diff --git a/hosts/mobilizon/default.nix b/hosts/mobilizon/default.nix
index 00939f94..0f6bc72a 100644
--- a/hosts/mobilizon/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/mobilizon/default.nix
@@ -96,7 +96,10 @@
 
   systemd = {
     services = {
-      mobilizon.serviceConfig.EnvironmentFile = config.sops.secrets."mobilizon/environment".path;
+      mobilizon.serviceConfig = {
+        EnvironmentFile = config.sops.secrets."mobilizon/environment".path;
+        TimeoutStartSec = 300; # default of 90s timed out when doing upgrade migrations from 3.1.4 to 3.2.0
+      };
 
       mobilizon-download-geoip = {
         description = "Download GeoIP DB for mobilizon";