diff --git a/Devel.hs b/Devel.hs
--- a/Devel.hs
+++ b/Devel.hs
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@
                 Map.differenceWith compareTimes newList list `Map.union`
                 Map.differenceWith compareTimes list newList
         return (haskellFileChanged, newList)
-      else timeout (1000000*t) (takeMVar filesModified) >>
+      else timeout (10000000*t) (takeMVar filesModified) >>
            watchForChanges filesModified hsSourceDirs extraFiles list t
   where
     compareTimes x y
diff --git a/yesod-bin.cabal b/yesod-bin.cabal
--- a/yesod-bin.cabal
+++ b/yesod-bin.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:            yesod-bin
-version:         1.2.12.2
+version:         1.2.12.3
 license:         MIT
 license-file:    LICENSE
 author:          Michael Snoyman <michael@snoyman.com>