diff --git a/galaxy.yml b/galaxy.yml
index c205e91..a283db4 100644
--- a/galaxy.yml
+++ b/galaxy.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace: clip
 name: hpc
 
 # The version of the collection. Must be compatible with semantic versioning
-version: 1.1.1
+version: 1.1.2
 
 # The path to the Markdown (.md) readme file. This path is relative to the root of the collection
 readme: README.md
diff --git a/roles/nhc/defaults/main.yml b/roles/nhc/defaults/main.yml
index a34e200..0d4ed4b 100644
--- a/roles/nhc/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nhc/defaults/main.yml
@@ -27,3 +27,5 @@ nhc_group_random_user: "role.cbe.users"
 
 # overwrite default timeout
 nhc_timeout:
+
+nhc_watchdog_timeout:
diff --git a/roles/nhc/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nhc/tasks/main.yml
index ca0c13d..0a7c432 100644
--- a/roles/nhc/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nhc/tasks/main.yml
@@ -12,3 +12,21 @@
   with_items: "{{ nhc_scripts }}"
   when: nhc_scripts.0 | length > 0
   tags: nhc_reconfigure
+
+- name: Overwrite watchdog timeout
+  copy:
+    content: |
+      TIMEOUT={{ nhc_watchdog_timeout }}
+    dest: /etc/sysconfig/nhc
+    mode: 0644
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+  when: nhc_watchdog_timeout
+  tags: nhc_reconfigure
+
+- name: Remove watchdog timeout
+  file:
+    dest: /etc/sysconfig/nhc
+    state: absent
+  when: not nhc_watchdog_timeout
+  tags: nhc_reconfigure