diff --git a/src/etc/inc/console.inc b/src/etc/inc/console.inc
index 28be884c6..8020691a3 100644
--- a/src/etc/inc/console.inc
+++ b/src/etc/inc/console.inc
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
  */
 
-function timeout($timer = 7)
+function timeout($timer = 5)
 {
     while (!isset($key)) {
         if ($timer >= 9) { echo chr(8) . chr(8) . ($timer==9 ? chr(32) : null)  . "{$timer}";  }