diff --git a/app/main/views/service_settings.py b/app/main/views/service_settings.py
index 6ed2a90f6..272a171a0 100644
--- a/app/main/views/service_settings.py
+++ b/app/main/views/service_settings.py
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ def get_service_verify_reply_to_address_partials(service_id, notification_id):
     created_at_no_tz = notification["created_at"][:-6]
     seconds_since_sending = (datetime.utcnow() - datetime.strptime(created_at_no_tz, '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f')).seconds
     if notification["status"] in FAILURE_STATUSES or (
-        notification["status"] in SENDING_STATUSES and seconds_since_sending > 90
+        notification["status"] in SENDING_STATUSES and seconds_since_sending > 45
     ):
         verification_status = "failure"
         form.email_address.data = notification['to']
diff --git a/tests/app/main/views/test_service_settings.py b/tests/app/main/views/test_service_settings.py
index fa3cb7ec9..0bb1af038 100644
--- a/tests/app/main/views/test_service_settings.py
+++ b/tests/app/main/views/test_service_settings.py
@@ -2088,7 +2088,7 @@ def test_service_verify_reply_to_address(
 
 
 @freeze_time("2018-06-01 11:11:00.061258")
-def test_add_reply_to_email_address_fails_if_notification_not_delivered_in_5_mins(mocker, client_request, fake_uuid):
+def test_add_reply_to_email_address_fails_if_notification_not_delivered_in_45_sec(mocker, client_request, fake_uuid):
     notification = {
         "id": fake_uuid,
         "status": "sending",
@@ -2096,7 +2096,7 @@ def test_add_reply_to_email_address_fails_if_notification_not_delivered_in_5_min
         "service_id": SERVICE_ONE_ID,
         "template_id": TEMPLATE_ONE_ID,
         "notification_type": "email",
-        "created_at": '2018-06-01T11:05:52.499230+00:00'
+        "created_at": '2018-06-01T11:10:12.499230+00:00'
     }
     mocker.patch(
         'app.service_api_client.get_reply_to_email_addresses', return_value=[]
@@ -2112,7 +2112,6 @@ def test_add_reply_to_email_address_fails_if_notification_not_delivered_in_5_min
     expected_banner = page.find_all('div', class_='banner-dangerous')[0]
     assert 'There’s a problem with your reply-to address' in expected_banner.text.strip()
     mock_add_reply_to_email_address.assert_not_called()
-    # add check that form is visible
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('fixture, data, api_default_args', [