diff --git a/src/server.js b/src/server.js
index 6fe892a1e..8d0e73ffe 100644
--- a/src/server.js
+++ b/src/server.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ async function initializeExpressSync() {
     const QUERY_LIMIT = '2mb', // 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
 
-    const REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 20000; // timeout for all requests (see also setTimeout on the httpServer)
+    const REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 60000; // timeout for all requests (see also setTimeout on the httpServer)
 
     const json = middleware.json({ strict: true, limit: QUERY_LIMIT }), // application/json
         urlencoded = middleware.urlencoded({ extended: false, limit: QUERY_LIMIT }); // application/x-www-form-urlencoded