diff --git a/backend/open_webui/retrieval/web/utils.py b/backend/open_webui/retrieval/web/utils.py
index 5a90a86e0f..bf9b01a39f 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/retrieval/web/utils.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/retrieval/web/utils.py
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ def get_web_loader(
         WebLoaderClass = SafeWebBaseLoader
     if WEB_LOADER_ENGINE.value == "playwright":
         WebLoaderClass = SafePlaywrightURLLoader
-        web_loader_args["playwright_timeout"] = PLAYWRIGHT_TIMEOUT.value * 1000
+        web_loader_args["playwright_timeout"] = PLAYWRIGHT_TIMEOUT.value
         if PLAYWRIGHT_WS_URL.value:
             web_loader_args["playwright_ws_url"] = PLAYWRIGHT_WS_URL.value