diff --git a/moonstreamapi/moonstreamapi/routes/queries.py b/moonstreamapi/moonstreamapi/routes/queries.py
index 5a1a0189..26e8b123 100644
--- a/moonstreamapi/moonstreamapi/routes/queries.py
+++ b/moonstreamapi/moonstreamapi/routes/queries.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     MOONSTREAM_APPLICATION_ID,
     MOONSTREAM_CRAWLERS_SERVER_PORT,
     MOONSTREAM_CRAWLERS_SERVER_URL,
+    MOONSTREAM_INTERNAL_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
     MOONSTREAM_QUERIES_JOURNAL_ID,
     MOONSTREAM_QUERY_TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_TYPE,
     MOONSTREAM_S3_QUERIES_BUCKET,
@@ -473,7 +474,7 @@ async def update_query_data_handler(
                     if request_update.blockchain
                     else None,
                 },
-                timeout=5,
+                timeout=MOONSTREAM_INTERNAL_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
             )
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"Error interaction with crawlers: {str(e)}")
diff --git a/moonstreamapi/moonstreamapi/settings.py b/moonstreamapi/moonstreamapi/settings.py
index 95f7491a..cf1db9a0 100644
--- a/moonstreamapi/moonstreamapi/settings.py
+++ b/moonstreamapi/moonstreamapi/settings.py
@@ -259,3 +259,17 @@
         "type": "function",
     }
 ]
+
+MOONSTREAM_INTERNAL_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS_RAW = os.environ.get(
+    "MOONSTREAM_INTERNAL_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS"
+)
+MOONSTREAM_INTERNAL_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 10
+try:
+    if MOONSTREAM_INTERNAL_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS_RAW is not None:
+        MOONSTREAM_INTERNAL_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = int(
+            MOONSTREAM_INTERNAL_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS_RAW
+        )
+except:
+    raise Exception(
+        f"Could not parse MOONSTREAM_INTERNAL_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS as int: {MOONSTREAM_INTERNAL_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS_RAW}"
+    )