diff --git a/docbow.init b/docbow.init
index e666f40..8344b04 100755
--- a/docbow.init
+++ b/docbow.init
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ DESC="Description of the service"
 NAME=docbow
 DAEMON=/home/docbow/env/bin/gunicorn_django
 PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME/gunicorn.pid
-# set timeout to 300 seconds, as apache2 mod_proxy ProxyTimeout default value
+# set timeout to 10800 seconds, as apache2 mod_proxy ProxyTimeout default value
 # put error log into /var/log/docbow.gunicorn.error.log
 # put access log into /var/log/docbow.gunicorn.access.log
 # use 4 workers
 DAEMON_ARGS="-D /home/docbow/source/docbow_project/settings/courrier.py -p $PIDFILE \
-	-t 300 \
+	-t 10800 \
 	--error-log /var/log/$NAME/gunicorn.error.log \
 	--access-log /var/log/$NAME/gunicorn.access.log \
 	-w 4"