diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Configuration/GeneralConfiguration.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Configuration/GeneralConfiguration.cs
index 4dc3ef58be..8cc77dcde6 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Configuration/GeneralConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Configuration/GeneralConfiguration.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Configuration
 		/// </summary>
 		const int DefaultByondTopicTimeout = 5000;
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// The default value for <see cref="RestartTimeout"/>
+		/// </summary>
+		const int DefaultRestartTimeout = 10000;
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Minimum length of database user passwords
 		/// </summary>
@@ -43,5 +48,10 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Configuration
 		/// The timeout in milliseconds for sending and receiving topics to/from DreamDaemon. Note that a single topic exchange can take up to twice this value
 		/// </summary>
 		public int ByondTopicTimeout { get; set; } = DefaultByondTopicTimeout;
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// The timeout milliseconds for restarting the server
+		/// </summary>
+		public int RestartTimeout { get; set; } = DefaultRestartTimeout;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Server.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Server.cs
index 3902197ca2..45a683a91e 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Server.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Server.cs
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Tgstation.Server.Host.Configuration;
 using Tgstation.Server.Host.Core;
 using Tgstation.Server.Host.IO;
 
@@ -43,6 +45,11 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host
 		/// </summary>
 		ILogger<Server> logger;
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// The <see cref="GeneralConfiguration"/> for the <see cref="Server"/>
+		/// </summary>
+		GeneralConfiguration generalConfiguration;
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// The <see cref="cancellationTokenSource"/> for the <see cref="Server"/>
 		/// </summary>
@@ -115,6 +122,8 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host
 					try
 					{
 						logger = webHost.Services.GetRequiredService<ILogger<Server>>();
+						var generalConfigurationOptions = webHost.Services.GetRequiredService<IOptions<GeneralConfiguration>>();
+						generalConfiguration = generalConfigurationOptions.Value;
 						await webHost.RunAsync(cancellationTokenSource.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
 					}
 					catch (OperationCanceledException)
@@ -264,8 +273,7 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host
 					var cancellationToken = cts.Token;
 					var eventsTask = Task.WhenAll(restartHandlers.Select(x => x.HandleRestart(newVersion, cancellationToken)).ToList());
 
-					// YA GOT 10 SECONDS
-					var expiryTask = Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
+					var expiryTask = Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(generalConfiguration.RestartTimeout));
 					await Task.WhenAny(eventsTask, expiryTask).ConfigureAwait(false);
 					logger.LogTrace("Joining restart handlers...");
 					cts.Cancel();
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/appsettings.json b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/appsettings.json
index 866c3c8eb1..08135f778f 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/appsettings.json
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/appsettings.json
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
     "MinimumPasswordLength": 15,
     "GitHubAccessToken": null,
     "SetupWizardMode": "AutoDetect",
-    "ByondTopicTimeout": 5000
+    "ByondTopicTimeout": 5000,
+    "RestartTimeout": 10000
   },
   "FileLogging": {
     "Directory": null, //use the default path