diff --git a/wait_for_container.sh b/wait_for_container.sh
index a5372829518bb1d1594c44ba94c377159117dfe1..70abe9efba61d96cfd7eafa076381a344b16c6d2 100755
--- a/wait_for_container.sh
+++ b/wait_for_container.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # waiting for the database to finish migration!
-sleep 90
+sleep 150
 
 while [ -z $(docker ps -qf "name=emg-pvs_renderer") ]; do
     >&2 echo "Container is unavailable - sleeping"