diff --git a/scrape.py b/scrape.py
index 3225acd..ce01c89 100644
--- a/scrape.py
+++ b/scrape.py
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ async def main():
             next_update = datetime.now() + timedelta(minutes=15)
 
         for mxid in next_batch:
-            sync = await matrix[mxid].sync(timeout=30000,
+            sync = await matrix[mxid].sync(timeout=10000,
                                            sync_filter=sync_filter,
                                            since=next_batch[mxid])
             next_batch[mxid] = sync.next_batch