diff --git a/console/linphonec.c b/console/linphonec.c
index 8b061053f..6bb624f1c 100644
--- a/console/linphonec.c
+++ b/console/linphonec.c
@@ -553,7 +553,8 @@ char *linphonec_readline(char *prompt){
 		}
 	}else{
 #ifdef HAVE_READLINE
-		return readline(prompt);
+		char* ret=readline(prompt);
+		return ret;
 #endif
 	}
 }
diff --git a/console/linphonec.h b/console/linphonec.h
index 9d7487b97..ba7d346f8 100644
--- a/console/linphonec.h
+++ b/console/linphonec.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
  * Time between calls to linphonec_idle_call during main
  * input read loop in microseconds.
  */
-#define LPC_READLINE_TIMEOUT 1000000
+#define LPC_READLINE_TIMEOUT 10000
 
 /*
  * Filename of linphonec history