diff --git a/tests/WalletMgr.py b/tests/WalletMgr.py
index 39bf5db7c6..d38e7e6dcc 100644
--- a/tests/WalletMgr.py
+++ b/tests/WalletMgr.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def launch(self):
                     statusMsg+=" port %d is NOT available." % (self.port)
                 Utils.Print("Launching %s, note similar processes running. %s" % (Utils.EosWalletName, statusMsg))
 
-        cmd="%s --data-dir %s --config-dir %s --http-server-address=%s:%d --verbose-http-errors" % (
+        cmd="%s --data-dir %s --config-dir %s --http-server-address=%s:%d --http-max-response-time-ms 99999 --verbose-http-errors" % (
             Utils.EosWalletPath, WalletMgr.__walletDataDir, WalletMgr.__walletDataDir, self.host, self.port)
         if Utils.Debug: Utils.Print("cmd: %s" % (cmd))
         with open(WalletMgr.__walletLogOutFile, 'w') as sout, open(WalletMgr.__walletLogErrFile, 'w') as serr:
diff --git a/tutorials/bios-boot-tutorial/bios-boot-tutorial.py b/tutorials/bios-boot-tutorial/bios-boot-tutorial.py
index 8cb675d037..0456e4a562 100755
--- a/tutorials/bios-boot-tutorial/bios-boot-tutorial.py
+++ b/tutorials/bios-boot-tutorial/bios-boot-tutorial.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def sleep(t):
 def startWallet():
     run('rm -rf ' + os.path.abspath(args.wallet_dir))
     run('mkdir -p ' + os.path.abspath(args.wallet_dir))
-    background(args.keosd + ' --unlock-timeout %d --http-server-address 127.0.0.1:6666 --wallet-dir %s' % (unlockTimeout, os.path.abspath(args.wallet_dir)))
+    background(args.keosd + ' --unlock-timeout %d --http-server-address 127.0.0.1:6666 --http-max-response-time-ms 99999 --wallet-dir %s' % (unlockTimeout, os.path.abspath(args.wallet_dir)))
     sleep(.4)
     run(args.cleos + 'wallet create --to-console')