diff --git a/iceprod/credentials/server.py b/iceprod/credentials/server.py
index 1f1ed174..3017e03a 100644
--- a/iceprod/credentials/server.py
+++ b/iceprod/credentials/server.py
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         db_url, db_name = config['DB_URL'].rsplit('/', 1)
         db = motor.motor_asyncio.AsyncIOMotorClient(
             db_url,
-            timeoutMS=config['DB_TIMEOUT'],
+            timeoutMS=config['DB_TIMEOUT']*1000,
             w=config['DB_WRITE_CONCERN'],
         )
         logging.info(f'DB name: {db_name}')
diff --git a/iceprod/materialization/server.py b/iceprod/materialization/server.py
index b69cad45..6694c935 100644
--- a/iceprod/materialization/server.py
+++ b/iceprod/materialization/server.py
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         db_url, db_name = config['DB_URL'].rsplit('/', 1)
         db = motor.motor_asyncio.AsyncIOMotorClient(
             db_url,
-            timeoutMS=config['DB_TIMEOUT'],
+            timeoutMS=config['DB_TIMEOUT']*1000,
             w=config['DB_WRITE_CONCERN'],
         )
         logging.info(f'DB name: {db_name}')
diff --git a/iceprod/rest/server.py b/iceprod/rest/server.py
index 61a4201d..1a18e5b3 100644
--- a/iceprod/rest/server.py
+++ b/iceprod/rest/server.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ def __init__(self, s3_override=None):
         db_url, db_name = config['DB_URL'].rsplit('/', 1)
         self.db = motor.motor_asyncio.AsyncIOMotorClient(
             db_url,
-            timeoutMS=config['DB_TIMEOUT'],
+            timeoutMS=config['DB_TIMEOUT']*1000,
             w=config['DB_WRITE_CONCERN'],
         )
         logging.info(f'DB name: {db_name}')