1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/bin/bitbake-server b/bitbake/bin/bitbake-server
index ffbc7894ef..65796be747 100755
--- a/bitbake/bin/bitbake-server
+++ b/bitbake/bin/bitbake-server
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ readypipeinfd = int(sys.argv[3])
 logfile = sys.argv[4]
 lockname = sys.argv[5]
 sockname = sys.argv[6]
-timeout = sys.argv[7]
+timeout = float(sys.argv[7])
 xmlrpcinterface = (sys.argv[8], int(sys.argv[9]))
 if xmlrpcinterface[0] == "None":
     xmlrpcinterface = (None, xmlrpcinterface[1])