diff --git a/bin/generate_prim_file b/bin/generate_prim_file
index 99d299f921057a314101e61072531e05d8dc7932..063c47439f22098cc4fab2675f9a9e65370948d5 100755
--- a/bin/generate_prim_file
+++ b/bin/generate_prim_file
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ parser.add_argument('-t', '--tag', type=str,dest='file_tag',
         help='Output file tag')
 
 parser.add_argument('--timeout', type=int,
-        default=300,
+        default=3600,
         help='Timeout in seconds')
 
 parser.add_argument('passthrough', nargs='*')