diff -r b7a75b9a3386 -r 0407a51b9d8c hgext/journal.py
--- a/hgext/journal.py	Tue Jul 11 08:52:55 2017 -0700
+++ b/hgext/journal.py	Fri Jul 14 14:22:40 2017 -0700
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@
             # default to 600 seconds timeout
             l = lock.lock(
                 vfs, 'namejournal.lock',
-                int(self.ui.config("ui", "timeout", "600")), desc=desc)
+                int(self.ui.config("ui", "timeout")), desc=desc)
             self.ui.warn(_("got lock after %s seconds\n") % l.delay)
         self._lockref = weakref.ref(l)
         return l