diff --git a/hosts/containers/grafana/default.nix b/hosts/containers/grafana/default.nix
index 7134c6cf..06aa57c9 100644
--- a/hosts/containers/grafana/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/containers/grafana/default.nix
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ in {
     // {
       # work around our slow storage that can't keep up
       influxdb.serviceConfig.LimitNOFILES = 102400;
+      influxdb.serviceConfig.TimeoutStartSec = "infinity";
     };
 
   # This value determines the NixOS release with which your system is to be