diff --git a/lib/action_subscriber/rabbit_connection.rb b/lib/action_subscriber/rabbit_connection.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/action_subscriber/rabbit_connection.rb
+++ b/lib/action_subscriber/rabbit_connection.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ module ActionSubscriber
         :heartbeat                 => ::ActionSubscriber.configuration.heartbeat,
         :host                      => ::ActionSubscriber.configuration.host,
         :port                      => ::ActionSubscriber.configuration.port,
-        :continuation_timeout      => ::ActionSubscriber.configuration.timeout,
+        :continuation_timeout      => ::ActionSubscriber.configuration.timeout * 1_000.0, #convert sec to ms
         :automatically_recover     => true,
         :network_recovery_interval => 1,
       }
convert the timeout from seconds to milliseconds