diff --git a/cffi-epoll.lisp b/cffi-epoll.lisp
index 20137ca..6994419 100644
--- a/cffi-epoll.lisp
+++ b/cffi-epoll.lisp
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
(defmacro wait ((events-var fd-var epfd &optional
(max-events 1024)
- (timeout -1))
+ (timeout 60000))
&body body)
(let ((events (gensym "EVENTS-"))
(evt (gensym "EVT-"))