diff --git a/beat/web/settings/settings.py b/beat/web/settings/settings.py
index 337b9fedd4c37f60b5023eeb6c47ed03312c6cab..731e0928a0509d0745b4159d30d1302643f11b01 100644
--- a/beat/web/settings/settings.py
+++ b/beat/web/settings/settings.py
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ DATABASES = {
       'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
       'NAME': 'django.sql3',
       'OPTIONS': {
-        'timeout': 5, #seconds
+        'timeout': 10, #seconds
         },
       },
 }