diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/test/test_utils.py b/SAS/TMSS/test/test_utils.py
index 52e18d0a8a10191285b7daaf6266fdd00768a4bc..2edeaae66b24887a9491527b23bbe6518f4456ae 100644
--- a/SAS/TMSS/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/test/test_utils.py
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ class TMSSDjangoServerInstance():
 
         # wait for server to be up and running....
         # or exit via TimeoutError
-        self.check_running_server(timeout=30)
+        self.check_running_server(timeout=60)
 
     def stop(self):
         '''