diff --git a/src/HomeSpan.cpp b/src/HomeSpan.cpp
index 3cd8658..cab148b 100644
--- a/src/HomeSpan.cpp
+++ b/src/HomeSpan.cpp
@@ -1945,16 +1945,16 @@ void SpanWebLog::initTime(){
   if(!timeServer)
     return;
 
-  Serial.printf("Acquiring Time from %s (%s)... ",timeServer,timeZone);
+  Serial.printf("Acquiring Time from %s (%s).  Waiting %d second(s) for response... ",timeServer,timeZone,waitTime/1000);
   configTzTime(timeZone,timeServer);
   struct tm timeinfo;
-  if(getLocalTime(&timeinfo,10000)){
+  if(getLocalTime(&timeinfo,waitTime)){
     strftime(bootTime,sizeof(bootTime),"%c",&timeinfo);
     Serial.printf("%s\n\n",bootTime);
     homeSpan.reserveSocketConnections(1);
     timeInit=true;
   } else {
-    Serial.printf("Can't access Time Server (or Time Zone improperly specified) - time-keeping not initialized!\n\n");
+    Serial.printf("Can't access Time Server - time-keeping not initialized!\n\n");
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/HomeSpan.h b/src/HomeSpan.h
index 610b125..7916fa2 100644
--- a/src/HomeSpan.h
+++ b/src/HomeSpan.h
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ struct SpanWebLog{                            // optional web status/log data
   boolean timeInit=false;                     // flag to indicate time has been initialized
   char bootTime[33]="Unknown";                // boot time
   String statusURL;                           // URL of status log
+  uint32_t waitTime=10000;                    // number of milliseconds to wait for initial connection to time server
     
   struct log_t {                              // log entry type
     uint64_t upTime;                          // number of seconds since booting
@@ -228,6 +229,8 @@ struct Span{
   void enableWebLog(uint16_t maxEntries=0, const char *serv=NULL, const char *tz="UTC", const char *url=DEFAULT_WEBLOG_URL){     // enable Web Logging
     webLog.init(maxEntries, serv, tz, url);
   }
+
+  void setTimeServerTimeout(uint32_t tSec){webLog.waitTime=tSec*1000;}    // sets wait time (in seconds) for optional web log time server to connect
   
   [[deprecated("Please use reserveSocketConnections(n) method instead.")]]
   void setMaxConnections(uint8_t n){requestedMaxCon=n;}                   // sets maximum number of simultaneous HAP connections
diff --git a/src/Settings.h b/src/Settings.h
index 0057897..9c1f345 100644
--- a/src/Settings.h
+++ b/src/Settings.h
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
 
 #define LOG1(x) if(homeSpan.logLevel>0)Serial.print(x)
 #define LOG2(x) if(homeSpan.logLevel>1)Serial.print(x)
+
 #define WEBLOG(format,...) homeSpan.webLog.addLog(format __VA_OPT__(,) __VA_ARGS__)
    
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////