diff --git a/docker-compose-13b.yml b/docker-compose-13b.yml
index 6797c74..29d44ff 100644
--- a/docker-compose-13b.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-13b.yml
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ services:
       - 'OPENAI_API_HOST=http://llama-gpt-api:8000'
       - 'DEFAULT_MODEL=/models/llama-2-13b-chat.bin'
       - 'WAIT_HOSTS=llama-gpt-api:8000'
+      - 'WAIT_TIMEOUT=600'
diff --git a/docker-compose-70b.yml b/docker-compose-70b.yml
index e7738a1..c4c433b 100644
--- a/docker-compose-70b.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-70b.yml
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ services:
       - 'OPENAI_API_HOST=http://llama-gpt-api:8000'
       - 'DEFAULT_MODEL=/models/llama-2-70b-chat.bin'
       - 'WAIT_HOSTS=llama-gpt-api:8000'
+      - 'WAIT_TIMEOUT=600'
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index a87c7a2..e4d8abd 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ services:
       - 'OPENAI_API_HOST=http://llama-gpt-api:8000'
       - 'DEFAULT_MODEL=/models/llama-2-7b-chat.bin'
       - 'WAIT_HOSTS=llama-gpt-api:8000'
+      - 'WAIT_TIMEOUT=600'