diff --git a/beekeepy/beekeepy/_handle/beekeeper.py b/beekeepy/beekeepy/_handle/beekeeper.py
index 656700257d7e48ab6cd672c29c23278aaf27f798..f57b8a211db37024ba1435ccdf7631f7ef87580a 100644
--- a/beekeepy/beekeepy/_handle/beekeeper.py
+++ b/beekeepy/beekeepy/_handle/beekeeper.py
@@ -107,7 +107,9 @@ class BeekeeperCommon(BeekeeperNotificationCallbacks, ABC):
 
     def __wait_till_ready(self) -> None:
         assert self.__notification_event_handler is not None, "Notification event handler hasn't been set"
-        if not self.__notification_event_handler.http_listening_event.wait(timeout=5):
+        if not self.__notification_event_handler.http_listening_event.wait(
+            timeout=self._get_settings().initialization_timeout.total_seconds()
+        ):
             raise TimeoutError("Waiting too long for beekeeper to be up and running")
 
     def _handle_error(self, error: Error) -> None:
diff --git a/beekeepy/beekeepy/_interface/settings.py b/beekeepy/beekeepy/_interface/settings.py
index a36b23314186db88188d194414ac788b1c3c13de..4f9aeee9f20f34b3ec75f3a50de13d3459fb6ca2 100644
--- a/beekeepy/beekeepy/_interface/settings.py
+++ b/beekeepy/beekeepy/_interface/settings.py
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@ class Settings(HandleSettings):
         WORKING_DIRECTORY: ClassVar[str] = "BEEKEEPY_WORKING_DIRECTORY"
         PROPAGATE_SIGINT: ClassVar[str] = "BEEKEEPY_PROPAGATE_SIGINT"
         CLOSE_TIMEOUT: ClassVar[str] = "BEEKEEPY_CLOSE_TIMEOUT"
+        INITIALIZATION_TIMEOUT: ClassVar[str] = "BEEKEEPY_INITIALIZATION_TIMEOUT"
 
     class Defaults(HandleSettings.Defaults):
         WORKING_DIRECTORY: ClassVar[Path] = Path.cwd()
         PROPAGATE_SIGINT: ClassVar[bool] = True
         CLOSE_TIMEOUT: ClassVar[timedelta] = timedelta(seconds=10.0)
+        INITIALIZATION_TIMEOUT: ClassVar[timedelta] = timedelta(seconds=5.0)
 
     working_directory: Path | None = None
     """Path, where beekeeper binary will store all it's data and logs."""
@@ -49,6 +51,11 @@ class Settings(HandleSettings):
     )
     """Affects time handle waits before beekeepy closes."""
 
+    initialization_timeout: timedelta = Defaults.default_factory(
+        EnvironNames.INITIALIZATION_TIMEOUT,
+        lambda x: (Settings.Defaults.INITIALIZATION_TIMEOUT if x is None else timedelta(seconds=int(x))),
+    )
+
     @property
     def ensured_working_directory(self) -> Path:
         """This property should be used to make sure, that path to working dir is returned.