diff --git a/apps/streaming/java/src/net/i2p/client/streaming/Connection.java b/apps/streaming/java/src/net/i2p/client/streaming/Connection.java
index fd184fa6ad8c8cae37895ed7b3b6b8dc127d80b9..a8b9eab9736ecfbd459114951d8d7e1896132b45 100644
--- a/apps/streaming/java/src/net/i2p/client/streaming/Connection.java
+++ b/apps/streaming/java/src/net/i2p/client/streaming/Connection.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public class Connection {
     public static final long MIN_RESEND_DELAY = 2*1000;
 
     /** wait up to 5 minutes after disconnection so we can ack/close packets */
-    public static int DISCONNECT_TIMEOUT = 5*60*1000;
+    public static final int DISCONNECT_TIMEOUT = 5*60*1000;
     
     public static final int MAX_WINDOW_SIZE = 128;