diff --git a/first-network/byfn.sh b/first-network/byfn.sh
index ec558bd888..0fdceadeec 100755
--- a/first-network/byfn.sh
+++ b/first-network/byfn.sh
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ function generateChannelArtifacts() {
 OS_ARCH=$(echo "$(uname -s|tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'|sed 's/mingw64_nt.*/windows/')-$(uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/amd64/g')" | awk '{print tolower($0)}')
 # timeout duration - the duration the CLI should wait for a response from
 # another container before giving up
-CLI_TIMEOUT=10000
+CLI_TIMEOUT=10
 #default for delay
 CLI_DELAY=3
 # channel name defaults to "mychannel"