diff --git a/database/sqlx.go b/database/sqlx.go
index f3993a8..3345c55 100644
--- a/database/sqlx.go
+++ b/database/sqlx.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ methods query, exec, queryrow -- these wrapper functions handle timeouts and oth
 */
 
 const (
-	DB_TIMEOUT = time.Second * 1
+	DB_TIMEOUT = time.Second * 10
 )
 
 type database struct {