diff --git a/check_local_elasticsearch_service.sh b/check_local_elasticsearch_service.sh
index 4191662..3f46b4d 100755
--- a/check_local_elasticsearch_service.sh
+++ b/check_local_elasticsearch_service.sh
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ reboot_system() {
 # Some default values
 #
 DEFAULT_NUMBER_LINES=20
-DEFAULT_TIME_OUT=20
+DEFAULT_TIME_OUT=60
 
 #DEFAULT_CONFLICTING_SCRIPTS="/root/bin/monitoring/check_webservice_load.sh"
 
diff --git a/conf/check_local_elasticsearch_service.conf.sample b/conf/check_local_elasticsearch_service.conf.sample
index 7616cc0..e7bae87 100644
--- a/conf/check_local_elasticsearch_service.conf.sample
+++ b/conf/check_local_elasticsearch_service.conf.sample
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@
 # -
 # - Timeout for curl request of each website
 # -
-# - Defaults to: TIME_OUT=30
+# - Defaults to: TIME_OUT=60
 # -
-#TIME_OUT=30
+#TIME_OUT=60
 
 
 # - CONFLICTING_SCRIPTS