diff --git a/docker/sync-wrap/src/handlers.js b/docker/sync-wrap/src/handlers.js
index 5926d49..5de68b1 100644
--- a/docker/sync-wrap/src/handlers.js
+++ b/docker/sync-wrap/src/handlers.js
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ async function proxy(req, res, next) {
         await sleep(Math.min(options.sleep, remaining_timeout));
 
         remaining_timeout = options.respond_before.getTime() - (new Date()).getTime();
-        options.timeout = Math.max(remaining_timeout, 5000);
+        options.timeout = Math.max(remaining_timeout, 50000);
 
 
         options.sleep = Math.min(2*options.sleep, 1000*locals.max_sleep);
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ async function proxy(req, res, next) {
                 }
                 let prev_cookies = options.received_cookies.values();
                 let headers = prev_cookies.length === 0 ? undefined : ["set-cookie", prev_cookies];
-                await send_response(502, {headers: headers, error: fin.error});
+                await send_response(502, {headers: headers, error: fin.error || fin});
             });
     }
 
diff --git a/e2e/tests/api_tests.py b/e2e/tests/api_tests.py
index c554040..ea17473 100644
--- a/e2e/tests/api_tests.py
+++ b/e2e/tests/api_tests.py
@@ -70,14 +70,12 @@ async def is_deployed(resp: ClientResponse):
 
         return backend.get("commitId") == api_test_config.commit_id
 
-    deploy_timeout = 120 if api_test_config.api_environment.endswith("sandbox") else 30
-
     await poll_until(
         make_request=lambda: api_client.get(
             "_status", headers={"apikey": env.status_endpoint_api_key()}
         ),
         until=is_deployed,
-        timeout=deploy_timeout,
+        timeout=120,
     )