diff --git a/plugin/youcompleteme.vim b/plugin/youcompleteme.vim
index b8343ee2..6bf51377 100644
--- a/plugin/youcompleteme.vim
+++ b/plugin/youcompleteme.vim
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ let g:ycm_server_keep_logfiles =
       \ get( g:, 'ycm_server_keep_logfiles', 0 )
 
 let g:ycm_server_idle_suicide_seconds =
-      \ get( g:, 'ycm_server_idle_suicide_seconds', 43200 )
+      \ get( g:, 'ycm_server_idle_suicide_seconds', 86400 )
 
 let g:ycm_extra_conf_vim_data =
       \ get( g:, 'ycm_extra_conf_vim_data', [] )