diff --git a/tests/base_config.liq b/tests/base_config.liq
index 01a02bf7ec9ea1b097d1360c842477c0b78ab310..e51a95b2898d73eee9178d38d1385bb92313fb22 100644
--- a/tests/base_config.liq
+++ b/tests/base_config.liq
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
 
 settings.init.allow_root.set(true)
 settings.init.catch_exn.set(false)
-settings.server.telnet.set(false)
+settings.server.timeout.set(180.)
+settings.server.telnet.set(true)
 settings.server.telnet.bind_addr.set("0.0.0.0")
 settings.server.telnet.port.set(1234)
 # settings.log.file.path.set("../logs/<script>.log")