diff --git a/lib/bcoin/workers.js b/lib/bcoin/workers.js
index 4c4facfb..44652aa4 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/workers.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/workers.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ function Workers(options) {
 
   this.uid = 0;
   this.size = options.size || Workers.CORES;
-  this.timeout = options.timeout || 60000;
+  this.timeout = options.timeout || -1;
   this.children = [];
 }