diff --git a/config/unicorn.rb b/config/unicorn.rb
index 832f09d0a1..e5d7317940 100644
--- a/config/unicorn.rb
+++ b/config/unicorn.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 preload_app true   # https://newrelic.com/docs/ruby/no-data-with-unicorn
 worker_processes 4 # amount of unicorn workers to spin up
-timeout 30         # restarts workers that hang for 30 seconds
+timeout 60         # restarts workers that hang for 30 seconds
 
 
 # https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/forked-pg-connections