diff --git a/da/tm5/observationoperator.py b/da/tm5/observationoperator.py
index a91a8219b3bd7a626a8dd6ecf8813b6be3421515..80f25d09de5cd23c99a9aba91f0f1c08067e5989 100755
--- a/da/tm5/observationoperator.py
+++ b/da/tm5/observationoperator.py
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ class TM5ObservationOperator(ObservationOperator):
         nthreads = self.DaCycle['da.optimizer.nmembers']
         jobparams = {'jobname':'tm5',
                                    'jobnodes':'ncomp %d' % int(nthreads),
-                                   'jobtime':'00:30:00',
+                                   'jobtime':'01:00:00',
                                    'joblog':os.path.join(self.DaCycle['dir.jobs'])
                                   }