diff --git a/config/obsw_config.py b/config/obsw_config.py
index 134df1633c8c3db1b153e459f029581fda23a4e4..4e0d327b48ea713abe36a1f33dce2b44ae4ab083 100644
--- a/config/obsw_config.py
+++ b/config/obsw_config.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ G_MAX_BINARY_FRAME_LENGTH = 1000
 G_COM_IF = 2
 # COM Port for serial communication
 G_COM_PORT = 'COM0'
-G_SERIAL_TIMEOUT = 0.5
+G_SERIAL_TIMEOUT = 0.01
 G_SERIAL_BAUDRATE = 230400
 G_SERIAL_FRAME_SIZE = 256
 # Time related