diff --git a/config/diffbot_controllers.yaml b/config/diffbot_controllers.yaml
index 8692610..d4b4ce2 100644
--- a/config/diffbot_controllers.yaml
+++ b/config/diffbot_controllers.yaml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ diffbot_base_controller:
     open_loop: false
     enable_odom_tf: true #disabled because tf will be handled by robot_localizaion node in the future (imu sensor fusion)
 
-    cmd_vel_timeout: 0.1
+    cmd_vel_timeout: 0.5 # was 0.1
     #publish_limited_velocity: true
     use_stamped_vel: false
     velocity_rolling_window_size: 10 # changed from https://github.com/kallaspriit/rosbot/blob/main/ros/src/rosbot_description/config/diff_drive_controller.yaml