diff --git a/mxqi/mxqi b/mxqi/mxqi
index 15acebd..f7bb142 100755
--- a/mxqi/mxqi
+++ b/mxqi/mxqi
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ sub parse_size {
 sub parse_time_with_policy {
     my ($in) = @_;
     my $minutes = parse_time($in);
-    if ($minutes > 600) {
-        die "mxqi: invalid runtime \"$in\": maximum allowed time for mxqi is 10 hours\n"
+    if ($minutes > 1080) {
+        die "mxqi: invalid runtime \"$in\": maximum allowed time for mxqi is 18 hours\n"
     }
     if ($minutes < 1) {
         die "mxqi: invalid runtime \"$in\": minimum allowed time for mxqi is one minute\n"