diff --git a/binaryattraction_facebooker.rb b/binaryattraction_facebooker.rb
index 2609dc8..5a59fa7 100755
--- a/binaryattraction_facebooker.rb
+++ b/binaryattraction_facebooker.rb
@@ -46,8 +46,9 @@ configure do
     log.debug "Using #{Sinatra.env} database environment"
     db_config = YAML::load_file(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/config/database.yml')[Sinatra.env]
     ActiveRecord::Base.logger = log
-    ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection db_config
     ActiveRecord::Base.allow_concurrency = true
+    ActiveRecord::Base.verification_timeout = 300
+    ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection db_config
   rescue => exception
     log.fatal "There was a problem loading the database.yml file:"
     exception.backtrace.each do |msg|