diff --git a/pkg/api/render.go b/pkg/api/render.go
index 4dbead23524..5284c7831bb 100644
--- a/pkg/api/render.go
+++ b/pkg/api/render.go
@@ -18,14 +18,18 @@ func RenderToPng(c *middleware.Context) {
 		Width:    queryReader.Get("width", "800"),
 		Height:   queryReader.Get("height", "400"),
 		OrgId:    c.OrgId,
-		Timeout:  queryReader.Get("timeout", "30"),
+		Timeout:  queryReader.Get("timeout", "60"),
 		Timezone: queryReader.Get("tz", ""),
 	}
 
 	pngPath, err := renderer.RenderToPng(renderOpts)
 
 	if err != nil {
-		c.Handle(500, "Failed to render to png", err)
+		if err == renderer.ErrTimeout {
+			c.Handle(500, err.Error(), err)
+		}
+
+		c.Handle(500, "Rendering failed.", err)
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/components/renderer/renderer.go b/pkg/components/renderer/renderer.go
index c09c431a1df..db36054e76d 100644
--- a/pkg/components/renderer/renderer.go
+++ b/pkg/components/renderer/renderer.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package renderer
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ type RenderOpts struct {
 	Timezone string
 }
 
+var ErrTimeout = errors.New("Timeout error. You can set timeout in seconds with &timeout url parameter")
 var rendererLog log.Logger = log.New("png-renderer")
 
 func isoTimeOffsetToPosixTz(isoOffset string) string {
@@ -75,6 +77,11 @@ func RenderToPng(params *RenderOpts) (string, error) {
 	renderKey := middleware.AddRenderAuthKey(params.OrgId)
 	defer middleware.RemoveRenderAuthKey(renderKey)
 
+	timeout, err := strconv.Atoi(params.Timeout)
+	if err != nil {
+		timeout = 15
+	}
+
 	cmdArgs := []string{
 		"--ignore-ssl-errors=true",
 		"--web-security=false",
@@ -84,6 +91,7 @@ func RenderToPng(params *RenderOpts) (string, error) {
 		"height=" + params.Height,
 		"png=" + pngPath,
 		"domain=" + localDomain,
+		"timeout=" + strconv.Itoa(timeout),
 		"renderKey=" + renderKey,
 	}
 
@@ -117,17 +125,12 @@ func RenderToPng(params *RenderOpts) (string, error) {
 		close(done)
 	}()
 
-	timeout, err := strconv.Atoi(params.Timeout)
-	if err != nil {
-		timeout = 15
-	}
-
 	select {
 	case <-time.After(time.Duration(timeout) * time.Second):
 		if err := cmd.Process.Kill(); err != nil {
 			rendererLog.Error("failed to kill", "error", err)
 		}
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("PhantomRenderer::renderToPng timeout (>%vs)", timeout)
+		return "", ErrTimeout
 	case <-done:
 	}
 
diff --git a/vendor/phantomjs/render.js b/vendor/phantomjs/render.js
index 5fb9aef2a26..67d5e992c37 100644
--- a/vendor/phantomjs/render.js
+++ b/vendor/phantomjs/render.js
@@ -30,10 +30,12 @@
     height: params.height || '400'
   };
 
-  var tries = 0;
+  var timeoutMs = (parseInt(params.timeout) || 10) * 1000;
+  var waitBetweenReadyCheckMs = 50;
+  var totalWaitMs = 0;
 
   page.open(params.url, function (status) {
-    // console.log('Loading a web page: ' + params.url + ' status: ' + status);
+    console.log('Loading a web page: ' + params.url + ' status: ' + status, timeoutMs);
 
     page.onError = function(msg, trace) {
       var msgStack = ['ERROR: ' + msg];
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@
         return rootScope.panelsRendered >= panels;
       });
 
-      if (panelsRendered || tries === 1000) {
+      if (panelsRendered || totalWaitMs > timeoutMs) {
         var bb = page.evaluate(function () {
           return document.getElementsByClassName("main-view")[0].getBoundingClientRect();
         });
@@ -73,13 +75,12 @@
 
         page.render(params.png);
         phantom.exit();
-      }
-      else {
-        tries++;
-        setTimeout(checkIsReady, 10);
+      } else {
+        totalWaitMs += waitBetweenReadyCheckMs;
+        setTimeout(checkIsReady, waitBetweenReadyCheckMs);
       }
     }
 
-    setTimeout(checkIsReady, 200);
+    setTimeout(checkIsReady, waitBetweenReadyCheckMs);
   });
 })();