diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ef29a8c6b4e47da738e60c373cba052a569b1896..eabfba77697396950c0fd943bb8a4387c8d27227 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ test_install_debian_package:
      - DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y ./$debian_file
      - screen -d -m java -jar /usr/share/minerva/minerva.jar
 #we need to wait a bit - app needs to start
-     - sleep 15
+     - sleep 120
      - wget http://localhost:8080/minerva/
 #test if we can login and list projects
      - test 200 = $(curl -X POST -d "login=admin&password=admin" --write-out %{http_code} --silent --output /dev/null -c cookie.txt http://localhost:8080/minerva/api/doLogin)