diff --git a/lib/session_manager.rb b/lib/session_manager.rb
index 5eac3d36839524442b0864f33801ed15a344be44..90f6a8e90aed33856f06172cd7e2b82ec9aaf977 100644
--- a/lib/session_manager.rb
+++ b/lib/session_manager.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 class SessionManager
 	class Timeout < StandardError; end
 
-	def initialize(blather, id_msg, timeout: 5, error_if: nil)
+	def initialize(blather, id_msg, timeout: 10, error_if: nil)
 		@blather = blather
 		@sessions = {}
 		@id_msg = id_msg