diff --git a/contrib/dovecot/userli.lua b/contrib/dovecot/userli.lua
index 9cde153f..ee7f7f34 100644
--- a/contrib/dovecot/userli.lua
+++ b/contrib/dovecot/userli.lua
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ local env_userli_host          = os.getenv("USERLI_HOST")
 local env_dovecot_debug        = os.getenv("DOVECOT_LUA_DEBUG") or ""
 local env_dovecot_agent        = os.getenv("DOVECOT_LUA_AGENT") or "Dovecot-Lua-Auth"
 local env_dovecot_max_attempts = os.getenv("DOVECOT_LUA_MAX_ATTEMPTS") or "3"
-local env_dovecot_timeout      = os.getenv("DOVECOT_LUA_MAX_ATTEMPTS") or "10000"
+local env_dovecot_timeout      = os.getenv("DOVECOT_LUA_TIMEOUT") or "10000"
 local env_dovecot_insecure     = os.getenv("DOVECOT_LUA_INSECURE") or "false"
 
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