diff --git a/backend/src/bin/jobs/refreshMaterializedViewsForCube.ts b/backend/src/bin/jobs/refreshMaterializedViewsForCube.ts
index 7abacaa2de..1b9a2aab10 100644
--- a/backend/src/bin/jobs/refreshMaterializedViewsForCube.ts
+++ b/backend/src/bin/jobs/refreshMaterializedViewsForCube.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Logger, logExecutionTimeV2 } from '@crowd/logging'
-import SequelizeRepository from '../../database/repositories/sequelizeRepository'
 import { CrowdJob } from '../../types/jobTypes'
+import { databaseInit } from '../../database/databaseConnection'
 
 let processing = false
 
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ const job: CrowdJob = {
     } else {
       return
     }
-    const dbOptions = await SequelizeRepository.getDefaultIRepositoryOptions()
+
+    // initialize database with 15 minutes query timeout
+    const database = await databaseInit(1000 * 60 * 15)
 
     const materializedViews = [
       'mv_members_cube',
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ const job: CrowdJob = {
     for (const view of materializedViews) {
       await logExecutionTimeV2(
         () =>
-          dbOptions.database.sequelize.query(`REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW CONCURRENTLY "${view}"`, {
+          database.sequelize.query(`REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW CONCURRENTLY "${view}"`, {
             useMaster: true,
           }),
         log,
diff --git a/backend/src/database/databaseConnection.ts b/backend/src/database/databaseConnection.ts
index b1672d88e7..fb7a799e8a 100644
--- a/backend/src/database/databaseConnection.ts
+++ b/backend/src/database/databaseConnection.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ let cached
 /**
  * Initializes the connection to the Database
  */
-export async function databaseInit() {
+export async function databaseInit(queryTimeoutMilliseconds: number = 30000) {
   if (!cached) {
-    cached = models()
+    cached = models(queryTimeoutMilliseconds)
   }
 
   return cached
diff --git a/backend/src/database/initializers/create.ts b/backend/src/database/initializers/create.ts
index 55373c3b1b..7585bb5fa2 100644
--- a/backend/src/database/initializers/create.ts
+++ b/backend/src/database/initializers/create.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import models from '../models'
 
 const log = getServiceLogger()
 
-models()
+models(1000 * 30)
   .sequelize.sync({ alter: true })
   .then(() => {
     log.info('Database tables created!')
diff --git a/backend/src/database/models/index.ts b/backend/src/database/models/index.ts
index f477f16cd6..947f3de616 100644
--- a/backend/src/database/models/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/database/models/index.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ function getCredentials(): Credentials {
   }
 }
 
-function models() {
+function models(queryTimeoutMilliseconds: number) {
   const database = {} as any
 
   const credentials = getCredentials()
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ function models() {
       dialectOptions: {
         application_name: SERVICE,
         connectionTimeoutMillis: 5000,
-        query_timeout: 30000,
+        query_timeout: queryTimeoutMilliseconds,
         idle_in_transaction_session_timeout: 10000,
       },
       port: DB_CONFIG.port,