diff --git a/src/Core/Defines.h b/src/Core/Defines.h
index 215bf6780d9..9665a20a397 100644
--- a/src/Core/Defines.h
+++ b/src/Core/Defines.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 /// The boundary on which the blocks for asynchronous file operations should be aligned.
 #define DEFAULT_AIO_FILE_BLOCK_SIZE 4096
 
-#define DEFAULT_HTTP_READ_BUFFER_TIMEOUT 1800
+#define DEFAULT_HTTP_READ_BUFFER_TIMEOUT 180
 #define DEFAULT_HTTP_READ_BUFFER_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT 1
 /// Maximum number of http-connections between two endpoints
 /// the number is unmotivated