diff --git a/modules/bitcoind.nix b/modules/bitcoind.nix
index ad804c3..ed43c31 100644
--- a/modules/bitcoind.nix
+++ b/modules/bitcoind.nix
@@ -351,7 +351,8 @@ in {
         NotifyAccess = "all";
         User = cfg.user;
         Group = cfg.group;
-        TimeoutStartSec = 300;
+        TimeoutStartSec = "5min";
+        TimeoutStopSec = "10min";
         ExecStart = "${cfg.package}/bin/bitcoind -datadir='${cfg.dataDir}'";
         Restart = "on-failure";
         UMask = mkIf cfg.dataDirReadableByGroup "0027";