diff --git a/scripts/_common.sh b/scripts/_common.sh
index 5ccbbab..88af934 100644
--- a/scripts/_common.sh
+++ b/scripts/_common.sh
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ waiting_to_start() {
 	# get the PID of the tail command
 	local pid_tail=$!
 
-	for i in $(seq 1 1000); do
+	for i in $(seq 1 3600); do
 		if grep --quiet "${line_match_new}" $templog || grep --quiet "${line_match_existing}" $templog; then
 			echo "Gitlab has correctly started." >&2
 			break