diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 3efa7ff..eb0104e 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ its command line interface and options.
                           (default: retry indefinitely)
   -R, --retry-pause=N   time to pause between retries, in seconds (default: 15)
       --time-limit      maximum time [s] to mine before exiting the program.
-  -T, --timeout=N       network timeout, in seconds (default: 270)
+  -T, --timeout=N       network timeout, in seconds (default: 300)
   -s, --scantime=N      upper bound on time spent scanning current work when
                         long polling is unavailable, in seconds (default: 5)
   -n, --ndevs           list cuda devices
diff --git a/ccminer.cpp b/ccminer.cpp
index e285ebf..7816faa 100644
--- a/ccminer.cpp
+++ b/ccminer.cpp
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ static int opt_retries = -1;
 static int opt_fail_pause = 30;
 int opt_time_limit = -1;
 time_t firstwork_time = 0;
-int opt_timeout = 60; // curl
+int opt_timeout = 300; // curl
 int opt_scantime = 10;
 static json_t *opt_config;
 static const bool opt_time = true;
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ Options:\n\
                           (default: retry indefinitely)\n\
   -R, --retry-pause=N   time to pause between retries, in seconds (default: 30)\n\
       --time-limit      maximum time [s] to mine before exiting the program.\n\
-  -T, --timeout=N       network timeout, in seconds (default: 60)\n\
+  -T, --timeout=N       network timeout, in seconds (default: 300)\n\
   -s, --scantime=N      upper bound on time spent scanning current work when\n\
                           long polling is unavailable, in seconds (default: 10)\n\
   -n, --ndevs           list cuda devices\n\
@@ -2642,6 +2642,7 @@ void parse_arg(int key, char *arg)
 			// change some defaults if multi pools
 			if (opt_retries == -1) opt_retries = 1;
 			if (opt_fail_pause == 30) opt_fail_pause = 5;
+			if (opt_timeout == 300) opt_timeout = 60;
 		}
 		p = strstr(arg, "://");
 		if (p) {
diff --git a/pools.conf b/pools.conf
index 3d781c5..b13b801 100644
--- a/pools.conf
+++ b/pools.conf
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 
 	"algo" : "zr5",
 
+	"timeout": 60,
+
 	"api-bind" : "0.0.0.0",
 	"api-remote" : true,
 
diff --git a/util.cpp b/util.cpp
index 8abdcee..8efec8c 100644
--- a/util.cpp
+++ b/util.cpp
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ static json_t *json_rpc_call(CURL *curl, const char *url,
 	char *httpdata;
 	char len_hdr[64], hashrate_hdr[64];
 	char curl_err_str[CURL_ERROR_SIZE] = { 0 };
-	long timeout = longpoll ? opt_timeout*2 : opt_timeout;
+	long timeout = longpoll ? opt_timeout : opt_timeout/2;
 	struct header_info hi = { 0 };
 	bool lp_scanning = longpoll_scan && !have_longpoll;
 
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ json_t *json_rpc_longpoll(CURL *curl, char *lp_url, struct pool_infos *pool, con
 		strlen(pool->pass)?':':'\0', pool->pass);
 
 	// on pool rotate by time-limit, this keepalive can be a problem
-	bool keepalive = pool->time_limit == 0 || pool->time_limit > opt_timeout*4;
+	bool keepalive = pool->time_limit == 0 || pool->time_limit > opt_timeout;
 
 	return json_rpc_call(curl, lp_url, userpass, req, false, true, keepalive, curl_err);
 }
@@ -853,6 +853,7 @@ char *stratum_recv_line(struct stratum_ctx *sctx)
 {
 	ssize_t len, buflen;
 	char *tok, *sret = NULL;
+	int timeout = opt_timeout;
 
 	if (!sctx->sockbuf)
 		return NULL;
@@ -860,7 +861,7 @@ char *stratum_recv_line(struct stratum_ctx *sctx)
 	if (!strstr(sctx->sockbuf, "\n")) {
 		bool ret = true;
 		time_t rstart = time(NULL);
-		if (!socket_full(sctx->sock, opt_timeout)) {
+		if (!socket_full(sctx->sock, timeout)) {
 			applog(LOG_ERR, "stratum_recv_line timed out");
 			goto out;
 		}
@@ -881,7 +882,7 @@ char *stratum_recv_line(struct stratum_ctx *sctx)
 				}
 			} else
 				stratum_buffer_append(sctx, s);
-		} while (time(NULL) - rstart < opt_timeout && !strstr(sctx->sockbuf, "\n"));
+		} while (time(NULL) - rstart < timeout && !strstr(sctx->sockbuf, "\n"));
 
 		if (!ret) {
 			applog(LOG_ERR, "stratum_recv_line failed");