diff --git a/sinqEPICSApp/src/devScalerEL737.c b/sinqEPICSApp/src/devScalerEL737.c
index 7e6aa50..7179eef 100644
--- a/sinqEPICSApp/src/devScalerEL737.c
+++ b/sinqEPICSApp/src/devScalerEL737.c
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ static long el737_init_record(scalerRecord *psr, CALLBACK *pcallback)
   }
   pasynOctetSyncIO->setOutputEos(priv->asynContext,"\r",strlen("\r"));
   pasynOctetSyncIO->setInputEos(priv->asynContext,"\r",strlen("\r"));
-  priv->asynContext->timeout =  1.0;
+  priv->asynContext->timeout =  2.0;
   strcpy(command,"RMT 1");
   pasynOctetSyncIO->writeRead(priv->asynContext, command, strlen(command),
 			      reply,sizeof(reply), 1.,&out,&in,&reason);