diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 20e9f26..dfa9b96 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func main() {
 	app.Name = "update-dns"
 	app.Usage = "update dns using dnsimple with public ip address"
 	app.UsageText = "update-dns [options] host"
-	app.Version = "0.2.1"
+	app.Version = "0.3.0-dev"
 	app.Action = action
 	app.HideHelp = true
 
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ func main() {
 			Usage: "type of dns record to create",
 		},
 
+		cli.IntFlag{
+			Name:  "ttl",
+			Value: 600,
+			Usage: "time to live in seconds for dns record",
+		},
+
 		cli.StringFlag{
 			Name:  "content",
 			Value: "",
@@ -100,6 +106,7 @@ func action(context *cli.Context) error {
 
 	host := context.Args().Get(0)
 	kind := context.Generic("type").(*typeFlag).value
+	ttl := context.Int("ttl")
 
 	wg.Add(1)
 	ipClient := &ip.Client{
@@ -167,7 +174,8 @@ func action(context *cli.Context) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	if err := client.CreateRecord(host, dns.Record{Type: kind, Content: content}); err != nil {
+	newRecord := dns.Record{Type: kind, Content: content, TTL: ttl}
+	if err := client.CreateRecord(host, newRecord); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "could not create record")
 	}