diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/r3corda/demos/utilities/HttpUtils.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/r3corda/demos/utilities/HttpUtils.kt
index f26340303d..f6d54e6a44 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/r3corda/demos/utilities/HttpUtils.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/r3corda/demos/utilities/HttpUtils.kt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
  */
 private val client = OkHttpClient.Builder()
         .connectTimeout(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
-        .readTimeout(15, TimeUnit.SECONDS).build();
+        .readTimeout(60, TimeUnit.SECONDS).build();
 
 fun putJson(url: URL, data: String) : Boolean {
     val body = RequestBody.create(MediaType.parse("application/json; charset=utf-8"), data)