diff --git a/services/web/scripts/increase_compile_timeouts.js b/services/web/scripts/increase_compile_timeouts.js
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+const mongojs = require('../app/js/infrastructure/mongojs')
+const { db } = mongojs
+const async = require('async')
+const minilist = require('minimist')
+
+const newTimeout = 240
+const oldTimeoutLimits = {$gt: 60, $lt: 240}
+
+const updateUser = function (user, callback) {
+  console.log(`Updating user ${user._id}`)
+  const update = {
+    $set: {
+      'features.compileTimeout': newTimeout
+    }
+  }
+  db.users.update({
+    _id: user._id,
+    'features.compileTimeout': oldTimeoutLimits
+  }, update, callback)
+}
+
+const updateUsers = (users, callback) =>
+  async.eachLimit(users, ASYNC_LIMIT, updateUser, function (error) {
+    if (error) {
+      callback(error)
+      return
+    }
+    counter += users.length
+    console.log(`${counter} users updated`)
+    if (DO_ALL) {
+      return loopForUsers(callback)
+    } else {
+      console.log('*** run again to continue updating ***')
+      return callback()
+    }
+  })
+
+var loopForUsers = callback =>
+  db.users.find(
+    { 'features.compileTimeout': oldTimeoutLimits },
+    { 'features.compileTimeout': 1 }
+  ).limit(FETCH_LIMIT, function (error, users) {
+    if (error) {
+      callback(error)
+      return
+    }
+    if (users.length === 0) {
+      console.log(`DONE (${counter} users updated)`)
+      return callback()
+    }
+    updateUsers(users, callback)
+  })
+
+var counter = 0
+var run = () =>
+  loopForUsers(function (error) {
+    if (error) { throw error }
+    process.exit()
+  })
+
+let FETCH_LIMIT, ASYNC_LIMIT, DO_ALL
+var setup = function () {
+  let args = minilist(process.argv.slice(2))
+  // --fetch N  get N users each time
+  FETCH_LIMIT = (args.fetch) ? args.fetch : 100
+  // --async M  run M updates in parallel
+  ASYNC_LIMIT = (args.async) ? args.async : 10
+  // --all means run to completion
+  if (args.all) {
+    if (args.fetch) {
+      console.error('error: do not use --fetch with --all')
+      process.exit(1)
+    } else {
+      DO_ALL = true
+      // if we are updating for all users then ignore the fetch limit.
+      FETCH_LIMIT = 0
+      // A limit() value of 0 (i.e. .limit(0)) is equivalent to setting
+      // no limit.
+      // https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/method/cursor.limit
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+setup()
+run()