diff --git a/patch-tracking/patch_tracking/app.py b/patch-tracking/patch_tracking/app.py
index 1d941f611ef30f07c4a5275b09fad3cc649268b8..4ab8efb504101c002216c9ec9fdbbb3e08047af8 100644
--- a/patch-tracking/patch_tracking/app.py
+++ b/patch-tracking/patch_tracking/app.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ except (SyntaxError, NameError):
 check_settings_conf()
 check_token()
 
-app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = 'sqlite:///db.sqlite?check_same_thread=False'
+app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = 'sqlite:///db.sqlite?check_same_thread=False&timeout=30'
 app.config['SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS'] = False
 app.config['SCHEDULER_EXECUTORS'] = {'default': {'type': 'threadpool', 'max_workers': 100}}