diff --git a/lib/storage/file.js b/lib/storage/file.js
index f8dc3b990..4f7cf54a6 100644
--- a/lib/storage/file.js
+++ b/lib/storage/file.js
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ const ensureStreamCloses = function (stream, id, ms) {
             // this can only be a timeout error...
             console.log("stream close error:", err, id);
         }
-    }), ms || 15000), []);
+    }), ms || 45000), []);
 };
 
 // readMessagesBin asynchronously iterates over the messages in a channel log