diff --git a/examples/shrpx.cc b/examples/shrpx.cc
index 07ff9d2..c2fb9db 100644
--- a/examples/shrpx.cc
+++ b/examples/shrpx.cc
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ void fill_default_config()
   mod_config()->spdy_upstream_write_timeout.tv_sec = 30;
   mod_config()->spdy_upstream_write_timeout.tv_usec = 0;
 
-  mod_config()->downstream_read_timeout.tv_sec = 30;
+  mod_config()->downstream_read_timeout.tv_sec = 60;
   mod_config()->downstream_read_timeout.tv_usec = 0;
   mod_config()->downstream_write_timeout.tv_sec = 30;
   mod_config()->downstream_write_timeout.tv_usec = 0;