diff --git a/brozzler/browser.py b/brozzler/browser.py
index 8a9626b..206c0c0 100644
--- a/brozzler/browser.py
+++ b/brozzler/browser.py
@@ -380,7 +380,8 @@ class Browser:
             user_agent=None, behavior_parameters=None,
             on_request=None, on_response=None, on_screenshot=None,
             username=None, password=None, hashtags=None,
-            skip_extract_outlinks=False, skip_visit_hashtags=False):
+            skip_extract_outlinks=False, skip_visit_hashtags=False,
+            page_timeout=300):
         '''
         Browses page in browser.
 
@@ -433,15 +434,15 @@ class Browser:
                 self.configure_browser(
                         extra_headers=extra_headers,
                         user_agent=user_agent)
-                self.navigate_to_page(page_url, timeout=300)
+                self.navigate_to_page(page_url, timeout=page_timeout)
                 if password:
-                    self.try_login(username, password, timeout=300)
+                    self.try_login(username, password, timeout=page_timeout)
                     # if login redirected us, return to page_url
                     if page_url != self.url().split('#')[0]:
                         self.logger.debug(
                             'login navigated away from %s; returning!',
                             page_url)
-                        self.navigate_to_page(page_url, timeout=300)
+                        self.navigate_to_page(page_url, timeout=page_timeout)
                 if on_screenshot:
                     jpeg_bytes = self.screenshot()
                     on_screenshot(jpeg_bytes)
diff --git a/brozzler/worker.py b/brozzler/worker.py
index 6bbe399..a28f3fe 100644
--- a/brozzler/worker.py
+++ b/brozzler/worker.py
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ class BrozzlerWorker:
     def __init__(
             self, frontier, service_registry=None, max_browsers=1,
             chrome_exe="chromium-browser", warcprox_auto=False, proxy=None,
-            skip_extract_outlinks=False, skip_visit_hashtags=False):
+            skip_extract_outlinks=False, skip_visit_hashtags=False,
+            page_timeout=300):
         self._frontier = frontier
         self._service_registry = service_registry
         self._max_browsers = max_browsers
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ class BrozzlerWorker:
         self._proxy_is_warcprox = None
         self._skip_extract_outlinks = skip_extract_outlinks
         self._skip_visit_hashtags = skip_visit_hashtags
+        self._page_timeout = page_timeout
 
         self._browser_pool = brozzler.browser.BrowserPool(
                 max_browsers, chrome_exe=chrome_exe, ignore_cert_errors=True)
@@ -416,7 +418,8 @@ class BrozzlerWorker:
                 on_screenshot=_on_screenshot, on_response=_on_response,
                 on_request=on_request, hashtags=page.hashtags,
                 skip_extract_outlinks=self._skip_extract_outlinks,
-                skip_visit_hashtags=self._skip_visit_hashtags)
+                skip_visit_hashtags=self._skip_visit_hashtags,
+                page_timeout=self._page_timeout)
         if final_page_url != page.url:
             page.note_redirect(final_page_url)
         return outlinks