diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 818fc5024..5a43f8325 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ running:
 
 ```
 sudo nginx -c `pwd`/nginx.conf
-STACK=prod gunicorn -D --workers 4 -b unix:/tmp/gunicorn.sock --worker-class eventlet -t 500 application:application
+STACK=prod gunicorn -D --workers 4 -b unix:/tmp/gunicorn.sock --worker-class eventlet -t 2000 application:application
 ```
 
 set up the snapshot script:
diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
index 10d316c44..fca92aefe 100644
--- a/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx.conf
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ http {
 
     server {
         listen 443 default;
-        client_max_body_size 4G;
+        client_max_body_size 8G;
         server_name _;
 
         keepalive_timeout 5;