diff --git a/files/helpers/config/const.py b/files/helpers/config/const.py
index 8e5529cc1..a1ec4e733 100644
--- a/files/helpers/config/const.py
+++ b/files/helpers/config/const.py
@@ -1137,5 +1137,5 @@ class OrgyTypes:
 from sqlalchemy.engine.create import create_engine
 from sqlalchemy.orm import scoped_session, sessionmaker
 
-engine = create_engine(environ.get("DATABASE_URL").strip())
+engine = create_engine(environ.get("DATABASE_URL").strip(), connect_args={"options": "-c statement_timeout=5000"})
 db_session = scoped_session(sessionmaker(bind=engine))