diff --git a/roles/postgresql_server/files/backup-database b/roles/postgresql_server/files/backup-database
index 2e14cf294d..c8b0135be7 100644
--- a/roles/postgresql_server/files/backup-database
+++ b/roles/postgresql_server/files/backup-database
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Backup a database *locally* to /backups/.
 
 # Sleep a bit so we do not have a thundering herd on db hosts
-sleep $[ ( $RANDOM % 3600 )  + 1 ]s
+sleep $[ ( $RANDOM % 7200 )  + 1 ]s
 
 DB=$1