diff --git a/modules/liquid.nix b/modules/liquid.nix
index 075b918..f884e85 100644
--- a/modules/liquid.nix
+++ b/modules/liquid.nix
@@ -270,6 +270,8 @@ in {
         NotifyAccess = "all";
         User = cfg.user;
         Group = cfg.group;
+        TimeoutStartSec = "5min";
+        TimeoutStopSec = "10min";
         ExecStart = "${nbPkgs.elementsd}/bin/elementsd -datadir='${cfg.dataDir}'";
         Restart = "on-failure";
         ReadWritePaths = cfg.dataDir;