diff --git a/gravity.sh b/gravity.sh
index 659263b5..105febb7 100755
--- a/gravity.sh
+++ b/gravity.sh
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ generate_gravity_database() {
 
 update_gravity_timestamp() {
   # Update timestamp when the gravity table was last updated successfully
-  output=$( { sqlite3 "${gravityDBfile}" <<< "INSERT OR REPLACE INTO info (property,value) values ('updated',cast(strftime('%s', 'now') as int));"; } 2>&1 )
+  output=$( { printf ".timeout 30000\\nINSERT OR REPLACE INTO info (property,value) values ('updated',cast(strftime('%%s', 'now') as int));" | sqlite3 "${gravityDBfile}"; } 2>&1 )
   status="$?"
 
   if [[ "${status}" -ne 0 ]]; then
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ database_truncate_table() {
   local table
   table="${1}"
 
-  output=$( { sqlite3 "${gravityDBfile}" <<< "DELETE FROM ${table};"; } 2>&1 )
+  output=$( { printf ".timeout 30000\\nDELETE FROM %s;" "${table}" | sqlite3 "${gravityDBfile}"; } 2>&1 )
   status="$?"
 
   if [[ "${status}" -ne 0 ]]; then
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ database_table_from_file() {
   # Store domains in database table specified by ${table}
   # Use printf as .mode and .import need to be on separate lines
   # see https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/445615/83260
-  output=$( { printf ".timeout 10000\\n.mode csv\\n.import \"%s\" %s\\n" "${inputfile}" "${table}" | sqlite3 "${gravityDBfile}"; } 2>&1 )
+  output=$( { printf ".timeout 30000\\n.mode csv\\n.import \"%s\" %s\\n" "${inputfile}" "${table}" | sqlite3 "${gravityDBfile}"; } 2>&1 )
   status="$?"
 
   if [[ "${status}" -ne 0 ]]; then