When using --timeout_multiplier=#.#

def __get_new_timeout(self, timeout):
        """ When using --timeout_multiplier=#.# """
        try:
            timeout_multiplier = float(self.timeout_multiplier)
            if timeout_multiplier <= 0.5:
                timeout_multiplier = 0.5
            timeout = int(math.ceil(timeout_multiplier * timeout))
            return timeout
        except Exception:
            # Wrong data type for timeout_multiplier (expecting int or float)
            return timeout