diff --git a/tests/test-faces.cpp b/tests/test-faces.cpp
index 1fab695..0205cb1 100644
--- a/tests/test-faces.cpp
+++ b/tests/test-faces.cpp
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
   Face face;
   Face face2(face.ioService());
   Scheduler scheduler(*face.ioService());
-  scheduler.scheduleEvent(time::seconds(0.3),
+  scheduler.scheduleEvent(time::seconds(1),
                           bind(&FacesFixture::terminate, this, func_lib::ref(face)));
   
   regPrefixId = face.setInterestFilter("/Hello/World",