diff --git a/src/opnsense/scripts/OPNsense/CaptivePortal/process_accounting_messages.php b/src/opnsense/scripts/OPNsense/CaptivePortal/process_accounting_messages.php
index aab428cf3..f0961a00d 100755
--- a/src/opnsense/scripts/OPNsense/CaptivePortal/process_accounting_messages.php
+++ b/src/opnsense/scripts/OPNsense/CaptivePortal/process_accounting_messages.php
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ use OPNsense\Auth\AuthenticationFactory;
 // open database
 $database_filename = '/var/captiveportal/captiveportal.sqlite';
 $db = new SQLite3($database_filename);
-$db->busyTimeout(2000);
+$db->busyTimeout(20000);
 
 // query all sessions with client restrictions
 $result = $db->query('