diff --git a/packages/dashboard-frontend/src/store/Plugins/devWorkspacePlugins/__tests__/index.spec.ts b/packages/dashboard-frontend/src/store/Plugins/devWorkspacePlugins/__tests__/index.spec.ts
index 0a127d07c..19682631c 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard-frontend/src/store/Plugins/devWorkspacePlugins/__tests__/index.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/dashboard-frontend/src/store/Plugins/devWorkspacePlugins/__tests__/index.spec.ts
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ describe('dwPlugins store', () => {
           timeouts: {
             inactivityTimeout: -1,
             runTimeout: -1,
-            startTimeout: -1,
+            startTimeout: 300,
           },
           cheNamespace: 'eclipse-che',
         })
diff --git a/packages/dashboard-frontend/src/store/ServerConfig/__tests__/index.spec.ts b/packages/dashboard-frontend/src/store/ServerConfig/__tests__/index.spec.ts
index 556c58eec..230950f77 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard-frontend/src/store/ServerConfig/__tests__/index.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/dashboard-frontend/src/store/ServerConfig/__tests__/index.spec.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ describe('dwPlugins store', () => {
       timeouts: {
         inactivityTimeout: -1,
         runTimeout: -1,
-        startTimeout: -1,
+        startTimeout: 300,
       },
       cheNamespace: 'eclipse-che',
     };
diff --git a/packages/dashboard-frontend/src/store/ServerConfig/index.ts b/packages/dashboard-frontend/src/store/ServerConfig/index.ts
index 7db474c50..8281f2c4d 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard-frontend/src/store/ServerConfig/index.ts
+++ b/packages/dashboard-frontend/src/store/ServerConfig/index.ts
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ const unloadedState: State = {
     timeouts: {
       inactivityTimeout: -1,
       runTimeout: -1,
-      startTimeout: -1,
+      startTimeout: 300,
     },
     cheNamespace: '',
   },
diff --git a/packages/dashboard-frontend/src/store/ServerConfig/selectors.ts b/packages/dashboard-frontend/src/store/ServerConfig/selectors.ts
index fcb2a8796..e22b3e34a 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard-frontend/src/store/ServerConfig/selectors.ts
+++ b/packages/dashboard-frontend/src/store/ServerConfig/selectors.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export const selectPvcStrategy = createSelector(
 
 export const selectStartTimeout = createSelector(
   selectState,
-  state => state.config.timeouts.startTimeout || 0,
+  state => state.config.timeouts.startTimeout,
 );
 
 export const selectServerConfigError = createSelector(selectState, state => state.error);
diff --git a/packages/dashboard-frontend/src/store/__mocks__/storeBuilder.ts b/packages/dashboard-frontend/src/store/__mocks__/storeBuilder.ts
index de9afc04e..fe9cc62f1 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard-frontend/src/store/__mocks__/storeBuilder.ts
+++ b/packages/dashboard-frontend/src/store/__mocks__/storeBuilder.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export class FakeStoreBuilder {
         timeouts: {
           inactivityTimeout: -1,
           runTimeout: -1,
-          startTimeout: -1,
+          startTimeout: 300,
         },
         cheNamespace: '',
       } as api.IServerConfig,