diff --git a/smartgears/dataminer_app/tasks/dataminer-app.yml b/smartgears/dataminer_app/tasks/dataminer-app.yml
index ee34f405..491ace78 100644
--- a/smartgears/dataminer_app/tasks/dataminer-app.yml
+++ b/smartgears/dataminer_app/tasks/dataminer-app.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
       file: path={{ smartgears_user_home }}/data state=directory
 
     - name: Install the gebco_08.nc file from thredds. It is big, mostly 2GB
-      get_url: url={{ dataminer_data_file_from_thredds }} dest={{ smartgears_user_home }}/data/gebco_08.nc
+      get_url: url={{ dataminer_data_file_from_thredds }} dest={{ smartgears_user_home }}/data/gebco_08.nc timeout=2400
 
     - name: Create a symlink to the gebco_08.nc file
       file: src={{ smartgears_user_home }}/data/gebco_08.nc dest={{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/{{ dataminer_52north_webapp_name }}/ecocfg/gebco_08.nc state=link