diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectController.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectController.coffee
index 4571500a81..043a260b13 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectController.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectController.coffee
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ module.exports = ProjectController =
 				res.sendStatus 200
 
 	cloneProject: (req, res, next)->
+		res.setTimeout(5 * 60 * 1000) # allow extra time for the copy to complete
 		metrics.inc "cloned-project"
 		project_id = req.params.Project_id
 		projectName = req.body.projectName
diff --git a/services/web/test/unit/coffee/Project/ProjectControllerTests.coffee b/services/web/test/unit/coffee/Project/ProjectControllerTests.coffee
index d5fec1d038..b3fa23cffe 100644
--- a/services/web/test/unit/coffee/Project/ProjectControllerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/web/test/unit/coffee/Project/ProjectControllerTests.coffee
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ describe "ProjectController", ->
 		@res =
 			locals:
 				jsPath:"js path here"
+			setTimeout: sinon.stub()
 
 	describe "updateProjectSettings", ->
 		it "should update the name", (done) ->