diff --git a/node_stats.py b/node_stats.py
index d867327..4e3b349 100644
--- a/node_stats.py
+++ b/node_stats.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 parser.add_argument('-port', '--node_port', type=str, help='Nano node port', default='55000')
 parser.add_argument('-save', '--save', type=int, help='Save blocks to disk how often (in seconds) should be multiple of --delay', default=180)
 parser.add_argument('-delay', '--delay', type=int, help='recorder delay (in seconds)', default=15)
-parser.add_argument('-timeout', '--timeout', type=float, help='rpc request timeout (in seconds)', default=10)
+parser.add_argument('-timeout', '--timeout', type=float, help='rpc request timeout (in seconds)', default=60)
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
 json_data = []
diff --git a/record_confirmations.py b/record_confirmations.py
index e4aeda3..d20e9b7 100644
--- a/record_confirmations.py
+++ b/record_confirmations.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 parser.add_argument('-port', '--node_port', type=str, help='Nano node port', default='55000')
 parser.add_argument('-save', '--save', type=int, help='Save blocks to disk how often (in seconds) should be multiple of --delay', default=60)
 parser.add_argument('-delay', '--delay', type=int, help='recorder delay (in seconds)', default=10)
-parser.add_argument('-timeout', '--timeout', type=float, help='rpc request timeout (in seconds)', default=30)
+parser.add_argument('-timeout', '--timeout', type=float, help='rpc request timeout (in seconds)', default=60)
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
 json_data = []