diff --git a/k8s/deployment_template.jsonnet b/k8s/deployment_template.jsonnet
index 9a874724..e7b8aadd 100644
--- a/k8s/deployment_template.jsonnet
+++ b/k8s/deployment_template.jsonnet
@@ -120,10 +120,10 @@ function (slug, sha) {
                         "port": 8000,
                         "scheme": "HTTP"
                       },
-                      "initialDelaySeconds": 120,
+                      "initialDelaySeconds": 180,
                       "periodSeconds": 10,
                       "successThreshold": 1,
-                      "timeoutSeconds": 2
+                      "timeoutSeconds": 5
                     },
                     "name": "symposion-app",
                     "ports": [