diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigControl/TrigCommon/bin/athenaHLT.py b/HLT/Trigger/TrigControl/TrigCommon/bin/athenaHLT.py
index 2c395559e327f87575944389421311112e8ef2c5..f1f1c7f1add58ac1ba61383ba8c58dd4dbcf6af8 100755
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigControl/TrigCommon/bin/athenaHLT.py
+++ b/HLT/Trigger/TrigControl/TrigCommon/bin/athenaHLT.py
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ def main():
    g.add_argument('--stdcmath', action='store_true', help='use stdcmath library')
    g.add_argument('--imf', action='store_true', default=True, help='use Intel math library')
    g.add_argument('--show-includes', '-s', action='store_true', help='show printout of included files')
-   g.add_argument('--timeout', metavar='MSEC', default=60*1000, help='timeout in milliseconds')
+   g.add_argument('--timeout', metavar='MSEC', default=60*60*1000, help='timeout in milliseconds')
 
    ## Database
    g = parser.add_argument_group('Database')
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigControl/TrigCommon/share/athenaHLT_jo_noopts.ref b/HLT/Trigger/TrigControl/TrigCommon/share/athenaHLT_jo_noopts.ref
index a92ce18aef69dcf6fb7b6fe47cbe73d5c869bd4c..159a38c4883b6188f4c460acf651026ff1cf2650 100644
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigControl/TrigCommon/share/athenaHLT_jo_noopts.ref
+++ b/HLT/Trigger/TrigControl/TrigCommon/share/athenaHLT_jo_noopts.ref
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
       <library>TrigPSC</library>
     </HLTImplementationLibraries>
     <UID>HLTMPPy</UID>
-    <HardTimeout>60000</HardTimeout>
+    <HardTimeout>3600000</HardTimeout>
     <finalizeTimeout>120</finalizeTimeout>
     <numberOfEventSlots>1</numberOfEventSlots>
     <DataSourceLibrary>DFDcmEmuBackend</DataSourceLibrary>