diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 4d595e4fa601c5b57a545789b9d9b69525361eb6..dc6a7596d6132456a3371d132953ef99fd60e2a7 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Requirements
 Installation
 ============
 
-- Install Feeds, Feeds Admin UI and Feeds defaults. 
+- Install Feeds, Feeds Admin UI and Feeds defaults.
 - Navigate to admin/build/feeds.
 - Enable one or more default configuration or create your own: from scratch or
   by cloning.
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Default:     'FeedsScheduler'
 Description: The class to use for scheduling feed refreshing.
 
 Name:        feeds_worker_time
-Default:     60
+Default:     15
 Description: Execution time for a queue worker, only effective if used with
              drupal_queue.
 
diff --git a/feeds.module b/feeds.module
index f7bdaf964eff457085fdddcd65948a32d35bf4c4..3949b02a96e6d7b6efd4d63a7e7835b8baec2387 100644
--- a/feeds.module
+++ b/feeds.module
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function feeds_cron_queue_info() {
   $queues = array();
   $queues[FEEDS_SCHEDULER_QUEUE] = array(
     'worker callback' => 'feeds_scheduler_work',
-    'time' => variable_get('feeds_worker_time', 60),
+    'time' => variable_get('feeds_worker_time', 15),
   );
   return $queues;
 }