diff --git a/share/templates/conf/docker/files/database.jinja2 b/share/templates/conf/docker/files/database.jinja2
index ec1568f..a9fcaec 100644
--- a/share/templates/conf/docker/files/database.jinja2
+++ b/share/templates/conf/docker/files/database.jinja2
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version: "2.3.3"
+version: "3.7"
 
 services:
   {{ docker_service_name }}:
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ services:
       {{ docker_database_env_user }} : "{{ database_user }}"
       {{ docker_database_env_pass }} : "{{ database_pass }}"
       {{ docker_database_env_db }} : "{{ database_name }}"
+
+      # this is bc compose will time out on remotes
+      COMPOSE_HTTP_TIMEOUT: 180
   
     container_name: {{ docker_container_name }}