--- a/watchdog.c
+++ b/watchdog.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ void watchdog_init(int preinit)
 		fcntl(wdt_fd, F_SETFD, fcntl(wdt_fd, F_GETFD) | FD_CLOEXEC);
 
 	LOG("- watchdog -\n");
-	watchdog_timeout(30);
+	watchdog_timeout(15);
 	watchdog_timeout_cb(&wdt_timeout);
 
 	DEBUG(4, "Opened watchdog with timeout %ds\n", watchdog_timeout(0));