diff --git a/jobimtextapi/jobimtext.py b/jobimtextapi/jobimtext.py
index 27758ba..8602e03 100644
--- a/jobimtextapi/jobimtext.py
+++ b/jobimtextapi/jobimtext.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class JoBimText():
     def __init__(self, api_url='http://ltmaggie.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/jobimviz/ws'):
         self.api = hammock.Hammock(api_url)
 
-    def holing(self, sentence, url_params={}, holingtype='stanford'):
+    def holing(self, sentence, holingtype='stanford'):
         """
         :param sentence: the sentence
         :param holingtype: stanford or trigram; stanford is default
diff --git a/tests/test_holing.py b/tests/test_holing.py
index c58e09a..d3321e4 100644
--- a/tests/test_holing.py
+++ b/tests/test_holing.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ def test_holing(self):
         assert resp.has_error() is False
         assert len(resp.holings) is 6
 
+    @unittest.skip("results in timeout since 18.07.2018")
     def test_holing_trigram(self):
         resp = self.api.holing('I shot the sheriff.', holingtype='trigram')
         assert resp.has_error() is False