diff --git a/latency.py b/latency.py
index a366302a150f35276a89e82a942a002cef41796f..49a090ddd92ea1973c68b2e4f7e0faf05a2e2287 100644
--- a/latency.py
+++ b/latency.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def latency_measurement(hostname, filename):
     latency = 0
     current_time = current_microsec()
     try:
-        request = requests.get(str(hostname), timeout=1)
+        request = requests.get(str(hostname), timeout=0.5)
         if request.status_code == 200:
             latency = current_microsec() - current_time
         # print(str(request.status_code) + 'happiness')