diff --git a/src/PaymentServer/Persistence.hs b/src/PaymentServer/Persistence.hs
index dd30d76a48c86d19af244d27dc1d929a1b941b7b..8a9fe6c7de2a59ae240b768aeaaa23a3aed1f83d 100644
--- a/src/PaymentServer/Persistence.hs
+++ b/src/PaymentServer/Persistence.hs
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ sqlite path =
     initialize :: Sqlite.Connection -> IO Sqlite.Connection
     initialize dbConn = do
       let exec = Sqlite.execute_ dbConn
-      exec "PRAGMA busy_timeout = 1000"
+      exec "PRAGMA busy_timeout = 60000"
       exec "PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON"
       Sqlite.withExclusiveTransaction dbConn $ do
         exec "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS vouchers (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, name TEXT UNIQUE)"