diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 282181e33c..3636db6a1f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ def readme():
                 'flake8',
                 'pytest',
                 'pytest-instafail',
+                'pytest-timeout',
                 'pexpect'
             ],
             'docs': [
diff --git a/tests/test_quick_start.py b/tests/test_quick_start.py
index bd4f73ef41..96e853e501 100644
--- a/tests/test_quick_start.py
+++ b/tests/test_quick_start.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import json
 import logging
 import os
-import pickle
 import shutil
 import signal
 import socket
@@ -122,15 +121,15 @@
         ("classifiers/topics_distilbert_base_uncased.json", "classifiers", ('TI',)): [ONE_ARGUMENT_INFER_CHECK]
     },
     "distil": {
-        ("classifiers/paraphraser_convers_distilrubert_2L.json", "distil", ('IP')): [TWO_ARGUMENTS_INFER_CHECK],
-        ("classifiers/paraphraser_convers_distilrubert_6L.json", "distil", ('IP')): [TWO_ARGUMENTS_INFER_CHECK],
-        ("classifiers/rusentiment_convers_distilrubert_2L.json", "distil", ('IP')): [ONE_ARGUMENT_INFER_CHECK],
-        ("classifiers/rusentiment_convers_distilrubert_6L.json", "distil", ('IP')): [ONE_ARGUMENT_INFER_CHECK],
-        ("ner/ner_rus_convers_distilrubert_2L.json", "distil", ('IP')): [ONE_ARGUMENT_INFER_CHECK],
-        ("ner/ner_rus_convers_distilrubert_6L.json", "distil", ('IP')): [ONE_ARGUMENT_INFER_CHECK],
-        ("ner/ner_case_agnostic_mdistilbert.json", "distil", ('IP')): [ONE_ARGUMENT_INFER_CHECK],
-        ("squad/squad_ru_convers_distilrubert_2L.json", "distil", ('IP')): [TWO_ARGUMENTS_INFER_CHECK],
-        ("squad/squad_ru_convers_distilrubert_6L.json", "distil", ('IP')): [TWO_ARGUMENTS_INFER_CHECK]
+        ("classifiers/paraphraser_convers_distilrubert_2L.json", "distil", ('IP',)): [TWO_ARGUMENTS_INFER_CHECK],
+        ("classifiers/paraphraser_convers_distilrubert_6L.json", "distil", ('IP',)): [TWO_ARGUMENTS_INFER_CHECK],
+        ("classifiers/rusentiment_convers_distilrubert_2L.json", "distil", ('IP',)): [ONE_ARGUMENT_INFER_CHECK],
+        ("classifiers/rusentiment_convers_distilrubert_6L.json", "distil", ('IP',)): [ONE_ARGUMENT_INFER_CHECK],
+        ("ner/ner_rus_convers_distilrubert_2L.json", "distil", ('IP',)): [ONE_ARGUMENT_INFER_CHECK],
+        ("ner/ner_rus_convers_distilrubert_6L.json", "distil", ('IP',)): [ONE_ARGUMENT_INFER_CHECK],
+        ("ner/ner_case_agnostic_mdistilbert.json", "distil", ('IP',)): [ONE_ARGUMENT_INFER_CHECK],
+        ("squad/squad_ru_convers_distilrubert_2L.json", "distil", ('IP',)): [TWO_ARGUMENTS_INFER_CHECK],
+        ("squad/squad_ru_convers_distilrubert_6L.json", "distil", ('IP',)): [TWO_ARGUMENTS_INFER_CHECK]
     },
     "russian_super_glue": {
         ("russian_super_glue/russian_superglue_lidirus_rubert.json", "russian_super_glue", ('IP',)): [TWO_ARGUMENTS_INFER_CHECK],
diff --git a/utils/Docker/cmd.sh b/utils/Docker/cmd.sh
index 1529d8f524..321b67745d 100755
--- a/utils/Docker/cmd.sh
+++ b/utils/Docker/cmd.sh
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ cd ..
 
 flake8 `python -c 'import deeppavlov; print(deeppavlov.__path__[0])'` --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
 
-pytest -v --disable-warnings --instafail $PYTEST_ARGS
+pytest -v --disable-warnings --instafail --timeout=1200 $PYTEST_ARGS