diff --git a/disk/extextractordiskreaddriver.cpp b/disk/extextractordiskreaddriver.cpp
index b29d115..3d7f5fd 100644
--- a/disk/extextractordiskreaddriver.cpp
+++ b/disk/extextractordiskreaddriver.cpp
@@ -25,9 +25,11 @@ optional<uint64_t> ExtExtractorDiskReadDriver::readLogicalDiskAligned(Communicat
 		return nullopt;
 
 	optional<uint64_t> ret;
+	// timeout loop assuming
+	const auto perAttemptTimeout = std::chrono::milliseconds(500);
 	while(timeout > std::chrono::milliseconds(0) && !ret.has_value()) {
 		auto start = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
-		ret = attemptReadLogicalDiskAligned(com, report, pos, into, amount, std::chrono::milliseconds(100));
+		ret = attemptReadLogicalDiskAligned(com, report, pos, into, amount, perAttemptTimeout);
 		timeout -= std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(std::chrono::steady_clock::now() - start);
 	}
 	return ret;