diff --git a/lib/ConvertApi/ConvertApi.php b/lib/ConvertApi/ConvertApi.php
index 4ac4f74..ffdc0d8 100644
--- a/lib/ConvertApi/ConvertApi.php
+++ b/lib/ConvertApi/ConvertApi.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 class ConvertApi
 {
     // ConvertAPI client version.
-    const VERSION = '1.6.0';
+    const VERSION = '1.6.1';
 
     // @var string The Convert API secret. You can get your secret at https://www.convertapi.com/a
     public static $apiSecret;
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class ConvertApi
     public static $connectTimeout = 5;
 
     // @var string HTTP read timeout.
-    public static $readTimeout = 60;
+    public static $readTimeout = 1800;
 
     // @var string Conversion timeout.
     public static $conversionTimeout;
diff --git a/lib/ConvertApi/Task.php b/lib/ConvertApi/Task.php
index 87e0711..6aa07e5 100644
--- a/lib/ConvertApi/Task.php
+++ b/lib/ConvertApi/Task.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function run()
             $params['Timeout'] = $this->conversionTimeout;
             $readTimeout = $this->conversionTimeout + ConvertApi::$conversionTimeoutDelta;
         } else {
-            $readTimeout = null;
+            $readTimeout = ConvertApi::$readTimeout;
         }
 
         $fromFormat = $this->fromFormat ?: $this->detectFormat($params);