--- a/hgext/journal.py	Mon Dec 04 09:39:37 2017 +0100
+++ b/hgext/journal.py	Wed Nov 29 21:00:02 2017 -0500
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@
             # default to 600 seconds timeout
             l = lock.lock(
                 vfs, 'namejournal.lock',
-                int(self.ui.config("ui", "timeout")), desc=desc)
+                self.ui.configint("ui", "timeout"), desc=desc)
             self.ui.warn(_("got lock after %s seconds\n") % l.delay)
         self._lockref = weakref.ref(l)
         return l