diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e4b6ff8..befcdc1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@ You can use the following table to find useful values for the parameters in `con
 | `mail_config.notice_mail_address`         | email address where notifications about votes are sent (production value is cacert-board@lists.cacert.org)                                                 | be creative but do not spam others (i.e. use user+board@your-domain.org)                                              |
 | `mail_config.vote_notice_mail_address`    | email address where notifications about individual votes are sent (production value is cacert-board-votes@lists.cacert.org)                                | be creative but do not spam others (i.e. use user+votes@your-domain.org)                                              |
 | `mail_config.notification_sender_address` | sender address for all mails sent by the system (production value is returns@cacert.org)                                                                   | be creative but do not spam others (i.e. use user+returns@your-domain.org)                                            |
-| `timeouts.idle`                           | idle timeout setting for HTTP and HTTPS (default: 5 seconds)                                                                                               | specify a nano second value                                                                                           |
-| `timeouts.read`                           | read timeout setting for HTTP and HTTPS (default: 10 seconds)                                                                                              |                                                                                                                       |
-| `timeouts.read_header`                    | header read timeout setting for HTTP and HTTPS (default: 10 seconds)                                                                                       |                                                                                                                       |
-| `timeouts.write`                          | write timeout setting for HTTP and HTTPS (default: 60 seconds)                                                                                             |                                                                                                                       |
+| `timeouts.idle`                           | idle timeout setting for HTTP and HTTPS (default: 1 minute)                                                                                                | specify a nano second value                                                                                           |
+| `timeouts.read`                           | read timeout setting for HTTP and HTTPS (default: 5 seconds)                                                                                               |                                                                                                                       |
+| `timeouts.read_header`                    | header read timeout setting for HTTP and HTTPS (default: 5 seconds)                                                                                        |                                                                                                                       |
+| `timeouts.write`                          | write timeout setting for HTTP and HTTPS (default: 10 seconds)                                                                                             |                                                                                                                       |
 
 ### Generating random byte values
 
diff --git a/cmd/boardvoting/config.go b/cmd/boardvoting/config.go
index 29303fa..b1d8895 100644
--- a/cmd/boardvoting/config.go
+++ b/cmd/boardvoting/config.go
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ import (
 const (
 	cookieSecretMinLen    = 32
 	csrfKeyLength         = 32
-	httpIdleTimeout       = 5 * time.Second
-	httpReadHeaderTimeout = 10 * time.Second
-	httpReadTimeout       = 10 * time.Second
-	httpWriteTimeout      = 60 * time.Second
+	httpIdleTimeout       = time.Minute
+	httpReadHeaderTimeout = 5 * time.Second
+	httpReadTimeout       = 5 * time.Second
+	httpWriteTimeout      = 10 * time.Second
 )
 
 type mailConfig struct {