diff --git a/ci/run_scheduled_sanitizer_test.py b/ci/run_scheduled_sanitizer_test.py
index 33148897caba1295d66e0f5d8da469d979f5bf01..b3fc88acc4695679540385ed2e1d92984b0b4c55 100755
--- a/ci/run_scheduled_sanitizer_test.py
+++ b/ci/run_scheduled_sanitizer_test.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ N_FRAMES_DLY_PROFILE = 7500
 GENPATT_CMD = f"gen-patt -tailstat -fer -g192 -gamma 0 -rate 0.15 -tol 0.001 -reset -n {N_FRAMES_DLY_PROFILE} {EP_FILE}"
 MC_MODES = ["5_1", "5_1_2", "5_1_4", "7_1", "7_1_4"]
 AMBISONICS_MODES = ["HOA3", "HOA2", "FOA", "PlanarHOA3", "PlanarHOA2", "PlanarFOA"]
+TIMEOUT = 60 * 15 # timeout of 15 minutes per en/decoding to safeguard against endless loops
 
 CONSOLE_OUT_FILE = "output_san.txt"
 
@@ -148,9 +149,8 @@ def run_check(in_format: str, out_formats: list, tests: list, run_fec: bool = Tr
         *md_file_command,
         "--usan_supp_file",
         USAN_SUPP_FILE,
-        # timeout of 15 minutes per en/decoding to safeguard against endless loops
         "--timeout",
-        60 * 15,
+        str(TIMEOUT),
     ]
 
     print(