diff --git a/apps/schedules/lib/repo_condensed.ex b/apps/schedules/lib/repo_condensed.ex
index 715b0a41a6..0a27c70d67 100644
--- a/apps/schedules/lib/repo_condensed.ex
+++ b/apps/schedules/lib/repo_condensed.ex
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ defmodule Schedules.RepoCondensed do
 
   An alternate way to fetch schedules that is more light weight and easier to cache.
 
+  This uses a longer than usual timeout for initial caching as sometime (especially in dev)
+  it may take a long time to warm the cache.
+
   """
   import Kernel, except: [to_string: 1]
   use RepoCache, ttl: :timer.hours(1)
@@ -28,7 +31,7 @@ defmodule Schedules.RepoCondensed do
     |> add_optional_param(opts, :direction_id)
     |> add_optional_param(opts, :stop_sequences, :stop_sequence)
     |> add_optional_param(opts, :stop_ids, :stop)
-    |> cache(&all_from_params/1)
+    |> cache(&all_from_params/1, timeout: 10_000)
     |> filter_by_min_time(Keyword.get(opts, :min_time))
   end
 
diff --git a/apps/site/lib/site/realtime_schedule.ex b/apps/site/lib/site/realtime_schedule.ex
index a39bb4115e..6a1c1da34b 100644
--- a/apps/site/lib/site/realtime_schedule.ex
+++ b/apps/site/lib/site/realtime_schedule.ex
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ defmodule Site.RealtimeSchedule do
         do_get_predictions(stop_id, route_patterns, predictions_fn)
       end)
     end)
-    |> Enum.flat_map(&Task.await/1)
+    |> Enum.flat_map(&Task.await(&1, @long_timeout))
     |> Enum.reduce(%{}, fn {route_key, predictions}, accumulator ->
       data =
         if Map.has_key?(accumulator, route_key) do
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ defmodule Site.RealtimeSchedule do
         {key, next_two_predictions}
       end)
     end)
-    |> Enum.map(&Task.await/1)
+    |> Enum.map(&Task.await(&1, @long_timeout))
   end
 
   @spec get_schedules([route_with_patterns_t], DateTime.t(), fun()) :: map