diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e2b42c8..72a214a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ module "aws_start_stop_scheduler" {
       tag_value = "staging",
     }
   ]
+
+  # to adjust if you have a lot of resources to manage
+  # lamda_timeout = 600
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index 10382cb..08ad91b 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ variable "tags" {
 }
 
 variable "lambda_timeout" {
-  default     = 10
+  default     = 120
   description = "Amount of time your Lambda Function has to run in seconds."
   type        = number