel.php
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ public function getErrors($attribute=null)
 			$prev=null;
 			foreach(explode('[',$attribute) as $piece){
 				if($prev===null&&isset($this->errors[$piece]))
-					$prev=&$this->_errors[$piece];
+					$prev=$this->_errors[$piece];
 				elseif(isset($prev[$piece]))
 				$prev=is_array($prev)?$prev[$piece]:$prev->$piece;
 			}