diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index e8625a9..baddd58 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, HttpUrl, field_validator
 
-DEFAULT_SCRAPE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = int(os.getenv("SCRAPE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS", "25"))
+DEFAULT_SCRAPE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = int(os.getenv("SCRAPE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS", "20"))
 DEFAULT_WAIT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = min(15, DEFAULT_SCRAPE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS)
 _MAX_WORKERS = int(os.getenv("SCRAPE_MAX_WORKERS", "4"))
 _RUNTIME_ROOT = Path("/tmp/scrape")