diff --git a/services/clsi/app/coffee/CompileManager.coffee b/services/clsi/app/coffee/CompileManager.coffee
index 9c28535bd2..eff20ebd2c 100644
--- a/services/clsi/app/coffee/CompileManager.coffee
+++ b/services/clsi/app/coffee/CompileManager.coffee
@@ -282,12 +282,13 @@ module.exports = CompileManager =
 				}
 		return results
 
+
 	wordcount: (project_id, user_id, file_name, image, callback = (error, pdfPositions) ->) ->
 		logger.log project_id:project_id, user_id:user_id, file_name:file_name, image:image, "running wordcount"
 		file_path = "$COMPILE_DIR/" + file_name
 		command = [ "texcount", '-nocol', '-inc', file_path, "-out=" + file_path + ".wc"]
-		directory = getCompileDir(project_id, user_id)
-		timeout = 60 * 1000 # increased to allow for large projects
+		compileDir = getCompileDir(project_id, user_id)
+		timeout = 60 * 1000
 		compileName = getCompileName(project_id, user_id)
 		fse.ensureDir compileDir, (error) ->
 			if error?
diff --git a/services/clsi/test/unit/coffee/CompileManagerTests.coffee b/services/clsi/test/unit/coffee/CompileManagerTests.coffee
index 26524fb75d..608a3e55a4 100644
--- a/services/clsi/test/unit/coffee/CompileManagerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/clsi/test/unit/coffee/CompileManagerTests.coffee
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ describe "CompileManager", ->
 						['/opt/synctex', 'code', synctex_path, file_path, @line, @column],
 						"#{@Settings.path.compilesDir}/#{@project_id}-#{@user_id}",
 						@Settings.clsi.docker.image,
-						10000,
+						60000,
 						{}
 						).should.equal true
 
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ describe "CompileManager", ->
 						['/opt/synctex', "pdf", synctex_path, @page, @h, @v],				
 						"#{@Settings.path.compilesDir}/#{@project_id}-#{@user_id}",
 						@Settings.clsi.docker.image,
-						10000,
+						60000,
 						{}).should.equal true
 
 			it "should call the callback with the parsed output", ->