diff --git a/bin/generate_prim_file b/bin/generate_prim_file
index 3a47a02e9df3826252e29280f0749dfb0426d8be..b1e18188066ca277151f68c77587dd7469c136be 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='*')