diff --git a/backend/src/main/kotlin/observer/nelle/nelleObserverBackend/plugins/Routing.kt b/backend/src/main/kotlin/observer/nelle/nelleObserverBackend/plugins/Routing.kt
index b0cc533..5f9a066 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/kotlin/observer/nelle/nelleObserverBackend/plugins/Routing.kt
+++ b/backend/src/main/kotlin/observer/nelle/nelleObserverBackend/plugins/Routing.kt
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ import observer.nelle.nelleObserverBackend.logger
 import observer.nelle.nelleObserverBackend.makePost
 import java.util.*
 import kotlin.concurrent.timerTask
+import kotlin.time.Duration.Companion.minutes
 
 var meowTimedOut = false
+var timeoutTime = 33.minutes
 
 fun meowTimer() {
     meowTimedOut = true
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ fun meowTimer() {
             logger.debug { "timeout reset" }
         },
         // 33 minutes in milliseconds
-        1980000,
+        timeoutTime.inWholeMilliseconds,
     )
 }