diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/github/shadowsocks/utils/Constants.scala b/src/main/scala/com/github/shadowsocks/utils/Constants.scala
index 825e0e59..62ab1dc0 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/github/shadowsocks/utils/Constants.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/github/shadowsocks/utils/Constants.scala
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ object ConfigUtils {
       |server {
       | label = "remote-servers";
       | ip = %s;
-      | timeout = 5;
+      | timeout = 3;
       | uptest = none;
       | preset = on;
       | %s