diff --git a/src/main/java/io/github/pixee/security/ExecuteWithTimeout.java b/src/main/java/io/github/pixee/security/ExecuteWithTimeout.java
index dcf0f78..35643f0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/github/pixee/security/ExecuteWithTimeout.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/github/pixee/security/ExecuteWithTimeout.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public class ExecuteWithTimeout{
 	/**
 	 * Tries to execute a given {@link Callable} within a given timeout in milliseconds. Returns the result if successful, otherwise throws a {@link RuntimeException}.
 	 */
-	public <E> E executeWithTimeout(final Callable<E> action, final int timeout) {
+	public static <E> E executeWithTimeout(final Callable<E> action, final int timeout) {
         Future<E> maybeResult = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor().submit(action);
         try {
             return maybeResult.get(timeout, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/github/pixee/security/ExecuteWithinTimeoutTest.java b/src/test/java/io/github/pixee/security/ExecuteWithinTimeoutTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d86ed65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/io/github/pixee/security/ExecuteWithinTimeoutTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package io.github.pixee.security;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+
+final class ExecuteWithTimeoutTest {
+
+  @Test
+  void it_executes_within_timeout_and_returns(){
+    var pat = Pattern.compile("string");
+    String input = "some very long string";
+    var matcher = pat.matcher(input);
+    boolean result = ExecuteWithTimeout.executeWithTimeout(() -> matcher.matches(), 5000);
+    assertThat(result, is(true));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void it_throws_exception_due_to_timeout(){
+    assertThrows(
+        RuntimeException.class,
+        () -> ExecuteWithTimeout.executeWithTimeout(() -> matcher.matches(), 0)
+        );
+  }
+
+}