diff --git a/brozzler/browser.py b/brozzler/browser.py
index b3d94363..c11fa6c0 100644
--- a/brozzler/browser.py
+++ b/brozzler/browser.py
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ def browse_page(
         ytdlp_tmpdir="/tmp",
         simpler404=False,
         page_timeout=300,
-        behavior_timeout=900,
+        behavior_timeout=300,
         extract_outlinks_timeout=60,
         download_throughput=-1,
         stealth=False,
diff --git a/brozzler/worker.py b/brozzler/worker.py
index ce1eb071..6a7667d8 100644
--- a/brozzler/worker.py
+++ b/brozzler/worker.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def __init__(
         simpler404=False,
         screenshot_full_page=False,
         page_timeout=300,
-        behavior_timeout=900,
+        behavior_timeout=300,
         extract_outlinks_timeout=60,
         download_throughput=-1,
         stealth=False,