diff --git a/fileretriever/fileclient.go b/fileretriever/fileclient.go
index ebc4ba8..7aa244b 100644
--- a/fileretriever/fileclient.go
+++ b/fileretriever/fileclient.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var PATH_TTL = 15 * time.Minute
-var DEADLINE = 1000 * time.Second
+var DEADLINE = 10 * time.Second
 var MAX_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS = 2
 var PATH_CACHE_SIZE = 5000