diff --git a/emission/integrationTests/start_integration_tests.sh b/emission/integrationTests/start_integration_tests.sh
index c7ba88fd6..2614b4d45 100644
--- a/emission/integrationTests/start_integration_tests.sh
+++ b/emission/integrationTests/start_integration_tests.sh
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ chmod +x runIntegrationTests.sh
 # echo "About to sleep! Zzzz..."
 # sleep 240
 # echo "Done sleeping! Running integration tests:"
-dockerize -wait http://rhodeisland-nominatim:8080 
+dockerize -wait http://rhodeisland-nominatim:8080 -timeout 160s
 ./runIntegrationTests.sh
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