diff --git a/script.py b/script.py
index a641bf9..c185a33 100644
--- a/script.py
+++ b/script.py
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ else:
     # Cleanly kill off this script, but allow text-generation-webui to keep running, albeit without this alltalk_tts
     sys.exit(1)
 
-timeout = 60  # Adjust the timeout as needed
+timeout = 120  # Adjust the timeout as needed
 
 # Introduce a delay before starting the check loop
 time.sleep(25)  # Wait 25 secs before checking if the tts_server.py has started up.
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ while time.time() - start_time < timeout:
     except requests.RequestException as e:
         # Print the exception for debugging purposes
         print(
-            f"[{params['branding']}Startup] \033[91mWarning\033[0m TTS Subprocess has NOT started up yet, Will keep trying for 60 seconds maximum. Please wait."
+            f"[{params['branding']}Startup] \033[91mWarning\033[0m TTS Subprocess has NOT started up yet, Will keep trying for 120 seconds maximum. Please wait."
         )
     time.sleep(1)
 else:
@@ -888,4 +888,4 @@ if running_in_standalone:
         try:
             time.sleep(1)  # Add a small delay to avoid high CPU usage
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
-            break  # Allow graceful exit on Ctrl+C
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+            break  # Allow graceful exit on Ctrl+C