diff --git a/src/bank-lib/testing_api_helpers.c b/src/bank-lib/testing_api_helpers.c
index d97b4a5c4..64976edbb 100644
--- a/src/bank-lib/testing_api_helpers.c
+++ b/src/bank-lib/testing_api_helpers.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ TALER_TESTING_run_bank (const char *config_filename,
   }
 
   GNUNET_asprintf (&wget_cmd,
-                   "wget -q -t 1 -T 1 %s -o /dev/null -O /dev/null",
+                   "wget -q -t 2 -T 1 %s -o /dev/null -O /dev/null",
                    bank_url);
 
   /* give child time to start and bind against the socket */