diff --git a/src/server.js b/src/server.js
index 0124eab77..3bf50d8f5 100644
--- a/src/server.js
+++ b/src/server.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ function initializeExpressSync() {
     var QUERY_LIMIT = '1mb', // max size for json and urlencoded queries (see also client_max_body_size in nginx)
         FIELD_LIMIT = 2 * 1024 * 1024; // max fields that can appear in multipart
 
-    var REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 10000; // timeout for all requests (see also setTimeout on the httpServer)
+    var REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 20000; // timeout for all requests (see also setTimeout on the httpServer)
 
     var json = middleware.json({ strict: true, limit: QUERY_LIMIT }), // application/json
         urlencoded = middleware.urlencoded({ extended: false, limit: QUERY_LIMIT }); // application/x-www-form-urlencoded