diff --git a/src/source_language_protocol.cpp b/src/source_language_protocol.cpp
index e894e00..f337d48 100644
--- a/src/source_language_protocol.cpp
+++ b/src/source_language_protocol.cpp
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ LanguageProtocol::Client::~Client() {
     thread.join();
 
   int exit_status = -1;
-  for(size_t c = 0; c < 20; ++c) {
+  for(size_t c = 0; c < 10; ++c) {
     std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(500));
     if(process->try_get_exit_status(exit_status))
       break;
@@ -368,8 +368,8 @@ void LanguageProtocol::Client::write_request(Source::LanguageProtocolView *view,
     auto message_id = this->message_id;
     LockGuard lock(timeout_threads_mutex);
     timeout_threads.emplace_back([this, message_id] {
-      for(size_t c = 0; c < 20; ++c) {
-        std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(50000) * (language_id == "julia" ? 100 : 1));
+      for(size_t c = 0; c < 40; ++c) {
+        std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(500) * (language_id == "julia" ? 100 : 1));
         LockGuard lock(read_write_mutex);
         auto id_it = handlers.find(message_id);
         if(id_it == handlers.end())