diff --git a/twsproxy/__init__.py b/twsproxy/__init__.py
index 6d3fcfdc1f7b5b00f417e2701bcd587dfbbfb70c..6051cc4a6ce3ecf6db587e3d0ef5158b0d13f23c 100644
--- a/twsproxy/__init__.py
+++ b/twsproxy/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ TES =  'http://localhost:8080/'
 failthresh = 10
 class TWSProxy(threading.Thread):
 
-    TIMEOUT = 10
+    TIMEOUT = 900
     AUTHTIMEOUT = 60
     MAXBUFF = 8192
     MAXHEADERS = 8192