diff --git a/doc/api_authService.md b/doc/api_authService.md
index 872a419..3d127a1 100644
--- a/doc/api_authService.md
+++ b/doc/api_authService.md
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ Sets the login timeout.
 
 CAUTION: .authenticated and isAuthenticated() might get different results when set manually.
 
+WARNING: Maximum timeout is 2^31 - 1 ms (ca. 24.85d).
+
 #### Parameters
 
 | Parameter | Type     | Description        |
diff --git a/src/authService.js b/src/authService.js
index 3d4ee60..a208639 100644
--- a/src/authService.js
+++ b/src/authService.js
@@ -148,6 +148,14 @@ export class AuthService {
    * @param  {number} ttl  Timeout time in ms
    */
   setTimeout(ttl: number) {
+    const maxTimeout = 2147483647; // maximum period in ms (ca. 24.85d) for windows.setTimeout
+
+    // limit timer ttl to max value allowed for windows.setTimeout function
+    if (ttl > maxTimeout) {
+      ttl = maxTimeout;
+      logger.warn('Token timeout limited to ', maxTimeout, ' ms (ca 24.85d).');
+    }
+
     this.clearTimeout();
 
     const expiredTokenHandler = () => {