diff --git a/knots/web-server.scm b/knots/web-server.scm
index 123763d..0ba8fd8 100644
--- a/knots/web-server.scm
+++ b/knots/web-server.scm
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ on the procedure being called at any particular time."
                                 default-read-request-exception-handler)
                                (write-response-exception-handler
                                 default-write-response-exception-handler)
-                               (connection-idle-timeout 60)
+                               (connection-idle-timeout #f)
                                (connection-buffer-size 1024))
   "Run the knots web server.