diff --git a/rebootasic b/rebootasic
index b375fbb..932a081 100755
--- a/rebootasic
+++ b/rebootasic
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ URL = "http://"+sys.argv[1]+"/cgi-bin/reboot.cgi"
 USER = sys.argv[2]
 PASS = sys.argv[3]
 
-h = httplib2.Http(cache=None, timeout=0.2)
+h = httplib2.Http(cache=None, timeout=0.5)
 h.add_credentials(USER, PASS)