diff --git a/panda/src/downloader/downloader.cxx b/panda/src/downloader/downloader.cxx
index a24c7221c2..7c365704e8 100644
--- a/panda/src/downloader/downloader.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/downloader/downloader.cxx
@@ -487,7 +487,8 @@ attempt_read(int length, DownloadStatus &status, int &bytes_read) {
     // Make the request for length bytes
     int bytes;
     int ans = safe_receive(_socket, status, length,
-					(long)downloader_timeout, bytes); 
+//					(long)downloader_timeout, bytes); 
+					8, bytes);
     bytes_read += bytes;
 
     switch (ans) {