diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/test/test_utils.py b/SAS/TMSS/test/test_utils.py
index bc42fc9966675b0569c0716317d18c99f604813b..1b37bf3ff921d7f477caedfa0989155f15a5d25b 100644
--- a/SAS/TMSS/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/test/test_utils.py
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ class TMSSDjangoServerInstance():
 
         # wait for server to be up and running....
         # or exit via TimeoutError
-        self.check_running_server(timeout=10)
+        self.check_running_server(timeout=60)
 
     def stop(self):
         '''