diff --git a/src/routes/cloudron.js b/src/routes/cloudron.js
index 3af69ef43..44e452e28 100644
--- a/src/routes/cloudron.js
+++ b/src/routes/cloudron.js
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ function getUpdateInfo(req, res, next) {
 }
 
 function checkForUpdates(req, res, next) {
+    // it can take a while sometimes to get all the app updates one by one
+    req.clearTimeout();
+
     async.series([
         updateChecker.checkAppUpdates,
         updateChecker.checkBoxUpdates