diff --git a/backend/btrixcloud/pages.py b/backend/btrixcloud/pages.py
index 56e0cf0833..7c5a40072f 100644
--- a/backend/btrixcloud/pages.py
+++ b/backend/btrixcloud/pages.py
@@ -961,7 +961,7 @@ async def get_unique_page_count(self, crawl_ids: List[str]) -> int:
         cursor = self.pages.aggregate(
             [{"$match": {"crawl_id": {"$in": crawl_ids}}}, {"$group": {"_id": "$url"}}]
         )
-        async for res in cursor:
+        async for _res in cursor:
             count += 1
 
         return count
diff --git a/chart/templates/backend.yaml b/chart/templates/backend.yaml
index 3ce6dec50b..9f20eabb7e 100644
--- a/chart/templates/backend.yaml
+++ b/chart/templates/backend.yaml
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ spec:
               - "{{ .Values.backend_workers | default 1 }}"
               - --worker-class
               - uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker
+              - --timeout
+              - {{ .Values.backend_worker_timeout }}
 
           envFrom:
             - configMapRef:
diff --git a/chart/values.yaml b/chart/values.yaml
index d4ec5f54e7..ebdfb6953d 100644
--- a/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/values.yaml
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ backend_password_secret: "PASSWORD!"
 # number of workers per pod
 backend_workers: 1
 
+# for gunicorn --timeout
+backend_worker_timeout: 60
+
 backend_cpu: "100m"
 
 backend_memory: "350Mi"
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 36c001f1fd..841e7a8e4c 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.14.0-beta.2
+1.14.0-beta.3