diff --git a/src/PilatusXM.py b/src/PilatusXM.py
index 44e1d53751ef01e62844f2930313f2f9fd6cb01b..22598556ddc244bc920051f37776dd396780b048 100755
--- a/src/PilatusXM.py
+++ b/src/PilatusXM.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class CommunicationClass():
          except:
              self.socket = None
          self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
-         self.socket.settimeout(0.1)
+         self.socket.settimeout(0.2)
          port = 41234
          host = self.ipaddr_in
          try: