Try this instead

Author: jmgasper

utils/topcoder-api-helper.js

@@ -37,12 +37,15 @@ if (config.TC_DEV_ENV) {
   topcoderApiProjects = topcoderDevApiProjects;
   topcoderApiChallenges = topcoderDevApiChallenges;
 }
-//Timeout increase to 5 minutes
-topcoderApiChallenges.ApiClient.timeout=300000;
 
 // Init the API instances
 const projectsClient = topcoderApiProjects.ApiClient.instance;
 const challengesClient = topcoderApiChallenges.ApiClient.instance;
+
+
+//Timeout increase to 5 minutes
+challengesClient.timeout=300000;
+
 const bearer = projectsClient.authentications.bearer;
 bearer.apiKeyPrefix = 'Bearer';
 challengesClient.authentications.bearer = bearer;