diff --git a/DCAMCamera/blacs_workers.py b/DCAMCamera/blacs_workers.py
index 4cfd035ba9e51089e63fd9da8202dc48ff4915dd..62ac2bf566da66dad1467ca14693f38090c7cd88 100644
--- a/DCAMCamera/blacs_workers.py
+++ b/DCAMCamera/blacs_workers.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class DCAM_Camera(object):
         Args:
             serial_number (int): serial number of camera to connect to
         """
-        self.timeout = 5000
+        self.timeout = 15000
 
         global dcamAPI
         import user_devices.DCAMCamera.dcam as dcamAPI