diff --git a/go/pserver/client/client_test.go b/go/pserver/client/client_test.go
index b630d434dca283df67f5b850b35057870fe27529..1243ebd6836550d58144b5033e2755ae8594e948 100644
--- a/go/pserver/client/client_test.go
+++ b/go/pserver/client/client_test.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func initClient() [numPserver]int {
 
 		go func(l net.Listener) {
 			var cp pserver.Checkpoint
-			s, err := pserver.NewService(0, 1, "", nil, cp)
+			s, err := pserver.NewService(0, time.Hour, "", nil, cp)
 			if err != nil {
 				panic(err)
 			}
diff --git a/go/pserver/service_test.go b/go/pserver/service_test.go
index e686875bf7254e4f38df3062dcd1759ac6bb353a..be648cd1e83e4f7790edac5842db432fb4870072 100644
--- a/go/pserver/service_test.go
+++ b/go/pserver/service_test.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const (
 
 func TestServiceFull(t *testing.T) {
 	var cp pserver.Checkpoint
-	s, err := pserver.NewService(0, time.Second, "", nil, cp)
+	s, err := pserver.NewService(0, time.Hour, "", nil, cp)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func TestServiceFull(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestMultipleInit(t *testing.T) {
 	var cp pserver.Checkpoint
-	s, err := pserver.NewService(0, time.Second, "", nil, cp)
+	s, err := pserver.NewService(0, time.Hour, "", nil, cp)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func TestMultipleInit(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestUninitialized(t *testing.T) {
 	var cp pserver.Checkpoint
-	s, err := pserver.NewService(0, time.Second, "", nil, cp)
+	s, err := pserver.NewService(0, time.Hour, "", nil, cp)
 	err = s.SendGrad(pserver.Gradient{}, nil)
 	if err.Error() != pserver.Uninitialized {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func TestUninitialized(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestBlockUntilInitialized(t *testing.T) {
 	var cp pserver.Checkpoint
-	s, err := pserver.NewService(0, time.Second, "", nil, cp)
+	s, err := pserver.NewService(0, time.Hour, "", nil, cp)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}