diff --git a/symmetric/src/main/resources/symmetric-database.xml b/symmetric/src/main/resources/symmetric-database.xml
index d1fb03d7ef..c86fed27d4 100644
--- a/symmetric/src/main/resources/symmetric-database.xml
+++ b/symmetric/src/main/resources/symmetric-database.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
     <bean id="txManager" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DataSourceTransactionManager">
         <property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
-        <property name="defaultTimeout" value="${db.sql.query.timeout.seconds}"/>
+        <property name="defaultTimeout" value="${db.tx.timeout.seconds}"/>
     </bean>
 
     <bean id="transactionTemplate" class="org.springframework.transaction.support.TransactionTemplate">
diff --git a/symmetric/src/main/resources/symmetric-properties.xml b/symmetric/src/main/resources/symmetric-properties.xml
index 46050d68dd..96e9e9c989 100644
--- a/symmetric/src/main/resources/symmetric-properties.xml
+++ b/symmetric/src/main/resources/symmetric-properties.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
                 <prop key="db.user">symmetric</prop>
                 <prop key="db.password"></prop>
                 <prop key="db.pool.initial.size">5</prop>
-                <prop key="db.pool.max.active">10</prop>   
+                <prop key="db.pool.max.active">10</prop>
+                <!-- This has to be fairly big to account for large data loads -->   
+                <prop key="db.tx.timeout.seconds">7200</prop>
                 <prop key="db.sql.query.timeout.seconds">60</prop>
                 <prop key="db.pool.max.wait.millis">30000</prop>  
                 <prop key="db.pool.min.evictable.idle.millis">120000</prop>