diff --git a/crmd/notify.h b/crmd/notify.h
index a16a9aeb34..141b4803e6 100644
--- a/crmd/notify.h
+++ b/crmd/notify.h
@@ -1,38 +1,38 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2015 Andrew Beekhof <andrew@beekhof.net>
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
  * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
  * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
  * General Public License for more details.
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
  * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
  */
 #ifndef CRMD_NOTIFY__H
 #  define CRMD_NOTIFY__H
 
 #  include <crm/crm.h>
 #  include <crm/cluster.h>
 #  include <crm/stonith-ng.h>
 
 /* Default-Timeout to use before killing a notification script (in milliseconds) */
-#  define CRMD_NOTIFY_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS (300000)
+#  define CRMD_NOTIFY_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS (30000)
 
 /* Default-Format-String used to pass timestamps to the notification scripts */
 #  define CRMD_NOTIFY_DEFAULT_TSTAMP_FORMAT "%H:%M:%S.%06N"
 
 void crmd_enable_notifications(const char *script, const char *target);
 void crmd_notify_node_event(crm_node_t *node);
 void crmd_notify_fencing_op(stonith_event_t *e);
 void crmd_notify_resource_op(const char *node, lrmd_event_data_t *op);
 void crmd_drain_alerts(GMainContext *ctx);
 void parse_notifications(xmlNode *notifications);
 
 #endif