diff --git a/utils/create-cluster/create-cluster b/utils/create-cluster/create-cluster
index 80161587..76f61091 100755
--- a/utils/create-cluster/create-cluster
+++ b/utils/create-cluster/create-cluster
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
 
 PORT=30000
 ENDPORT=30006
+TIMEOUT=15000
 
 if [ "$1" == "start" ]
 then
     while [ $((PORT < ENDPORT)) != "0" ]; do
         PORT=$((PORT+1))
         echo "Starting $PORT"
-        ../../src/redis-server --port $PORT --cluster-enabled yes --cluster-config-file nodes-${PORT}.conf --cluster-node-timeout 5 --appendonly yes --appendfilename appendonly-${PORT}.aof --dbfilename dump-${PORT}.rdb --logfile ${PORT}.log --daemonize yes
+        ../../src/redis-server --port $PORT --cluster-enabled yes --cluster-config-file nodes-${PORT}.conf --cluster-node-timeout $TIMEOUT --appendonly yes --appendfilename appendonly-${PORT}.aof --dbfilename dump-${PORT}.rdb --logfile ${PORT}.log --daemonize yes
     done
     exit 0
 fi