diff --git a/brozzler/browser.py b/brozzler/browser.py
index 9f6d07d..4a89795 100644
--- a/brozzler/browser.py
+++ b/brozzler/browser.py
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ class Browser:
                     self.websock, name='WebsockThread:%s' % self.chrome.port)
             self.websock_thread.start()
 
-            self._wait_for(lambda: self.websock_thread.is_open, timeout=10)
+            self._wait_for(lambda: self.websock_thread.is_open, timeout=30)
 
             # tell browser to send us messages we're interested in
             self.send_to_chrome(method='Network.enable')
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bbfd2bd..8752e6b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def find_package_data(package):
 
 setuptools.setup(
         name='brozzler',
-        version='1.1b13.dev285',
+        version='1.1b13.dev286',
         description='Distributed web crawling with browsers',
         url='https://github.com/internetarchive/brozzler',
         author='Noah Levitt',