diff --git a/lib/core.ts b/lib/core.ts
index 5a34bae..e076748 100644
--- a/lib/core.ts
+++ b/lib/core.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type {Knex} from 'knex';
 import _ from 'lodash';
-import {Model} from 'objection';
+import {type Constructor, Model} from 'objection';
 
 import {defaultDispatcherOptions, defaultExLogger, defaultKnexOptions} from './constants';
 import {PGDispatcher} from './dispatcher';
@@ -13,16 +13,22 @@ export interface CoreDBDispatcherOptions {
     beforeTerminate?: () => Promise<void>;
 }
 
+export type GetModelParams = {cancelOnTimeout?: boolean; useLimitInFirst?: boolean};
+
 export interface CoreDBConstructorArgs {
     connectionString: string;
     dispatcherOptions?: CoreDBDispatcherOptions;
     knexOptions?: Knex.Config;
     logger?: ExLogger;
+    modelParams?: GetModelParams;
 }
 
-export function getModel(): typeof BaseModel {
+export function getModel(params: GetModelParams = {}): typeof BaseModel {
     let _db: PGDispatcher;
 
+    const cancelOnTimeout = Boolean(params.cancelOnTimeout);
+    const useLimitInFirst = Boolean(params.useLimitInFirst);
+
     class CoreBaseModel extends Model {
         static set db(value: PGDispatcher) {
             if (!_db) {
@@ -45,6 +51,28 @@ export function getModel(): typeof BaseModel {
         get replica() {
             return _db.replica;
         }
+
+        static query<M extends Model>(
+            this: Constructor<M>,
+            ...args: Parameters<typeof Model.query<M>>
+        ): ReturnType<typeof Model.query<M>> {
+            const query = super.query<M>(...args);
+
+            if (cancelOnTimeout) {
+                const originalTimeout = query.timeout;
+
+                query.timeout = (ms, options) => {
+                    const optionsWithCancel = {cancel: true, ...(options ?? {})};
+                    return originalTimeout.apply(query, [ms, optionsWithCancel]);
+                };
+            }
+
+            return query;
+        }
+
+        static get useLimitInFirst() {
+            return useLimitInFirst;
+        }
     }
 
     return CoreBaseModel;
@@ -55,6 +83,7 @@ export function initDB({
     dispatcherOptions,
     knexOptions = {},
     logger = defaultExLogger,
+    modelParams,
 }: CoreDBConstructorArgs) {
     if (!connectionString) {
         throw new Error('Empty connection string');
@@ -83,7 +112,7 @@ export function initDB({
 
     process.on('SIGINT', terminate);
 
-    const CoreBaseModel = getModel();
+    const CoreBaseModel = getModel(modelParams);
     CoreBaseModel.db = db;
 
     const helpers = {