diff --git a/reportservice/report_service.py b/reportservice/report_service.py
index 1d4bba70660f01ec7c4b4a214b8f6d65e92b690b..d0995b78803a12cee35a78fe7c307b6753a1e7bf 100644
--- a/reportservice/report_service.py
+++ b/reportservice/report_service.py
@@ -205,7 +205,11 @@ async def server_runner(conf_file):
         async def do_action(cfg):
             logging.info('Run plot production')
 
-            jobs_timeout = cfg['GLOBAL']['report-service']['job-timeout']
+            try:
+                jobs_timeout = cfg['GLOBAL']['report-service']['job-timeout']
+            except:
+                # Default value of 1 hour timeout, if none was set. 
+                jobs_timeout = 3600
 
             all_new_files = []
             all_new_files.append('{}/{}'.format(config['GLOBAL']