diff --git a/Containers/mastercontainer/mastercontainer.conf b/Containers/mastercontainer/mastercontainer.conf
index 687557fd..3185f911 100644
--- a/Containers/mastercontainer/mastercontainer.conf
+++ b/Containers/mastercontainer/mastercontainer.conf
@@ -44,3 +44,7 @@ ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
     SSLEngine               on
     SSLProtocol             -all +TLSv1.2 +TLSv1.3
 </VirtualHost>
+
+# Increase timeout in case e.g. the initial download takes a long time
+Timeout 7200
+ProxyTimeout 7200