diff --git a/backend/src/api/bitcoin/esplora-api.ts b/backend/src/api/bitcoin/esplora-api.ts
index a44720d83..d6d4327cb 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/bitcoin/esplora-api.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/bitcoin/esplora-api.ts
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ class FailoverRouter {
 
     const results = await Promise.allSettled(this.hosts.map(async (host) => {
       if (host.socket) {
-        return this.pollConnection.get<number>('/blocks/tip/height', { socketPath: host.host, timeout: 2000 });
+        return this.pollConnection.get<number>('/blocks/tip/height', { socketPath: host.host, timeout: 5000 });
       } else {
-        return this.pollConnection.get<number>(host.host + '/blocks/tip/height', { timeout: 2000 });
+        return this.pollConnection.get<number>(host.host + '/blocks/tip/height', { timeout: 5000 });
       }
     }));
     const maxHeight = results.reduce((max, result) => Math.max(max, result.status === 'fulfilled' ? result.value?.data || 0 : 0), 0);
diff --git a/production/install b/production/install
index 7ab1e657b..9761d2b33 100755
--- a/production/install
+++ b/production/install
@@ -1793,7 +1793,7 @@ case $OS in
 esac
 
 # wait for mysql to start
-sleep 5
+sleep 10
 
 mysql << _EOF_
 create database mempool;