diff --git a/meshview/database.py b/meshview/database.py
index 48fe321..570297e 100644
--- a/meshview/database.py
+++ b/meshview/database.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def init_database(database_connection_string, read_only=False):
             database_connection_string += "?mode=ro"
             kwargs["connect_args"] = {"uri": True}
         else:
-            kwargs["connect_args"] = {"timeout": 15}
+            kwargs["connect_args"] = {"timeout": 60}
     else:
         kwargs["pool_size"] = 20
         kwargs["max_overflow"] = 50
diff --git a/meshview/mqtt_database.py b/meshview/mqtt_database.py
index 3779656..e4296d0 100644
--- a/meshview/mqtt_database.py
+++ b/meshview/mqtt_database.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ def init_database(database_connection_string):
     if not database_connection_string.startswith('sqlite'):
         kwargs['pool_size'] = 20
         kwargs['max_overflow'] = 50
-    engine = create_async_engine(database_connection_string, echo=False, connect_args={"timeout": 15})
+    engine = create_async_engine(database_connection_string, echo=False, connect_args={"timeout": 60})
     async_session = async_sessionmaker(engine, expire_on_commit=False)
 
 async def create_tables():