diff --git a/apps/backend/app.ts b/apps/backend/app.ts
index 9324c32..4ac40de 100644
--- a/apps/backend/app.ts
+++ b/apps/backend/app.ts
@@ -73,4 +73,4 @@ const server = app.listen(port, () => {
   console.log(`listening on port: ${port}!`);
 });
 
-server.setTimeout(5000);
+server.setTimeout(30000);
diff --git a/tests/unit/config/server-timeout.test.ts b/tests/unit/config/server-timeout.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d156f5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/config/server-timeout.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
+import { resolve } from 'path';
+
+describe('server timeout configuration', () => {
+  const appSource = readFileSync(resolve(__dirname, '../../../apps/backend/app.ts'), 'utf-8');
+
+  it('should set server timeout to at least 30 seconds', () => {
+    const match = appSource.match(/server\.setTimeout\((\d+)\)/);
+    expect(match).not.toBeNull();
+    if (!match) return;
+
+    const timeoutMs = Number(match[1]);
+    expect(timeoutMs).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(30_000);
+  });
+});