diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 22b1db3..ec5a36e 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ def pinger(nick, connection):
             property_list[nick]["ping_pending"] = True
             time.sleep(0.5)
             connection.sendall(bytes(f"PING {server}\r\n","UTF-8"))
-        elif property_list[nick]["ping_pending"] and ((time.time() - property_list[nick]["last_ping"]) > 120):
-            property_list[nick]["cause"] = "Ping timeout: 120 seconds"
+        elif property_list[nick]["ping_pending"] and ((time.time() - property_list[nick]["last_ping"]) > 255):
+            property_list[nick]["cause"] = "Ping timeout: 255 seconds"
             connection.shutdown(socket.SHUT_WR)
             connection.close()
             break