diff --git a/src/cw/sock_set_recvtimeout.c b/src/cw/sock_set_recvtimeout.c
index 00f0c207..0c32d7c3 100644
--- a/src/cw/sock_set_recvtimeout.c
+++ b/src/cw/sock_set_recvtimeout.c
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ int sock_set_recvtimeout(int sock, int seconds)
 {
 	struct timeval timeval;
 	memset(&timeval,0,sizeof(timeval));
-	timeval.tv_sec=1;
+	timeval.tv_sec=seconds;
 	return setsockopt(sock,SOL_SOCKET,SO_RCVTIMEO,&timeval,sizeof(timeval));
 }