diff --git a/modules/catkin_ws/src/PlatoonProtocolLib/include/PlatoonProtocolLib/FollowerVehicle.h b/modules/catkin_ws/src/PlatoonProtocolLib/include/PlatoonProtocolLib/FollowerVehicle.h
index 41c20b7788b1e2cc2ce015362a8e6819457c9031..d38f8f4a3a5e68efa3567761d67982c54707f4f1 100644
--- a/modules/catkin_ws/src/PlatoonProtocolLib/include/PlatoonProtocolLib/FollowerVehicle.h
+++ b/modules/catkin_ws/src/PlatoonProtocolLib/include/PlatoonProtocolLib/FollowerVehicle.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ protected:
     Ptr shared_from_this();
 
 private:
+    static constexpr networking::time::Duration RESPONSE_TIMEOUT = std::chrono::milliseconds(3000);
     static constexpr networking::time::Duration HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL = std::chrono::milliseconds(50);
     static constexpr networking::time::Duration BROADCAST_TIMEOUT = std::chrono::milliseconds(500);
 
diff --git a/modules/catkin_ws/src/PlatoonProtocolLib/src/FollowerVehicle.cpp b/modules/catkin_ws/src/PlatoonProtocolLib/src/FollowerVehicle.cpp
index 9b8e6525969b10166a5ba5a52f49b11abdc366af..f7cc4814afe8d50a3218fe4c86e0dcb5e705141a 100644
--- a/modules/catkin_ws/src/PlatoonProtocolLib/src/FollowerVehicle.cpp
+++ b/modules/catkin_ws/src/PlatoonProtocolLib/src/FollowerVehicle.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ using namespace std::chrono_literals;
 
 constexpr networking::time::Duration FollowerVehicle::HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL;
 constexpr networking::time::Duration FollowerVehicle::BROADCAST_TIMEOUT;
+constexpr networking::time::Duration FollowerVehicle::RESPONSE_TIMEOUT;
 
 FollowerVehicle::Ptr FollowerVehicle::create(networking::Networking & net, const NetworkInfo & info)
 {
@@ -116,9 +117,12 @@ void FollowerVehicle::sendPlatoonCreateRequestToNextVehicle()
         // Create a new one to make sure we're never getting a busy exception.
         responseTimer = networking::time::Timer::create(net);
         responseTimer->startTimeout(
-            3s,
+            RESPONSE_TIMEOUT,
             [self]
-            { self->sendPlatoonCreateRequestToNextVehicle(); });
+            {
+                log("Response Timeout!\n");
+                self->sendPlatoonCreateRequestToNextVehicle();
+            });
 
         utils::cycle(vehiclesToRequestIter, vehiclesToRequest);
     }
@@ -208,6 +212,8 @@ void FollowerVehicle::receiveResponse(const PlatoonMessage & response)
         response.srcVehicle != *vehiclesToRequestIter)
         return;
 
+    log("Received response!\n");
+
     responseTimer->stop();
     waitingForResponse = false;