diff --git a/etc/barbican/barbican-functional.conf b/etc/barbican/barbican-functional.conf
index a8f17109e..c48a06e93 100644
--- a/etc/barbican/barbican-functional.conf
+++ b/etc/barbican/barbican-functional.conf
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ auditor_b_password=barbican
 #verify_ssl=True
 
 # use this to increase the timeout (in seconds) when debugging API calls
-#timeout=10
+timeout=60
 
 # use this to run the functional tests against a
 # different barbican server than the one that is