diff --git a/tests/TestHarness/Node.py b/tests/TestHarness/Node.py
index c24bda476a..ba84c85b2f 100644
--- a/tests/TestHarness/Node.py
+++ b/tests/TestHarness/Node.py
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ def getEosAccount(self, name, exitOnError=False, returnType=ReturnType.json):
 
     def getTable(self, contract, scope, table, exitOnError=False):
         cmdDesc = "get table"
-        cmd="%s %s %s %s" % (cmdDesc, contract, scope, table)
+        cmd="%s --time-limit 99999 %s %s %s" % (cmdDesc, contract, scope, table)
         msg="contract=%s, scope=%s, table=%s" % (contract, scope, table);
         return self.processCleosCmd(cmd, cmdDesc, exitOnError=exitOnError, exitMsg=msg)