diff --git a/misc/scripts/standalone/server.cmd b/misc/scripts/standalone/server.cmd
index daf6292..1e51bd5 100644
--- a/misc/scripts/standalone/server.cmd
+++ b/misc/scripts/standalone/server.cmd
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 REM BRouter standalone server
 REM java -cp brouter.jar btools.brouter.RouteServer <segmentdir> <profile-map> <customprofiledir> <port> <maxthreads>
 
-set JAVA_OPTS=-Xmx128M -Xms128M -Xmn8M
+REM maxRunningTime is the request timeout in seconds, set to 0 to disable timeout
+set JAVA_OPTS=-Xmx128M -Xms128M -Xmn8M -DmaxRunningTime=300
 set CLASSPATH=../brouter.jar
 
 java %JAVA_OPTS% -cp %CLASSPATH% btools.server.RouteServer ..\segments3 ..\profiles2 ..\customprofiles 17777 1
diff --git a/misc/scripts/standalone/server.sh b/misc/scripts/standalone/server.sh
index 9409d55..81600fb 100755
--- a/misc/scripts/standalone/server.sh
+++ b/misc/scripts/standalone/server.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 # BRouter standalone server
 # java -cp brouter.jar btools.brouter.RouteServer <segmentdir> <profile-map> <customprofiledir> <port> <maxthreads>
 
-JAVA_OPTS="-Xmx128M -Xms128M -Xmn8M"
+# maxRunningTime is the request timeout in seconds, set to 0 to disable timeout
+JAVA_OPTS="-Xmx128M -Xms128M -Xmn8M -DmaxRunningTime=300"
 CLASSPATH=../brouter.jar
 
 java $JAVA_OPTS -cp $CLASSPATH btools.server.RouteServer ../segments3 ../profiles2 ../customprofiles 17777 1