diff --git a/lib/validator.ts b/lib/validator.ts
index dc5b2e7..614683d 100644
--- a/lib/validator.ts
+++ b/lib/validator.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import { Contract } from "./contract";
 import { ValidationResultWithContext } from "./formatter";
 
+// this helps to deal with asynchronous dns processing.
+// see: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24320578/node-js-get-request-etimedout-esockettimedout
+process.env.UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE = '64';
+
 /**
  * Validates all of the contracts. 
  * @param contracts The collection of contracts to validate.