diff --git a/tests/frontend/travis/runnerLoadTest.sh b/tests/frontend/travis/runnerLoadTest.sh
index 5ac447758..3f7b6d9ac 100755
--- a/tests/frontend/travis/runnerLoadTest.sh
+++ b/tests/frontend/travis/runnerLoadTest.sh
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ curl http://localhost:9001/p/minifyme -f -s > /dev/null
 sleep 10
 
 # run the backend tests
-echo "Now run the load tests for 30 seconds and if it stalls before 100 then error"
-etherpad-loadtest -d 30
+echo "Now run the load tests for 25 seconds and if it stalls before 100 then error"
+etherpad-loadtest -d 25
 exit_code=$?
 
 kill $!