diff --git a/test/assert.js b/test/assert.js
index 5d1221f0..f7bff23f 100644
--- a/test/assert.js
+++ b/test/assert.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 // After the given timeout (in seconds), the script automatically terminates.
-var timeout = 1;
+var timeout = 0.25;
 
 var total = 0;
 
diff --git a/test/run-tests.py b/test/run-tests.py
index 3dcda116..9396992b 100755
--- a/test/run-tests.py
+++ b/test/run-tests.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import threading
 import time
 import urllib
 
-TIMEOUT = 35  # Maximum duration of PhantomJS execution (in seconds)
+TIMEOUT = 10  # Maximum duration of PhantomJS execution (in seconds)
 
 HTTP_PORT = 9180
 http_running = False