diff --git a/src/Three20Network/NetworkRequestTimeoutTests.m b/src/Three20Network/NetworkRequestTimeoutTests.m
index f4bb84a1eb..9d9b2ced51 100644
--- a/src/Three20Network/NetworkRequestTimeoutTests.m
+++ b/src/Three20Network/NetworkRequestTimeoutTests.m
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ @implementation NetworkRequestTimeout
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 - (void)testTTURLRequest_timeoutIntervalAccess {
   STAssertEqualsWithAccuracy([[[[TTURLRequest alloc] init] autorelease] timeoutInterval],
-                 (NSTimeInterval)TTURLRequestUseDefaultTimeout,
+                 (NSTimeInterval)TTURLRequestUseQueueTimeout,
                              0.1,
                  @"default timeout should be set on initialization");
   
diff --git a/src/Three20Network/Sources/TTURLRequest.m b/src/Three20Network/Sources/TTURLRequest.m
index ac86c93f2a..301af9aa1b 100644
--- a/src/Three20Network/Sources/TTURLRequest.m
+++ b/src/Three20Network/Sources/TTURLRequest.m
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #import "Three20Core/NSStringAdditions.h"
 
 static NSString* kStringBoundary = @"3i2ndDfv2rTHiSisAbouNdArYfORhtTPEefj3q2f";
-const NSTimeInterval TTURLRequestUseDefaultTimeout = -1.0;
+const NSTimeInterval TTURLRequestUseQueueTimeout = -1.0;
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ - (id)init {
     _shouldHandleCookies = YES;
     _charsetForMultipart = NSUTF8StringEncoding;
     _multiPartForm = YES;
-    _timeoutInterval = TTURLRequestUseDefaultTimeout;
+    _timeoutInterval = TTURLRequestUseQueueTimeout;
   }
   return self;
 }