diff --git a/kubernetes/aai/charts/aai-gizmo/templates/deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/aai/charts/aai-gizmo/templates/deployment.yaml
index ba90fdc..e01e738 100644
--- a/kubernetes/aai/charts/aai-gizmo/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/aai/charts/aai-gizmo/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -52,12 +52,14 @@
             tcpSocket:
               port: {{ .Values.service.internalPort }}
             initialDelaySeconds: {{ .Values.liveness.initialDelaySeconds }}
+            timeoutSeconds: {{ .Values.liveness.timeoutSeconds }}
             periodSeconds: {{ .Values.liveness.periodSeconds }}
           {{ end }}
           readinessProbe:
             tcpSocket:
               port: {{ .Values.service.internalPort }}
             initialDelaySeconds: {{ .Values.readiness.initialDelaySeconds }}
+            timeoutSeconds: {{ .Values.readiness.timeoutSeconds }}
             periodSeconds: {{ .Values.readiness.periodSeconds }}
           env:
             - name: CONFIG_HOME
diff --git a/kubernetes/aai/charts/aai-gizmo/values.yaml b/kubernetes/aai/charts/aai-gizmo/values.yaml
index 420e598..9fbe852 100644
--- a/kubernetes/aai/charts/aai-gizmo/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/aai/charts/aai-gizmo/values.yaml
@@ -40,14 +40,16 @@
 
 # probe configuration parameters
 liveness:
-  initialDelaySeconds: 10
+  initialDelaySeconds: 60
+  timeoutSeconds: 10
   periodSeconds: 10
   # necessary to disable liveness probe when setting breakpoints
   # in debugger so K8s doesn't restart unresponsive container
   enabled: true
 
 readiness:
-  initialDelaySeconds: 10
+  initialDelaySeconds: 60
+  timeoutSeconds: 10
   periodSeconds: 10
 
 service: