diff --git a/panel/nix/configuration.nix b/panel/nix/configuration.nix
index ecf06e0f..b0bcd5c4 100644
--- a/panel/nix/configuration.nix
+++ b/panel/nix/configuration.nix
@@ -146,7 +146,19 @@ in
         ${cfg.domain} =
           {
             locations = {
-              "/".proxyPass = "http://localhost:${toString cfg.port}";
+              "/" = {
+                proxyPass = "http://localhost:${toString cfg.port}";
+                extraConfig = ''
+                  ## FIXME: The following is necessary because /deployment/status
+                  ## can take aaaaages to respond. I think this is horrendous
+                  ## design from the panel and should be changed there, but in the
+                  ## meantime we bump nginx's timeouts to one hour.
+                  proxy_connect_timeout 3600;
+                  proxy_send_timeout 3600;
+                  proxy_read_timeout 3600;
+                  send_timeout 3600;
+                '';
+              };
               "/static/".alias = "/var/lib/${name}/static/";
             };
           }