diff --git a/roles/archive/templates/archive-uploader.service b/roles/archive/templates/archive-uploader.service
index 2198f7e9eff5cbcc9d1ed4e3d1f516da03cbacd7..35abb9e0edf70439785249b86d2269540dbede93 100644
--- a/roles/archive/templates/archive-uploader.service
+++ b/roles/archive/templates/archive-uploader.service
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ ExecStart=/usr/bin/find /srv/archive/packages -mindepth 2 -maxdepth 2 -type d -e
 LimitNOFILE=8192
 
 NoNewPrivileges=true
-# TODO enable this once the initial uploads are done
-#TimeoutStartSec=3600
+TimeoutStartSec=6h
 
 #BindPaths={{ archive_user_home }}