diff --git a/ws2012/P2P/uebungen/4/src/node/Ack.java b/ws2012/P2P/uebungen/4/src/node/Ack.java
index 5ba41210..b985eb21 100644
--- a/ws2012/P2P/uebungen/4/src/node/Ack.java
+++ b/ws2012/P2P/uebungen/4/src/node/Ack.java
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ public class Ack {
 	private final static Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(Ack.class.getName());
 
 	// timeout in seconds
-	private final int TIMEOUT = 5000;
+    private final int TIMEOUT = 1000;
 
 	private int id;
 	private SocketAddress address;