diff --git a/src/pipeline/basic_devplan.py b/src/pipeline/basic_devplan.py
index ecad816..02b09ae 100644
--- a/src/pipeline/basic_devplan.py
+++ b/src/pipeline/basic_devplan.py
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ def _parse_response(self, response: str, project_name: str) -> DevPlan:
                     if item and not item.lower().startswith("summary:") and not item.lower().startswith("major components:"):
                         current_items.append(item)
 
-            elif stripped and not stripped.startswith("#") and current_phase and not current_items and not current_description:
+            elif stripped and not stripped.startswith("#") and current_phase and not current_items:
                 # This is description text (appears after header, before first bullet)
                 # Concatenate non-empty lines that aren't headers or bullets
                 if current_description:
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_config.py b/tests/unit/test_config.py
index 8b1390e..669d496 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_config.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_config.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def test_default_values(self):
         assert config.base_url is None
         assert config.temperature == 0.7
         assert config.max_tokens == 4096
-        assert config.api_timeout == 300
+        assert config.api_timeout == 600
 
     def test_valid_provider_openai(self):
         """Test valid OpenAI provider."""