diff --git a/WebTunnel/WebTunnelAgent/WebTunnelAgent.properties b/WebTunnel/WebTunnelAgent/WebTunnelAgent.properties
index e49f3279..22d39f13 100644
--- a/WebTunnel/WebTunnelAgent/WebTunnelAgent.properties
+++ b/WebTunnel/WebTunnelAgent/WebTunnelAgent.properties
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ webtunnel.connectTimeout = 10
 webtunnel.localTimeout = 7200
 
 # The timeout (seconds) for the WebTunnel connection to the reflector server.
-webtunnel.remoteTimeout = 900
+webtunnel.remoteTimeout = 300
 
 # The number of I/O threads the WebTunnelDispatcher should use.
 webtunnel.threads = 4