diff --git a/core/config.py b/core/config.py
index 113e7f17e6..b3c79bcd69 100644
--- a/core/config.py
+++ b/core/config.py
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ class ConfigManager:
         "log_expiration",
     }
 
-    duration_seconds = {"snooze_default_duration"}
+    duration_seconds = {"snooze_default_duration", "thread_creation_menu_timeout"}
 
     booleans = {
         "use_user_id_channel_name",